I just recently started playing around with an old pc as my homeserver and am curious of any recommendations for lesser known self hostable foss software that you would recommend

  • [email protected]@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago
    • Caddy - Reverse proxy
    • Owncast - Twitch alternative
    • Jellyfin - Home video streaming application
    • Joplin - Note taking app that syncs
    • Syncthing - syncs files from my LineageOS (Android) phones to PC
    • PiHole - AD blocker
    • Minetest - open source voxel game engine (basically Minecraft)
    • Veloren - open source adventure game
    • Invidious - frontend for Youtube
    • Libreddit - frontend for Reddit (about to stop working)
    • Proxitok - frontend for TikTok
    • Nitter - frontend for Twitter
    • Rimgo - frontend for Imgur
    • Libremdb - frontend for IMDB

    Edit: Fixed PiHole from saying “VPN” blocker to “AD” :-D

  • vandrw@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Here are a few I like:

    • Jellyfin - a media server software that allows you to organize and stream your personal media collection.
    • NextCloud - a self-hosted file sync and sharing platform. Not as good as Google Drive (of course), but it can do the job.
    • Bitwarden (with a Rust-written alternative named vaultwarden) - a password manager for storing and autofilling login credentials.
    • Matrix - an open network for secure, decentralized communication. WhatsApp, but in the Fediverse.
    • PiHole - a DNS sinkhole that blocks ads and other unwanted content.
    • Mycroft - an open-source voice assistant. You can make your own Google Home with it.
    • OctoPrint - web interface that allows you to control 3D printers. Pretty handy if you have one!
    • Gitea - a lightweight self-hostable GitHub
    • Home Assistant - an open-source home automation platform. Can integrate a lot of other things in your house, including some of the things I mentioned above.
    • The X-arr initiative - a collection of tools for managing and organizing media libraries. Pretty good if you deploy your own media server:
      • Sonarr - Select TV shows and it will automatically download episodes for you.
      • Radarr -> movies
      • Lidarr -> music