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The original was posted on /r/selfhosted by /u/kmobsy on 2025-06-20 00:00:15+00:00.


When I was trying to setup crowdsec with caddy-docker-proxy, I couldn't find any good guides. I'm sure this guide goes against some common conventions, but maybe it'll be helpful to some of you out there.

It uses caddy-crowdsec-bouncer from hslatman, caddy-docker-proxy from lucaslorentz, as well as socket-proxy.

Either way, it was a good learning experience for me.

https://github.com/kmobs/caddy-docker-proxy-crowdsec

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The original was posted on /r/selfhosted by /u/TheWGBbroz on 2025-06-20 09:23:16+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/selfhosted by /u/vghgvbh on 2025-06-19 21:46:56+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/selfhosted by /u/VizeKarma on 2025-06-19 18:48:11+00:00.


Confix is an open-source, forever-free, self-hosted local config editor. Its purpose is to provide an all-in-one docker-hosted web solution to manage your server's config files, without having to enter SSH and use a tedious tool such as nano.

Check out some of my other projects:

Termix - Web-based SSH terminal emulator that stores and manages your connection details

Tunnelix - Web-based reverse SSH control panel that stores and manages your tunnels through SSH

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The original was posted on /r/selfhosted by /u/fragglerock on 2025-06-20 00:53:53+00:00.


I am a bit vague on my requirements! but to be like the wayback machine pretty closely would be fine.

I want to archive web pages that I choose, I don't need to spider sites, just single pages is fine.

I want to keep a history so if I archive the same page it will make a copy, and have a reasonable way of browsing the versions.

A diff view of the rendered html would be amazing.

It would be nice if some thought to storage had been done, so updates are stored as diffs, and on disk stuff is compressed etc.

I don't need to grab youtube (etc) vids, but getting the page around 'complex' media would be good. A relatively 'good' web front end that helps arrange and find the archived pages would be nice, and it be easy to add pages to archive from any browser/device.

It would be good to be able to store credentials to sites so they can grab 'my' view of pages.

I tried archivebox which seems to have some pretty individual design decisions, and only keeps one copy of an archived site (and in fact I have not masterd it as it has not actually archived many things... but I feel I have not understood its 'ethos' and am likely doing things wrong)

Also tried Linkwarden which seems fine, but again only takes a single copy of an archived site.

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The original was posted on /r/selfhosted by /u/ThatDudeBesideYou on 2025-06-19 22:21:06+00:00.


I recently was reminded of the rabbit hole that is email validation.

Made me think, someone on this subreddit has probably put some homebrew email validations to the test. So I want to know, what is the craziest email address you have/host that either can receive or send email over the public internet, or perhaps managed to sign up to some popular website that does email validation?

Has anyone done something like these examples from the wiki

Like "very.(),:;<>[]\".VERY.\"very@\\ \"very\".unusual"@[IPv6:2001:0db8:85a3:0000:0000:8a2e:0370:7334] ?

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The original was posted on /r/selfhosted by /u/IITheLordll on 2025-06-19 18:06:03+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/selfhosted by /u/Kryptonh on 2025-06-19 18:52:22+00:00.


https://preview.redd.it/7unck6ickx7f1.png?width=3436&format=png&auto=webp&s=7af189d811983ce6b98f2088525a37adba2a11bf

I hope you all are having a great week.

Docmost is an open-source collaborative wiki and documentation software. We are building a self-hosted and open-source alternative to Confluence and Notion.

In our last announced release, we launched the "public page sharing" feature.

I am excited to share with you the updates we have in v0.21.

In this release, we have come up with even more exciting features.

Highlights

  • Zip imports (import MD/HTML + attachments)
  • Notion import
  • Confluence import (Enterprise Edition)
  • Generic iframe embed
  • Read and edit mode preference
  • Create new page from @ mention
  • Table menu options to toggle table header row and column
  • Persistent excalidraw libraries
  • Ukrainian translation
  • Other bug fixes and improvements

What would you like to see next?

Full release notes: https://github.com/docmost/docmost/releases/tag/v0.21.0

Website: https://docmost.com/

Docs: https://docmost.com/docs

Github: https://github.com/docmost/docmost

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The original was posted on /r/selfhosted by /u/igol__ on 2025-06-19 07:24:25+00:00.


I got a decent server with no GPU and i was thinking, is it worth to buy one (like a RTX 4060) to selfhost ollama and use then molds for coding, AI agents and other small things?

The other choice is to pay for openAI APIs

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The original was posted on /r/selfhosted by /u/redonculous on 2025-06-19 13:20:34+00:00.


They shot a lot of video they want me to edit, but it’s way too large to send on wetransfer etc.

