Hi all,
question to you: How many of your selfhosted Apps are improving your life? Which apps are you really using on a daily/weekly basis?
Many of my running containers are just for … running containers.
Portainer, Nginx Proxy Manager, Authentik, Uptime-Kuma, Wireguard … they are not improving my life, they are only improving Selfhosting. But we are not doing selfhosting just for the sake of it? Do we? …
Many of my running containers … are getting replaced by Open Source client software eventually
- I’ve installed Trilium Notes - but I’m using Obsidian (more plugins, mobile apps, easy backup)
- I’ve installed Vikunja - but I’m using Obisdian (connecting tasks with notes is more powerful)
- I’ve installed Snapdrop - but I’m using LocalSend (more reliable)
- I’ve installed Bitwarden - but I’m using KeePass (easy backups, better for SSH credentials)
- I’ve installed AdGuard - but I’m using uBlock (more easy to disable for Shopping etc.)
- …
So the few Selfhosted Apps, that improve my life
File Management
- Paperless NGX - all my documents are scanned and archived here
- Nextcloud - all my files accessible via WebUI (& replaced Immich/Photoprism with Photos plugin)
- Syncthing - all my files synchroniced between devices and Nextcloud
- Kopia - Backup of all my files encrypted into the cloud
And that’s a little bit sad, right? The only “Job to be done” self-hosting is a solution for me is … file management. Nothing else.
What are your experiences? How makes self-hosting your life better?
( I’m not using selfhosting for musc / movies / series nowadays, as streaming is more convenient for me and I’m doing selfhosting mainly because of privacy and not piracy reasons - so that usecase is not included in my list ;)My only SmartHome usecase is Philips Hue - and I’m controlling it with Android Tasker )
I went the opposite direction: I did use local clients and migrated from those to self-hosted solutions with web interfaces.
Notes for example: I used to keep notes locally until I discovered first BookStack then Trilium. Trilium does everything I need, but simply having a link to its web interface on my dashboard and editing notes in there is so much more convenient than keeping a local client updated on all my devices and setting up sync.
For the same reason, I prefer using one self-hosted webmail client (currently simply NextCloud Mail) over installing Thunderbird on all my devices.
Same with Vikunja, I am perfectly happy with the functionality and web interface, I find it more convenient than installing many local clients.
Last but not least, FreshRSS has completely changed the way I consume information from the internet. And again, having an amazing web interface, being able to freely switch devices, without having to maintain/sync several local clients, is extremely convenient.
And that’s just productivity apps, my whole entertainment setup depends on my media centre: Audiobookshelf, Jellyfin, Navidrome. There is no way I could run this (and freely switch devices) without these self-hosted solutions.
+1 for freshrss, it’s essentially replaced reddit for me