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Home Assistant is an incredible platform that reduces the complexity of managing all your smart appliances. From its remote monitoring features to compatibility with most smart gadgets and IoT devices, Home Assistant can turn any […]
Docker containers are a great way to add functionality to your NAS outside the available app store. Whether you’re running a Synology enclosure or a DIY server, it’s possible to download and manage container images. […]
I’m getting ready to do this on my home server as it’s main boot drive is a 128 GB SSD, and it is always around 80% full. This article will guide you through the steps […]
Memories is a fast, modern and advanced photo management suite, that installs quickly and easily inside Nextcloud. My video contrasts it with the Photos app that comes with Nextcloud, and highlights some reasons why you […]
Immich is a really modern looking and responsive self-hosted solution for your photos and videos. It has a number of similarities to Google Photos and is often promoted as being the closest alternative right now […]
LibreTranslate is a machine translation API which is entirely self-hosted. This software lets you use open source machine translation in your projects. It uses Argos Translate for its translation engine. It supports quite a few […]
Self-hosted VPNs can be quite good if you are hosting them from a hosting service, but network traffic is often limited to about 1 TB (and you have to count it both ways) and many […]
This is a simple containerised mail server (SMTP, IMAP, LDAP, Antispam, Antivirus, etc.). Only configuration files, no SQL database. Easy to deploy and upgrade. I see it is often recommended to others, as I noticed […]
It is inspired by games such as Cube World, Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Dwarf Fortress and Minecraft. You can play single player or multi-player, standalone or use an online server, or even […]
BookStack is an open source, web-based documentation system, that allows you to create a structured knowledge store for personal, team, or company use. BookStack focuses on ease-of-use and design to provide an experience suitable for […]