I have a 4TB hard drive in my server, so what service can I spool up where I can give them an upload “link” so they can upload the data?

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The original was posted on /r/selfhosted by /u/manmat on 2025-06-19 07:42:51+00:00.


I really like the simplicity of it and I would love an alternative that I could self host.

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The original was posted on /r/selfhosted by /u/Ali-_-- on 2025-06-19 10:52:16+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/selfhosted by /u/Wizarrrr on 2025-06-19 10:26:04+00:00.


Wizarr 2025.6.4 – Now with Multi-Server Support, Audiobookshelf Integration, Universal User Management and Linking and More

Github / Docs / Installation

Wizarr is a simple, open-source tool that lets you invite users to your Plex, Jellyfin, Emby, and now Audiobookshelf server—just send them a link and they’re guided through the whole setup. It also lets you manage users, automatically unifying their accounts across servers, or letting you manually link users, and even set nicknames!

I'm now excited to announce the release of Wizarr v2025.6.4, packed with new features and improvements!

Major Features in 2025.6.4

  • Multi-Server Support – Manage multiple media servers from one place
  • Identity Linking – Seamlessly track users across different servers
  • Audiobookshelf Support – You can now invite users to your Audiobookshelf server just like with Plex or Jellyfin
  • Restrict Wizard Access – Only let trusted users configure the setup wizard

Support Development

Hey, I'm a single developer working on Wizarr in my free time. If you'd like to support the development of Wizarr, you can do so here: Sponsor on GitHub. It would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you all!

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The original was posted on /r/selfhosted by /u/Easy_Are on 2025-06-19 09:36:15+00:00.


Hi everyone, I’m on the team at Portia - the open-source framework for building production-ready AI agents that are predictable, stateful, and authenticated.

We’d be happy to get feedback and maybe even a few contributors :-)

https://github.com/portiaAI/portia-sdk-python

Key features of our Python SDK:

  • Transparent reasoning – Build a multi-agent Plan declaratively or iterate on one with our planning agent.
  • Stateful execution – Get full explainability and auditability with the PlanRunState.
  • Compliant and permissioned – Implement guardrails through an ExecutionHook and raise a clarification for human authorization and input.
  • 100s of MCP servers and tools – Load any official MCP server into the SDK including the latest remote ones, or bring your own.
  • Flexible deployment – Securely deploy on your infrastructure or use our cloud for full observability into your end users, tool calls, agent memory and more.

If you’re building agentic workflows - take our SDK for a spin.

And please feel free to reach out and let us know what you build :-)

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The original was posted on /r/selfhosted by /u/Ok-Boss8045 on 2025-06-19 09:34:59+00:00.


I came across an app called Effecto that helps with habit tracking and staying motivated. It got me wondering, is there anything similar in the self-hosted space? I'd love something I can run myself with similar features. Any suggestions?

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The original was posted on /r/selfhosted by /u/hedonihilistic on 2025-06-19 06:01:15+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/selfhosted by /u/Coolness1234567894 on 2025-06-19 05:15:28+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/selfhosted by /u/ExoWire on 2025-06-18 13:15:44+00:00.


Hey everyone, Let's try this again! Nearly two weeks ago, I launched my 2025 Self-Hosted Survey, but unfortunately, a major technical issue with the form prevented many of you from submitting.

The good news: The issue has finally been resolved, and the form is now functional (maybe you have to delete the cache if you already tried to fill out the form)

A huge thank you to the 400+ people who managed to submit their responses despite the difficulties. Since the original post is now buried and I want to give everyone a chance to participate, I'm creating this new, clean thread.

What's this all about?

This survey aims to find out which apps and services are making a real difference in your self-hosting setups. I'm particularly interested in what you consider your Most Valuable Programs (MVPs) - the five apps you genuinely find most essential. This is a fun project I've put together out of curiosity to see which apps people truly value, not just what's popular on other lists. It's primarily focused on user-facing services (think Nextcloud, Jellyfin, Home Assistant), but info on your favorite utility tools is welcome too!

Take the Survey Here:

https://survey.deployn.de/self-hosted-2025/ (blocked by AdGuard)

(It's generally easier to fill out on a computer, especially if you're adding links to apps, but mobile works too. Sharing links is optional but helps with identifying apps.)

A Sneak Peek: First Insights from the Initial 400+ Responses

To show that your participation is already yielding interesting data, here are a few highlights from the single-choice questions:

  • What is the primary host operating system or platform running directly on your self-hosting hardware? Can you guess the three most selected options?

