Best of self-hosting — December 2025

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    Avatar of lobstersLobsters·20w

    Go ahead, self-host Postgres

    Self-hosting Postgres is more practical than cloud providers suggest. The author shares two years of experience running self-hosted Postgres serving millions of daily queries with minimal operational overhead (30 minutes monthly). Managed services like AWS RDS run standard Postgres with operational tooling, but at significant markup. Self-hosting offers better performance tunability, lower costs (dedicated servers cost less than equivalent RDS instances), and comparable reliability. The article provides specific configuration guidance for memory, connections, storage, and WAL settings, plus realistic time estimates for maintenance tasks. Self-hosting makes sense for most teams between complete beginners and enterprise-scale operations requiring dedicated database engineers.

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    Avatar of selfhstselfh.st·22w

    FileBrowser Quantum Hits Stable!

    FileBrowser Quantum, a fork of the original FileBrowser project, has released its first stable version after years of development. The project now offers two release tracks: stable for general users and beta for early adopters. Key features include OnlyOffice integration, two-factor authentication, OIDC single sign-on, granular access controls, and advanced file sharing options. The application supports multiple platforms including Windows, Linux, macOS, FreeBSD, and Docker. While it indexes filesystems for fast search (which can increase memory usage), this can be disabled. The project is actively maintained by two core contributors and welcomes community involvement.

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    Avatar of selfhstselfh.st·21w

    Building Slink: Lessons from Creating a Self-Hosted Image Hosting Platform

    A developer shares architectural decisions and lessons learned from building Slink, a self-hosted image hosting platform. Key insights include choosing single-container deployment for simplicity despite scalability trade-offs, evolving features based on community feedback from r/selfhosted and GitHub issues, and tackling technical challenges like animated image processing and real-time notifications. The project prioritizes deployment simplicity and performance over feature richness, with development driven by actual user needs rather than predetermined roadmaps.

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    Avatar of notedNoted·20w

    Helmarr for iOS 26 — Beta Expanding

    Helmarr is an iOS 26 app entering expanded beta testing that provides a unified mobile dashboard for managing self-hosted media services. It integrates Sonarr, Radarr, Overseerr/Jellyseerr, Tautulli, Lidarr, Wizarr, and Unraid with features including push notifications, widgets, customizable dashboards, release calendars, and multi-network support. The app requires iOS 26 for its glass UI elements and is available through TestFlight, with a Discord server for community feedback.

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    Avatar of lawrencesystemsLawrence Systems·21w

    n8n 2.0 Docker Setup in 5 Minutes

    n8n 2.0 can be deployed using Docker in minutes by setting up a Docker Compose configuration with PostgreSQL, configuring environment variables for passwords and encryption keys, creating bind mount directories with proper permissions, and running the container. The setup includes configuring a reverse proxy, setting timezone and webhook URLs, and optionally starting with workflow templates for automation tasks like backing up workflows to Google Drive.

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    Avatar of bytegradByteGrad·20w

    Open WebUI + Ollama Is AMAZING For AI Self-Hosting (RAG, API, VPS Hosting, Docker)

    Open WebUI combined with Ollama provides a comprehensive solution for self-hosting AI models locally or in the cloud. The setup enables running open-source LLMs like Llama and GPT models with a user-friendly interface, supporting features like RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) for document knowledge bases, API endpoints for application integration, and flexible deployment options. The tutorial covers installation on local machines using Docker, configuring models and embeddings, implementing RAG workflows with PDF documents, exposing API endpoints for custom applications, and deploying to cloud VPS/VDS providers like High Velocity for team access and better performance.

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