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The original was posted on /r/selfhosted by /u/sid3ff3ct on 2025-05-29 14:05:34+00:00.


Looking for something to track things like domain expriations, VPS's and their prices and expirations, etc etc. I've looked at snipe-it but its just way to detailed for my pretty basic needs. I have a spreadsheet that i have, but hey why not try to find a cool project. What are you all using?

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The original was posted on /r/selfhosted by /u/romanleopard on 2025-05-28 17:41:15+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/selfhosted by /u/btc_maxi100 on 2025-05-29 19:32:23+00:00.


I'm actively using HashiCorp vault to store root passwords, SSL certificates for Ansible jobs.

Learned today that there is a fork of Vault - OpenBao that is more FOSS friendly.

Do people use it ? What can you say about it ?

I'm happy with Vault, but looking at where MinIO went the other day, concerned about the future of Hashicorp products for self-hosted users.

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The original was posted on /r/selfhosted by /u/devtech8 on 2025-05-29 05:53:59+00:00.


Do you use it also as a home inventory with more than just receipts? I had checked out HomeBox and have it installed, just curious if those who use paperless and do or do not know of HomeBox if you feel that just having it in paperless without the worry of another self hosted app would be needed.

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The original was posted on /r/selfhosted by /u/ChartSpire_123 on 2025-05-29 13:22:41+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/selfhosted by /u/rmfatemi on 2025-05-29 02:38:36+00:00.


bitvoker is an open-source notification server, analyzer and dispatcher. It allows you to send any text/log/data into it, filter it through customizable rules, optionally feed into AI (using Ollama or Meta AI) if you want to, and send it to your favorite messaging app/email/destination.

https://preview.redd.it/kwf8o5ymym3f1.png?width=901&format=png&auto=webp&s=d4bce7f6a6a6115dd369e6b092b44bb931a57e79

It can support local or cloud AI models, and has a modern web UI.

To check it out and for instructions on how to deploy and use it, please visit the github repository.

https://github.com/rmfatemi/bitvoker

Please let me know what you think! Thanks.

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The original was posted on /r/selfhosted by /u/kuuhaku_1234 on 2025-05-28 13:52:36+00:00.


Turns out 500 mb RAM is not enough for my software requirement. Now I'm stuck with a useless VPS I can't refund nor upgrade for a whole year. You guys have recommendations for what I can host here?

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The original was posted on /r/selfhosted by /u/_shuai_xin on 2025-05-29 05:08:37+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/selfhosted by /u/_lackofcomprehension on 2025-05-29 00:16:10+00:00.


(Docker)

Couldn't really find good examples online - so if you're in the same boat as me and you're looking to deploy this specific stack: I might have just saved you some time :)

https://github.com/suckharder/NPM-Crowdsec-Authentik-Stack

Seems to work decently well but if you have any suggestions LMK.


btw, the NPM image with the crowdsec bouncer I use does not seem to be updated very frequently, I could look into making my own

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The original was posted on /r/selfhosted by /u/simonknokler on 2025-05-28 23:56:00+00:00.


Hi,

I've been working on a web-based music player for Jellyfin, intended to be a lightweight and intuitive option that I found lacking in existing Jellyfin web apps.

It's designed to be intuitive and minimal, with a clean interface for seamless music playback. You can access recent tracks, browse artists and playlists, or search your library, all with a smooth experience on both mobile and desktop (it's installable as a PWA). The app is built with React and includes some customizable preferences, like themes and audio settings, with more features planned. A demo is available to try it out.

The project is called Jelly Music App, it's open-source and a new project under active development, you can find more details on the GitHub repository.

Home / Landing page

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The original was posted on /r/selfhosted by /u/ArthurMTX on 2025-05-28 15:12:37+00:00.


