Best of self-hosting — April 2025

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   Hacker News·1y

   Self Hosting Like Its 2025

   Self-hosting has become a popular alternative to using data-collecting services. The post discusses the benefits of self-hosting, highlights helpful yet lesser-known software, and provides insights into container runtimes like Docker, Podman, and Kubernetes. It also covers web-based tools for managing containers such as Portainer and Dockge, and discusses reverse proxy and VPN solutions like Pangolin and NetBird. Additionally, it references resources for finding more applications and tools to enhance the self-hosting experience.

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   Hacker News·1y

   I left Spotify. What happened next?

   After leaving Spotify, the author experimented with various music players, ultimately setting up Jellyfin as a self-hosted solution. They explored traditional music players like Winamp and VLC, trialed foobar2000, and even built a custom web music player. The journey ended with Jellyfin, which offers comprehensive features for local and offline music playback. The author also notes the ease of setting up a home server for self-hosting Jellyfin, along with other applications.

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   Self-Hosting A Cluster On Old Phones

   Old smartphones can be repurposed as computing clusters, utilizing their computing power to run self-hosted services. To achieve this, a phone with an unlockable bootloader is required to install postmarketOS, a Linux distribution that enables SSH access and the use of Kubernetes. This practice can be more cost-effective and provide robust alternatives compared to using devices like Raspberry Pi. The guide explores detailed steps for setting up such clusters, making use of old or partially damaged phones.

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   selfh.st·1y

   This Week in Self-Hosted (11 April 2025)

   This week's self-hosted updates include the rebranding of Hoarder to Karakeep due to legal threats, Tailscale's new funding round, criticism of Plex's new mobile app, and the introduction of Streamystats for tracking Jellyfin data. Additionally, new tools for managing SSH keys from Cloudflare and Bitwarden were highlighted. Other topics include a guide to using curl wttr.in for weather forecasts and various videos and podcasts on improving security and home lab setup.

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   This Week in Self-Hosted (18 April 2025)

   The latest edition of Self-Host Weekly includes updates on software releases, new applications, and project updates. It also features a spotlight on Papra, a self-hosted document management platform offering a user-friendly alternative to similar tools. The newsletter aims to reduce email size by removing some visual updates and encourages community content submissions.

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