This hasn’t been asked in a while, and I really loved reading the last discussion so I’m hoping to kick it off again and see what has changed!

What I’d like to know is:

- What specific products do you wish you could host on your own infrastructure, but the product does not offer such a deployment method

- Do you or would you use the product without being able to self-host? I.E. In its current state

- Do you think your employer, if any, holds the same opinions?

  • sevlonbhoi1@alien.topBEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    Google maps alternative that’s as good as Google maps. Its the only service left that has kept me from degoogling 100%

    • FnnKnn@alien.topBEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I like Apple Maps, but to completely compete with Google Maps it would need to stop being exclusive for Apple devices. Open Street Maps data quality is very close to Google Maps, but the applications for it themselves aren’t as intuitive and feature rich

  • DamballaTun@alien.topBEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Private uncesored version of GPT-4.

    I want it to answer questions like:

    - give me a step by step guide on how to build a hydrogen bomb using consumer-grade components.

    - give me 20 jokes about wokism (I’m semi-woke myself)

    - give me 10 jokes that are so horrible, they would put anyone posting them on a watch-list

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    ​

    More realistically, I want it to have access to an entire programming project via IDE

  • rjr_2020@alien.topBEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    I would love to see a self-hosted VDE solution. We have a ton of VM options so I’d like to see the next logical step.

  • borouhin@alien.topBEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Any MDM solution. All self-hosted options that were available (onemdm, flyve) are dead. I’m my own employer, so we definitely agree everything should be self-hosted :)

        • 12_nick_12@alien.topBEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          That’s great. My only complaint is it only runs on windows, but oh well. I’m assuming you guys are using Windows server?

    • sarosan@alien.topBEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Sadly, there will never be a truly self-hosted solution given how the devices in question rely on Google, Samsung, Microsoft or Apple servers to be active and available on initial enrollment. The control plane can be on-prem, but the actual enforcement is done through built-in management APIs that depend on external services.

      That said, I created my own zero-cost MDM solution by leveraging Android Enterprise APIs along with Samsung Knox. There’s no pretty UI though - everything is done through API calls using Postman. Enrollment is achieved by scanning a QR code on the device’s first boot. I’m managing ~450 Samsung tablets and a dozen mobile phones using this approach.

      • ex800@alien.topBEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        hmm, for Apple a MDM Push certificate is the link between the two, for Google the managed play store, neither of these have a “requirement” for a SaaS solution.

        both of these are just to connect the device to the MDM platform via a “managment profile” (waves hands), the settings and enforcement is all on the MDM platform.

        A very long time ago (the days of the 3G) I had an internal web server that hosted iPhone configuration profiles, it was very (very) “basic”

        Granted this is only for Apple (and with a last commit in 2022 might be dead) but is useful for showing what part connects where to do what.

      • borouhin@alien.topBEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        I own a small business, 20-30 devices only. But they’re a mix of all possible platforms (Windows, MacOS, Android, iOS). Would like to force disk encryption, strong password policy, automatically install/update/configure corporate VPN/mail/etc., prevent use of blacklisted programs, remote wipe of lost/stolen/otherwise compromised devices. I know it’s not feasible with any selfhosted solution, sadly.

    • thecomputerguy7@alien.topBEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      There was TacticalRMM but there was some controversy around a crypto miner baked into a private installer. Thought of trying it in my isolated network, but can’t decide how I feel about it.

      • BMT-TEAM@alien.topBEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Organic Maps

        We are using it for managing 250-300 devices (Win Desktop, Win Server, MacOS, Linux based Server and Desktop). So far we love it (no mote TeamViewer and Anydesk since it’s using MeshCentral). What is missing (as a major component) - reporting. Still you can create/build your own reporting since there is a good API. Reporting is almost there (crossing fingers)

        • thecomputerguy7@alien.topBEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          I really appreciate you mentioning this as I’m looking for something small and light for work as well. We have a hundred or so Pi’s that are critical enough to need management and monitoring, but not critical enough to actually spend money on a RMM or something from one of the big guys.

          Right now I’m setting up ansible and getting everything in place, but I’d love something that is more agent based and not just a reoccurring script.

      • thejumpingsheep2@alien.topBEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        OpenProject is definitely good but its surprisingly resource heavy (if you plan to run it on google or amazon cloud) and some features are paid. Could not run it on a free Google Cloud instance. If memory serves me, agile style kanban boards for the team are not included in the community version (needs verification). Still its very good.

  • nurseynurseygander@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    OneNote. Yes, I know, NextCloud, Joplin, etc. But there isn’t really anything with everything - handwriting, voice recognition/dictation, etc.

    • BSL-5@alien.topBEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I hear you can do something pretty close to workflowy with obsidian.md, which you can pretty much self host with the help of syncthing

      • iroQuai@alien.topBEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        It’s almost as good to have obsidian with a sync option on multiple devices, but still an obsidian self hosted webapp would be fantastic! I know there is a docker image that offers something like that, but it’s a webversion of vnc and a small Linux container, instead of a proper web app.

        Again: going with local apps and a sync option (I too use syncthing) is very user friendly too, but I still miss the option to kust browse to my vault from any computer. Log in, do some work and see the changes reflected in my local vaults:)

  • sorghum@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    I’d love to see what I could do with things I need GPS accuracy for geofencing like robot lawn mowing or keeping dogs inside my yard without a fence. Specifically reporting to me via push notifications when something is wrong or dog has left the yard.

    I know of no such solution without a subscription at least for the dog fence. Last I looked at robot lawn mowers was Open Mower. I don’t know how much that project has grown.

    My employer wouldn’t care, self hosting has become a hobby.

  • k_717@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    An alternative to ring, wish I could self host the video recordings from the doorbell camera.

    • elingeniero@alien.topBEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Don’t know about the hardware, but HomeAssistant + Frigate can definitely cover the software side.

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          1 year ago

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    • Transient Punk@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Blue Iris may be an option for you. That + Home Assistant and MQTT allows me to send alerts from my camera to my phone based on conditions I’ve specified.

    • Bldck@beehaw.orgEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Blue Iris is open source

      UniFi Protect is closed source but self hosted

    • TheBlueKingLP@alien.topBEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Check out the Reolink doorbell, they have a wifi version and a poe version, though you need home assistant + frigate, and some tinkering skills to get it working. Might require a VPN for it to work wan you’re not connected to home wifi. I haven’t got it to work without VPN yet.