Hi everyone,

I’m running a self-hosted server, and I’m looking for a clean and reliable solution to automatically back up all my Docker containers every night, including:

  • Docker volumes (persistent data)
  • My docker-compose.yml, Dockerfiles, .env files, and mounted folders (all stored under /etc/docker/app1/, /etc/docker/app2/, etc)

I’d prefer to avoid writing fragile shell scripts if possible. I’m looking for an open-source tool that can handle this in a cleaner, more maintainable way ideally with some sort of admin interface or nice scheduling system.

I’ve looked at a few things like:

  • offen/docker-volume-backup (great for volumes, no UI though)
  • docker-autocompose (for exporting running containers into compose files)
  • restic, borg, and urbackup (for file-level backups)

But I’d love to hear from the community, what’s your go-to open-source solution for backing up Docker volumes + config files, with automated scheduling and ideally some logging or UI?

Thanks in advance, I'd really appreciate recommendations or your own stack examples :)

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The original was posted on /r/selfhosted by /u/auge2 on 2025-05-28 20:20:18+00:00.


Quite a lot of servers running open source coturn, which is a popular turn/stun server (used for nextcloud video calls, for example) just got abused by an unknown third party to attack OVH hosts.

Apparently, coturn somehow allows unauthenticated reflection/amplification attacks. This resulted in a huge port scan attack against selected OVH hosts. Hetzner (a popular server provider in Germany) banned hundreds of their internal servers which were part of that attack. (Even more annoying, tomorrow is a national holiday in Germany and a lot of server hosting providers won't have support available to unban those servers)

If you are running coturn, you probably should disable it until this situation is resolved. I guess most people running it won't even remember having that set up, since it is a passive tool thats easy to forget

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The original was posted on /r/selfhosted by /u/SelfhostingResearch on 2025-05-28 17:46:38+00:00.


Hi everyone,

I’m a PhD student in Computer Science researching why people choose to self-host software — what motivates you, what concerns you, and what factors affect your decision-making.

To better understand this, I’ve prepared a short anonymous survey (~10 minutes). Your insights as part of the self-hosting community would be incredibly valuable for this research.

🔗 Survey link: https://survey.lpt.feri.um.si/376953?newtest=Y&lang=en&s=rs

This study is part of my doctoral research at the University of Maribor, Slovenia, conducted under the supervision of Assist. Prof. Lili Nemec Zlatolas, PhD. All responses are anonymous and used strictly for academic purposes.

Please note: Some statements may feel quite similar — this is intentional. The survey is designed using established scientific methods that measure key concepts through multiple, slightly varied statements. This helps improve the accuracy and reliability of the results. I understand this might feel repetitive at times, and I really appreciate your patience and understanding.

Also, the survey was recently posted on Lemmy — if you’ve already completed it there, thank you very much! Your response is already a big help, so you're all set.

Once the results are analyzed, they will be published as part of my PhD dissertation and in a peer-reviewed journal in the field of Computer Science (ideally open access). I’ll be sure to share the link to the publication and a summary of the results with the community when the time comes.

Thanks a lot for your time, and feel free to ask me anything about the research!

Cheers!

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The original was posted on /r/selfhosted by /u/Danielr2010 on 2025-05-28 12:37:45+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/selfhosted by /u/maverick-n on 2025-05-28 14:36:12+00:00.


Recommendation https://wgportal.org/latest/ No relationship, just want to make them known.

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The original was posted on /r/selfhosted by /u/ankit01-oss on 2025-05-28 14:21:52+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/selfhosted by /u/cocinelleduprintemps on 2025-05-28 12:35:55+00:00.


Hello everyone,

I self-hosted Rallly, which is a tool for creating scheduling polls, for free at evento.spirio.fr and allow friends and awareness to use it for free.

A few hours ago, a version 4 was released. This version includes a lot of improvements, in particularly in UI which are amazing!

Unfortunately, the licensing changed a lot. As a picture is better than 1000 words :

Pricing

I think it is something common to have 10 or 20 users from your friends, but it is now paid. To be more precise, you need to buy a license to be able to have more than one user in your instance.

