Immich
A self-hosted photo and video backup platform with mobile auto-upload, albums, search and facial recognition.
Docker
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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.
Kition: A Desktop Workspace for Documents, Tables, Boards, and Reviewable AI
Kition combines knowledge work, structured records, visual planning, web research, and workflows in one desktop workspace. It is still in beta, and its separate runtime boundary makes backups, review, and deployment validation important before adoption.
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Bitcart: A Self-Hosted Multi-Asset Payment Processor for Merchants
Bitcart is aimed at merchants and developers who want to operate cryptocurrency payment infrastructure themselves. This overview covers its scope, ecosystem, deployment changes, and adoption considerations.
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Conduit: Bring Open WebUI and Self-Hosted Models to Mobile
Conduit is a GPL-3.0 Flutter client for iOS and Android, designed to connect mobile users with Open WebUI, personal model endpoints, and Hermes agents.
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Peekaping: Extensible Uptime Monitoring for Self-Hosted Teams
Peekaping is a Go and React self-hosted uptime monitor covering network, service, and database checks with status pages, notifications, and an API. It remains in beta, so teams should evaluate changing features, storage, and operations before adoption.
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k8s-homelab: Managing Home Kubernetes with GitOps
k8s-homelab is a home-lab infrastructure repository combining Talos, Flux, Renovate, Rook/Ceph, and NFS for automated cluster management and persistent storage.
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Openship: A Control Plane for Self-Hosted Deployments
Openship targets developers and teams that want an integrated, self-hosted path from source code to running applications. Before adoption, understand its Compose and bare modes, Docker socket exposure, networking, and always-on requirements.
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