Immich
A self-hosted photo and video backup platform with mobile auto-upload, albums, search and facial recognition.
Docker
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Software worth a closer look
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n8n
A workflow automation platform with visual flows, code nodes and native AI capabilities that can be self-hosted.
Docker
Vaultwarden
A lightweight Bitwarden-compatible password manager for individuals and small teams that want control of their data.
Docker
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FROM THE NOTEBOOK
Ideas you can put to work
Practical guides, considered choices, and the details that make a difference.
OpenOutreach: From Product Description to Explainable B2B Outreach
OpenOutreach is a self-hosted B2B lead-generation CLI that discovers, qualifies, and contacts prospects from a product and target-market description. Review its external services, mailbox credentials, compliance duties, and model uncertainty before adoption.
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Prometheus: A Time-Series Platform for Service and System Monitoring
Prometheus targets teams that need metric collection, PromQL queries, rule evaluation, and alerting. This overview covers its operating model, deployment options, and adoption considerations.
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kwatch: Turning Kubernetes failures into actionable cause signals
kwatch monitors Kubernetes failures, relates affected resources, and notifies existing channels. Before adoption, verify licensing, permissions, credentials, and v0.10.5 changes.
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SigNoz: Putting Logs, Metrics, and Traces on One OpenTelemetry Platform
SigNoz targets teams seeking a unified view of application and infrastructure telemetry, with self-hosting, APM, logs, metrics, tracing, and AI observability. Operations, capacity, and licensing still need review.
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Tautulli: Self-Hosted Monitoring, Analytics, and Notifications for Plex
Tautulli adds web-based monitoring, history, user and library statistics, and notifications around Plex Media Server. Review its Python requirement, privacy implications, and GPL v3 terms before deployment.
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System Informer: Deep System Diagnostics for Windows
System Informer is a Windows tool for administrators, developers, and troubleshooters who need detailed process, resource, file, network, service, and stack information. It is portable and MIT-licensed, but driver use, permissions, online analysis, and privacy require evaluation before adoption.
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