Do you still see in interest in having this tool just for you?

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The original was posted on /r/selfhosted by /u/hedonihilistic on 2025-05-28 11:09:10+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/selfhosted by /u/momsi91 on 2025-05-28 08:36:26+00:00.


I recently thought about restructuring my backups and migrating to restic (used borg until now).

Now I read a bunch of posts about people hosting their own S3 storage with things like minio (or not so much minio anymore since the latest stir up....)

I asked myself why? If your on your own storage anyways, S3 adds a factor of complexity, so in case of total disaster you have to get an S3 service up and running before you're able to access your backups.

I just write my backups to a plain file system backend, put a restic binary in there also, so in total disaster I can recover, even if I only have access to the one backup, independent on any other service.

I get that this is not an issue with commercial object storage backends, but in case of self hosting minio or garage, I only see disadvantages... what am I missing?

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The original was posted on /r/selfhosted by /u/programmer_etc on 2025-05-28 00:22:08+00:00.


Looking for something like what papertrail used to be but self hosted.

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The original was posted on /r/selfhosted by /u/ddxv on 2025-05-27 23:40:40+00:00.


Please treat this as a newcomer's guide, as I haven't used either before. This was my process for choosing between the two and how easy Garage turned out to get started.

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The original was posted on /r/selfhosted by /u/Ironicbadger on 2025-05-27 23:38:48+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/selfhosted by /u/Ironicbadger on 2025-05-27 21:01:54+00:00.


https://postimg.cc/hJfgnD2r

Excuse me?

For Plex accounts created before March 20, 2025, we require your consent to sell your personal data as described in our Privacy Policy. You can always adjust your share/sell preferences <here>.

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The original was posted on /r/selfhosted by /u/WorldTraveller101 on 2025-05-27 16:42:39+00:00.


Hey everyone!

Since open-sourcing BookLore a few weeks ago, development has been moving fast, and I’m excited to share some great new features, especially for comic book fans!

If you’re enjoying the project, a ⭐ on GitHub would mean a lot: https://github.com/adityachandelgit/BookLore

Comic Book Support

https://preview.redd.it/mqug0zt6rc3f1.png?width=3460&format=png&auto=webp&s=ce067816f0ba5491b7d389c82f87448584871c15

Comic Book Reader

🆕 What’s New:

📚 Comic Book Support (CBZ, CBR, CB7): You can now upload and read comic book formats directly in BookLore with the new CBX reader! Smooth navigation, two-page spread, and series support included.

📁 Much Smarter File Monitoring: File watching is now more robust and responsive. BookLore automatically picks up added/removed books with minimal delay, especially useful for shared folders or automated sync setups.

🔠 New Sorting: Title + Series + Book Number: You can now sort books by title, and for those in a series, BookLore smartly groups and orders them by series name and position. Perfect for keeping your trilogies and long-running series neatly arranged.

📦 OPF & ASIN Metadata Support: BookLore now parses additional metadata formats, including OPF files and Amazon’s ASIN identifiers, helping populate richer, more accurate book data automatically.

✅ Existing Features Recap

  • OPDS support for accessing your library from other apps
  • Optional OIDC authentication (alongside JWT)
  • Email sharing for books
  • Multi-book uploads
  • Beautiful UI with per-user settings and built-in reader
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The original was posted on /r/selfhosted by /u/Hyrul on 2025-05-27 19:19:36+00:00.


Basically title. A couple years back I learnt that I could host a Plex server for my movies and TV shows and I loved doing it. I didn't know I needed it until I started using it. Same goes for Notion. Same goes for Glance, etc etc.

Thing is, I had no idea I needed it - and no idea I would use these on the daily - before learning about these things. Since I'm loving building self hosted resources (wish Notion was self-hostable), I'm wondering what YOU discovered and couldn't do without since.

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