Self-Hosted Alternatives to Popular Services

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The original was posted on /r/selfhosted by /u/hernil on 2025-04-07 08:07:43+00:00.

On May 18th (at least here in Norway) Google is shutting down the Maps Timeline feature[1]. It's finally the kick in the butt I needed to move to a selfhosted alternative.

My setup ended up being as follows:

• Owntracks for storing the data
• A python script to convert the Goolge Takeout of my Timeline data to Owntracs .rec format
• Home Assistant pushing location data to Owntracks over MQTT - thus using the companion app I already had installed for location tracking

If that sounds interesting then check out my post about it!

[1]: Yes, it's not going 100% away, more like moving to individual devices but that's still Timeline-as-we-know-it going away imo.