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What is the one thing every self-hosted household should have? (alien.top)
submitted 2 years ago by puckpuckgo@alien.top to c/main@selfhosted.forum
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Let's keep it simple. I'm sure most of us are proud of Docker CPU cycles charted in Grafana via Prometheus, but I'm talking about the house as a whole.

My personal favorite is turning out to be Mealie.

I self-host a bunch of things for my personal use, but Mealie definitely takes the cake in terms of benefitting the entire household. I like the meal planner and the ability to hit the supermarket once to get all the necessary groceries for the week (I've never been able to achieve this before). I don't think there is anything in my stack that even compares with the benefits my house gets of out Mealie.

My runner up would have to be any of the self-hosted media players (Plex, Jellyfin, etc.), but we also have Netflix and a bunch of streaming services, so not that impactful. Home Assistant would also be a close runner up, but it only provides great benefits for me, not the rest of the house. I think Immich will be on this list shortly, when it matures a bit more (are we able to import existing photos yet?)

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[–] Certain-Argument-697@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Homeassitant, Vaultwarden, omv, AdGuard, Jellyfin, NPM, Nextcloud…

[–] No_Advice_1240@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I'm also on the Mealie train, it's a great little program.

What version are you running? For whatever reason I have had a heck of a time getting v1 to run, though I haven't dedicated too much time for troubleshooting it yet.

[–] Watever444@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Adguard is probably the one I like the most has it's used by everyone but no one sees it and better for kids.

Otherwise i don't see what mealy have to offer compare to tandoori and other similar apps ?

Most issue i have is with french recipe (we are french canadian) with theses tools vs books. It would be great if I could have Amazon tell me the recipe while cooking..... Any that does that ?

[–] jschwalbe@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Did you try Tandoor? If yes: what made you choose Mealie vs Tandoor?

[–] Comfortable_Store_67@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

he internet DVR *arr + jellyfin stack and you have a true smart home

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I'm currently using Mealie, but going to try Tandoor later this week. I find importing recipes from URLs does not import the right measurements even though the app is set to import metric

[–] KalistoCA@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I was going to say … someone who knows what to do when it all comes crashing down ..

[–] Digital_Warrior@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

/u/puckpuckgo LibrePhotos can import photos. There is a nice Linux client for it.

[–] -quakeguy-@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Caddy. A reverse proxy / web server with automated LE certs that is easier than this does not exist.

[–] puckpuckgo@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Why did you choose Caddy instead of Traefik or Nginx? I'm on Nginx, but wondering if I'm missing out on anything.

[–] -quakeguy-@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

  1. Automated certs (from 2 different CAs, not just LE) are baked in and require ZERO configuration.

  2. Configuration simplicity, most of my proxied services take 3 lines total each.

[–] gruffogre@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

A proper firewall

[–] Comfortable_Store_67@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I always start with a hyper-visor. Currently running Proxmox

[–] LegendofDad-ALynk404@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Love mealie. Was a pain in the ass to setup on trueNAS

[–] PaulEngineer-89@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Umm, a static ipv4 ip?

[–] DundasKev@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I hope you know this post has really blown up my week lol.

[–] diymatt@alien.top 0 points 2 years ago

Electricity.

[–] redoubledit@alien.top 0 points 2 years ago

Electricity is a must have

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