🥇 Proxmox VE (most selected)

🥈 Debian

🥉 Ubuntu

  • Containerization: 98%+ of you are using containers!
  • Which reverse proxy server do you use at the moment? Can you guess the three most selected options?

🥇 Nginx Proxy Manager (most selected)

🥈 Traefik

🥉 Caddy

  • Select your favorite Adblocker: The race between Pi-hole (~36%) and AdGuard Home (~33%) is tight.
  • Select your favorite Database: PostgreSQL (40%) and MySQL (20%) are the clear go-to choices.
  • Select your favorite Firewall: Other is leading, I wonder that this means, as it has more votes than OPNsense and pfSense.

The full results, including your MVPs, will be published later.

Let's Discuss!

Besides the survey, I'd love to see your thoughts in the comments:

  • What are your top 1-5 self-hosted apps right now?
  • Any cool new services you’ve started using in the last year?
  • What makes these services stand out for you?

Past Survey Results:

Thanks for participating and for your understanding of the initial technical hiccups! I'm excited to see your responses.

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The original was posted on /r/selfhosted by /u/Chimestrike on 2025-06-18 18:24:57+00:00.


So for historically I've always used a spreadsheet to keep track of my IP assignments for home lab stuff and things on my network, but I've been thinking there must be a better way to do it as I know zabbix and netalert and such will do scans and add things in but I was wondering if there was something lighter or better designed to do it?

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The original was posted on /r/selfhosted by /u/psviderski on 2025-06-18 23:46:00+00:00.


I got tired of the push-to-registry/pull-from-registry dance every time I needed to deploy a Docker image.

In certain cases, using a full-fledged external (or even local) registry is annoying overhead. And if you think about it, there's already a form of registry present on any of your Docker-enabled hosts — the Docker's own image storage.

So I built Unregistry that exposes Docker's (containerd) image storage through a standard registry API. It adds a docker pussh command that pushes images directly to remote Docker daemons over SSH. It transfers only the missing layers, making it fast and efficient.

docker pussh myapp:latest user@server

Under the hood, it starts a temporary unregistry container on the remote host, pushes to it through an SSH tunnel, and cleans up when done.

I've built it as a byproduct while working on Uncloud, a tool for self-hosting web apps across a network of Docker hosts, and figured it'd be useful as a standalone project.

Would love to hear your thoughts and use cases!

https://github.com/psviderski/unregistry

https://github.com/psviderski/uncloud

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The original was posted on /r/selfhosted by /u/aigl0n on 2025-06-18 21:20:10+00:00.


The developers of the Pterodactyl project announced a few hours ago on their Discord that they found a critical security vulnerability (CVSS 10.0) that will be disclosed tomorrow.

Users must upgrade their instance to the new release v1.11.11 as soon as possible.

I didn't see any post about it in this subreddit, so I thought I'd share this valuable information.

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The original was posted on /r/selfhosted by /u/scr0llwheel on 2025-06-18 16:43:37+00:00.


I've struggled to find the best method to support continuous deployment of my Docker Compose stack. Right now, I manually SSH into my homelab machine and run git pull and docker compose up -d. That obviously works but I'd like to automate this step.

What I'd Like To Do

Every time I merge to main on GitHub, my Docker Compose stack is automatically deployed to my homelab server. This means pulling new containers and restarting containers. I want to keep my code on GitHub.

What I've Considered

  • Portainer and Watchtower — I don't need Portainer and would prefer not to run a heavy container like Portainer or Watchtower to handle this.
  • GitHub Actions SSH to server — I'm not comfortable opening up SSH access.
  • Recurring cron job — This could be a backup option but I'd prefer a real-time solution that deploys immediately after a merge to main.

Other Options

  • GitHub Actions Self-Hosted Runner — This seems like the 'best' option but I haven't tested it out yet as the setup seems daunting.
  • SSH over Tailscale from GitHub Actions — Another option. I would need to set up Tailscale on my homelab machine.
  • ???

What other options are there?

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The original was posted on /r/selfhosted by /u/Vanhacked on 2025-06-18 15:01:35+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/selfhosted by /u/Taji37 on 2025-06-18 12:34:08+00:00.


Hi everyone,

I'm curious about what self-hosted solutions you use for task management and tracking.

Currently, I use GitHub Projects for tracking tasks and anytype.io for detailed documentation. However, I'm concerned about privacy and the amount of personal information I'm sharing with GitHub. I’ve also tried Nextcloud Deck, which works well, but I’m interested to hear what other options the community recommends.

What self-hosted tools do you use for managing tasks and documentation? Any tips or experiences to share?

Thanks!

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The original was posted on /r/selfhosted by /u/goincybumsy on 2025-06-18 08:17:45+00:00.

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