Best of self-hosting — April 2026

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    Avatar of phProduct Hunt·2w

    The #1 open-source CRM

    Twenty 2.0 is an open-source CRM platform launching as a developer-extensible alternative to Salesforce and HubSpot. The major addition is a new SDK (npm i twenty-sdk) that lets developers define data models, custom objects, workflows, layouts, and widgets in code within their own repos. It ships with built-in AI chat, custom agents, serverless functions, full layout and navigation customization, and remains self-hostable. The goal is to give teams a CRM they fully own and can build on top of, without vendor lock-in.

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    Avatar of xda-developersXDA Developers·2w

    I’d do these 5 things differently if I started self-hosting LLMs today

    Lessons learned from months of self-hosting LLMs distilled into five practical changes: adopting Docker-only deployment for stability, documenting every configuration detail from the start, building agent-first infrastructure with tools like AgenticSeek and n8n instead of just chat interfaces, avoiding model hoarding by keeping only a few reliable models, and focusing on workflow integration so the LLM is embedded in daily work rather than a separate destination.

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    Avatar of devopstoolboxDevOps Toolbox·4w

    This S3 Alternative is INSANELY Lightweight (and 100% open source)

    A hands-on walkthrough of replacing AWS S3 with RustFS, an open-source, S3-compatible object storage solution written in Rust. Covers Docker Compose deployment, bucket creation, access key management, remote access via Caddy reverse proxy and DNS, pre-signed URLs, IAM-style policies, tiered storage, and integrating Restic for encrypted periodic backups. Benchmarks show RustFS outperforms MinIO for small-file workloads. The Apache 2 license is discussed as a safe choice for commercial and private use. Motivated by real-world cost savings — one team saved $1.5M/year by leaving S3.

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    Avatar of xda-developersXDA Developers·5w

    I replaced Portainer, Grafana, and Prometheus with this stack

    A home lab enthusiast shares their switch from Portainer, Grafana, and Prometheus to a lighter trio: Dockhand for container management, Beszel for system monitoring, and Glance for a unified dashboard. The new stack uses fewer resources, offers better visuals out of the box, and is more beginner-friendly for small-scale self-hosted setups on low-end hardware like Raspberry Pi or mini PCs.

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    Avatar of selfhstselfh.st·2w

    Self-Host Weekly (24 April 2026)

    A weekly self-hosting newsletter covering notable events from the week of April 24, 2026. Highlights include Microsoft's controversial GitHub CLI telemetry opt-in, a Bitwarden CLI supply chain compromise, a DDoS attack on Mastodon's flagship server, and the ongoing dispute between Nextcloud, LibreOffice, Collabora, and Euro-Office. Also featured is Anchor, a new offline-first self-hosted note-taking app deployable via Docker, plus a curated list of self-hosting videos and a quick CLI tip for the mkdir -p flag.

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    Self-Host Weekly (27 March 2026)

    A weekly self-hosting newsletter covering GitHub Copilot's new AI training opt-out setting, OpenAI shutting down Sora and pivoting to coding tools, LibreOffice's response to donation banner complaints, a critical Dockhand security release, Booklore's discontinuation and emerging forks (Grimmory, BookLite), Plex mobile metadata editing, a Zoom privacy scandal, and a spotlight on Kaneo, a self-hosted project management tool. Also includes curated videos on WireGuard, Proxmox vs XCP-ng, and homebrew routers following the FCC ban on Chinese-made consumer routers.

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    Self-Host Weekly (10 April 2026)

    This week's self-hosting newsletter covers the escalating conflict between The Document Foundation (LibreOffice) and Collabora Online, which has resulted in Collabora's members being removed from the community and plans for a new fork. Also covered: Immich's upcoming managed backup service, controversy around email host MXroute's founder doxxing a customer, ErsatzTV's archival and potential reboot, Tailscale's updated pricing (free plan now allows 6 devices), and Pushover's improved API quota system. A spotlight on Chibisafe, a self-hosted file sharing platform, rounds out the issue.

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