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.
agent-device: Let AI Coding Agents Verify Running Apps
agent-device provides a CLI, MCP server, and typed Node.js API for inspecting, controlling, and verifying applications. It fits teams connecting coding agents to mobile testing, debugging, or CI, but platform coverage and environment requirements need careful validation.
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Sim: A Collaborative Workspace for AI Agents and Workflows
Sim brings agents, workflows, knowledge, files, and run monitoring into one workspace, with cloud, self-hosted, and macOS options. This overview covers its capabilities, intended users, and deployment boundaries.
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Apache Airflow: Code-Defined Scheduling for Data and Automation Workflows
Apache Airflow is suited to code-defined orchestration of relatively stable data, machine-learning, and automation workflows. It is not a streaming system, and production adoption requires planning for task idempotency, external data services, databases, workers, and platform support.
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Dashy: A Customizable Dashboard for Self-Hosted Services
Dashy gives homelab and self-hosting users a configurable homepage with pages, status checks, widgets, search, themes, icons, and optional authentication. Deployment still requires careful planning for configuration, networking, access control, and updates.
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netboot.xyz: A Central Network Boot Menu for OS Installation
netboot.xyz uses iPXE to place operating-system installers and utility disks behind a network boot menu. It suits labs, bare-metal operations, and repeatable installations, but deployment requires careful validation of firmware, architecture, network boot paths, and self-hosting maintenance.
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Kuvasz: Self-Hosted Uptime and SSL Monitoring
Kuvasz combines availability checks, SSL monitoring, notifications, status pages, APIs, and metric exporters in a self-hosted service for personal infrastructure and small teams.
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