This Week in Self-Hosted (11 August 2023)

Industry Activity

It's been a slow week for industry activity in self-hosted (and open-source) software. I struggled finding news outside of the typical software updates and launches, so enjoy some links to interesting articles I saved throughout the week that are semi-related to topics often covered in this newsletter!

How we host Ars, the finale and the 64-bit future

We wrap up our four-part series by tying up loose ends and looking ahead.

Ars TechnicaLee Hutchinson

Newegg’s ChatGPT-powered review summaries could help you pick your next PC part

Newegg’s new AI feature summarizes user reviews.

The Verge

Backblaze Drive Stats for Q2 2023

Read the full Q2 2023 Drive Stats report is here, and we’ve added some data points and new drives to the data.

Backblaze Blog | Cloud Storage & Cloud BackupAndy Klein

• The author of Vim, Bram Moolenaar, passed away this week

Software Updates

• Homarr v0.13.1 | Dashboard: App tile improvements (hideable names, specify side), support for non-standard URLs
• Immich v1.72.0 | Photos: Initial support for hardware transcoding, manually upload from mobile apps, optimized web views, album descriptions
• Kavita v0.7.7 | Book Server: Localization support, readme updates
• LinuxServer.io | Docker Images: New container: Kavita
• Mailcow | E-mail: External identity providers for user authentication (currently only in nightly builds)
• Memos v0.14.3 | Note-Taking: Removed shortcuts, added tag suggestion pop-ups, improved image display style, bug fixes
• Netdata v1.42.0 | Real-Time Monitoring: Integrations marketplace, SystemD journal, agent connections via UI, easier anomaly detection
• Nextcloud | File Hosting: Maintenance releases across apps
• Paperless-ngx v1.17.0 | Document Management: Hover buttons for saved view widgets, collate two single-sided multipage scans, global and object-level permissions in import/export
• Stirling PDF v0.12.0 | PDF Editor: Convert PDF to single-page document, Markdown to PDF, JSON extract of PDF info, extract pages
• TubeArchivist v0.4.0 | YouTube Server: Standardized title and channel names, Jellyfin integration
• WordPress v6.3 | Content Management: Content, templates, and patterns all combined in the 'Site Editor', preview block themes, create and sync patterns, new tools, style revisions, footnotes and details blocks

New Software

• Bunbun Kanban Board: Kanban system with Markdown support
• CargoDeck: Dashboard with inventory of running Docker containers
• FileFlows: File-processing application
• k2d: Kubernetes to Docker translator
• letterboxd-sync: Python script to scrape a Letterboxd watchlist and add movies to a Plex watchlist
• Reviewer: Single dashboard showing all pull requests for a GitHub repository
• Your Own Cloud (YOC): Automatic installation scripts for popular Docker services

Featured Community Content

Docker Tags: So Many Tags, So Little Time

Docker Tags: So Many Tags, So Little Time

linuxserver.io

GitHub - hackclub/putting-the-you-in-cpu: A technical explainer by @kognise of how your computer runs programs, from start to finish.

A technical explainer by @kognise of how your computer runs programs, from start to finish. - GitHub - hackclub/putting-the-you-in-cpu: A technical explainer by @kognise of how your computer runs p…

GitHubhackclub

• Replace the OPNsense Web UI Self-Signed Certificate with a Let's Encrypt Certificate

Self-Hosted Spotlight: Kiwix

Meet Kiwix, the open-source software that allows you to host your own copies of popular online repositories of information such as Wikipedia, the Gutenberg project, and TED Talks. Kiwix works by compressing the files from the available sites into ZIM files, which can then be easily served over a local network – and offline, if needed.

Kiwix offers a variety of installation options, including server software for most major operating systems as well as Docker. Despite being compressed, many of the sites can range from 50-100GB in size, so be sure to direct Kiwix to an appropriately-sized directory before jumping in.

Lastly, Kiwix is an open-source project maintained by a non-profit organization looking to bring information to parts of the world that don't have easy access to the internet. Consider donating to help the support the cost of development and maintenance.

Links: Site, GitHub

Privacy Corner

Infrastructure audit completed by Radically Open Security - Blog | Mullvad VPN

We tasked the Netherlands based security firm Radically Open Security (RoS) with performing the third audit towards our VPN infrastructure.

Mullvad VPN

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