Gefühlt hat der Begriff „Self-Hosting“ in den letzten paar Wochen wieder einen gewaltigen Boost bekommen. Ich will hier mal ein paar sehr generische Tipps und Ideen aufschreiben, wie man sein „Self-Hosting-Game“ verbessern könnte. Das ganze ist subjektiv und funktioniert für mich so gut. Für jemand anderen ist vielleicht ein anderer Ansatz besser… Früher™ habe ich […] … → https://ho1ger.de/2025/04/12/self-hosting-ideen-und-moeglichkeiten/

This Week in Self-Hosted (11 April 2025)

Hoarder's new name change, software updates and launches, a spotlight on #Streamystats -- a Jellyfin statistics-tracking platform, and more in this week's #selfhosted recap!

https://selfh.st/newsletter/2025-04-11/

#discord IS LITERALLY THE PROBLEM!

• It's worse than any #IRC, #Mumble or even the old #TeamSpeak & #Skype for that matter.

• It combines the disadvantages of #Forum, #paywalled #documentation, #chat and #voicechat with 0 redeeming qualities (unlike #Zulip & Mumble & #XMPP+#OMEMO) it's just an #InformationBlackhole!

I'm shure fecking #dread has better moderation and I'd rather use #MicrosoftTeams + #Slack cuz those at least have proper #moderation tools.

• And I'd rather subscribe to the #LKML and see my inbox getting hosed than using any shitty #SaaS!

Case in point: I'd rather #SelfHost all my comms infrastructure than to ever use something like Discord or any other #GDPR-violating SaaS that is just enshittification.

I'd rather recommend people to instead choose a tool that does everything but horrible to go with multiple smaller & good tools

• Public Chat? IRC!
• Group Voicechat? Mumble.
• #Documentation? #mkDocs-material.
• 1:1 Chats? XMPP+OMEMO.
• E2EE Group Chats? #deltaChat.
• E2EE Calls? #WebCall.
• Filehosting? #IPFS, #BitTorrent, oshi.at, etc. ...
• …

Check @alternativeto and @european_alternatives for options.

Wrote a post about a #console #email client which supports #imap folders out of the box.

#dovecot #gpg #selfhost #wpn

https://blog.woodpeckersnest.space/2025/04/10/roughnecks/aerc-console-email-client-how-to/

Lately I've been doing more #SelfHosting again due to the current situation. Of course, I'm paying particular attention to power consumption and noise. After good experiences with the #ARM64 architecture, even with power-hungry applications such as Mastodon, I'm now using the smartphone technology for my homeservers, too.

There are #SBCs with more open hardware, but the #RaspberryPi is widely available, well documented, powerful and inexpensive. And it is available with up to 16 GB of RAM.

Anyone operating a server on the Internet must install #security updates quickly. However, many people forget to restart running software so that the new version runs instead of the old one. The #needrestart tool helps with this on Debian-based Linux systems, which unfortunately is usually not pre-installed.

On my Raspberry Pi 4, needrestart always runs correctly (automatically after apt upgrade). On my Raspberry Pi 5, however, I first had to create a configuration file as described by the main developer here:
https://github.com/liske/needrestart/blob/master/README.raspberry.md
Previously, the tool always claimed that a reboot was necessary because it thought an outdated Linux kernel was running.

Next, I want to activate #LUKS hard drive encryption on both raspis. Unfortunately, this is not as easy under #Raspbian or #RaspberryPiOS as on other Debian systems. If you have managed this: Please let me know how you did it!

I know for a fact that self-hosting is very difficult to pull off but I tip my cap to those who can manage it successfully.

Here's @emilygorcenski who shows us how to create a self-hosted calendar solution.

https://emilygorcenski.com/post/owning-my-own-data-part-1-integrating-a-self-hosted-calendar-solution/

How little metal do you need? https://michal.sapka.pl/2025/how-little-metal-do-you-need/

ScreeGo: "It allows you to share your screen with good quality and low latency. Screego is an addition to existing software and only helps to share your screen. Nothing else"

https://screego.net

Das hat neulich der @rannug entdeckt. Spannend ist, dass mehrere gleichzeitig ihren Bildschirm teilen können und man selber zwischen ihnen switchen kann.
Evtl. auch nützlich bei Schulungen, um bequem Ergebnisse in der Gruppe zu teilen & zu besprechen.

This Week in Self-Hosted (4 April 2025)

#AprilShowers bring new projects, software updates and launches, a spotlight on #BookLore -- an ebook management and reading platform, and more in this week's #selfhosted recap!

https://selfh.st/newsletter/2025-04-04/

Mal eben die Shellhistory auf andere Geräte synchronisieren, oder auch selbst gesetzte Aliase? Das ist möglich mit Atuin. Der Server zum synchronisieren lässt sich natürlich auch ganz einfach selber hosten. Läuft alles verschlüsselt im Hintergrund

https://github.com/atuinsh/atuin/

Darauf aufmerksam geworden bin ich durch die Comics von Julia
https://wizardzines.com/

Hey guys, any advice about reverse proxy? I'm a beginner.
#selfhost #selfhosting #yunohost #linux #debian #internet

Hey #selfhosted, what is your favorite mood-tracking web app?

Does anyone here self host Mastodon with @yunohost ?

I'm just curious how well it works given Masto's reputation for being tricky to upgrade without breaking?

Please boost for a larger sample size! Tx!

One of my #temperature #sensors, a #SNZB-02P, started disconnecting randomly. I was getting that 'checkin only every 6 or so hours' problem. Removed it and re-added it to #homeassistant about 20 times. Just did it again today and now it's functioning perfectly again. Gotta love it!!!

Updated my #privacy guide of optimal #Plex settings to be disabled for anyone not willing to make the jump after their recent news. Feel free to let me know if there's anything I've missed!

https://selfh.st/plex-privacy-settings/