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.
restic: Encrypted Backups Across Multiple Storage Backends
restic suits individuals, developers, and small teams that want control over backup data. It offers multi-platform support, snapshots, restores, deduplication, and several storage backends, but requires careful password and recovery planning.
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obsidian-llm-wiki: A Graph-Based Knowledge Base Inside Obsidian
obsidian-llm-wiki turns Obsidian notes and supported documents into a linked, queryable knowledge base. Its graph-based retrieval avoids embeddings and vector databases, but users should review model-data handling, backups, format support, and automated page rewrites before deployment.
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FlareMo: Personal Notes and Team Knowledge on Cloudflare
FlareMo is a Cloudflare-native knowledge base for individuals and teams, combining notes, tasks, MCP, AI memory, and collaboration controls. Review platform dependency and deployment requirements before adopting it.
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MrDoc: A Self-Hosted Document System for Individuals and Small Teams
MrDoc organizes documents, wikis, knowledge, and notes around projects, with Markdown, collaboration, permissions, version history, an API, and AI-related features. Review deployment and data-handling needs before adoption.
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MulmoClaude: Nurturing a Personal AI Assistant Locally
MulmoClaude is an MIT-licensed, local-first AI assistant platform built around personal wikis, data collections, feeds, automations, and small custom apps. It suits people willing to self-host and manage Claude Code dependencies, but deployment requires attention to runtime prerequisites, persistence, bridges, and remote access.
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Semantic MediaWiki: A Queryable Knowledge Layer for MediaWiki
Semantic MediaWiki extends MediaWiki with structured data storage, querying, and Semantic Web publishing for teams building collaborative knowledge bases.
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