This Week in Self-Hosted (8 December 2023)

In the News

Nabu Casa at the Matter Member Meeting

Nabu Casa represented Home Assistant, our community, and the Open Home vision at the Matter Member Meeting in Geneva. And we’ll have a dedicated live stream about Matter in January!

Home AssistantMarcel van der Veldt

Nextcloud wins the Acteurs du Libre European Award 2023 - Nextcloud

Read about a remarkable prize achieved thanks to Nextcloud community, our talented team, and the great visionaries behind the project.

NextcloudMikhail Korotaev

Jellyfin (@[email protected])

Attached: 2 images For those that don’t follow us on bird site, we’ve recently set up a design team. Here’s a post from a team lead (attached as pics for reference): https://twitter.com/erikbucik/status/1729981634139529314

Mastodon

Software Updates

• Actual Budget v23.12.0 | Budgeting: Completed dark theme, transaction locking after reconciliation, additional mobile functionality (account creation, pull-down-to-sync, and swiping for additional pages in the footer menu)
• Bigcapital v0.12.0 | Accounting: CSV and XLSX report exports, optimized invoice document printing
• Home Assistant v2023.12 | Home Automation: New login page design, updated thermostat card design, numeric input feature for tile cards, history dashboard, new integrations
• Immich v1.90.0 | Photos: Asset editing on web (date, time, hours, time zone, GPS info), re-assign faces, hovering thumbnails, improved iCloud asset handling
• Kavita v0.7.11 | Book Server: New .kavitaignore file to exclude files and folders, overhauled image loading, fixed/enhanced smart filters, library settings for excluding files types or folder/file patterns
• LinkStack v4.5.0 | Personal Landing Page: New ID system for users and links, user report functionality
• Outline v0.74.0 | Wiki: Clicking on links while editing selects the entire link, Mermaid diagrams rendered in HTML exports, new 'Share' option in document menu on mobile, new translations
• Paperless-ngx v2.1.0 | Document Management: New document link custom field, additional warnings on import failure, auto-assign custom fields based on consumption templates, excluding mail attachments by name
• Plexamp v4.9.0 | Music Streaming: Custom cover art for playlists and collections, queue actions for shared playlists, unlistened badges for shared playlists, media bitrate and codec filters and sorting, name customization for downloaded items
• Plex Dash v2.0.1 | Dashboard: Upload artwork, refresh metadata for individual items, show media paths, improved Fix Match modal design
• Unraid v6.12.6 | Server OS: Important patch release for OpenZFS, bug fixes

New Software

• Delfin: Native Jellyfin desktop client
• FileTrove: File indexing and metadata creation
• HaruHost: Windows game server
• Priviblur: Privacy-focused front end for Tumblr
• Snapp: Simple URL shortening service

Community Content

• It's this time of the year again... which open-source project are you donating to? | Reddit
• Proxmox Managing App iOS: Looking for feedback for ProxMate

Content Spotlight: LinkStack

Meet LinkStack, a self-hosted link sharing platform replacement for the popular hosted service linktr.ee. LinkStack allows users to create personal landing pages with a listing of relevant links for socials, websites, and other relevant webpages (a need that arose during the days of social media sites limiting users to a single link in their profile pages). Once up-and-running, the software is easy to use and highly customizable, with the ability to add predefined and custom sites, extensive theming capabilities, and click-tracking to see which links are being viewed by visitors.

LinkStack can be installed by serving its files from a directory or via Docker.

Links: GitHub

What We're Watching

• My fediverse use - I'm hosting everything myself - PeerTube, Mastodon and Lemmy | Jeena's Channel
• Portainer - Past, Present, and Future! An Insight Into The Container Management Tool We All Love! | Jim's Garage

What We're Listening To

Frenck joins us to see out 2023 and break down Home Assistant 2023.12

The final release of 2023 is here, and Franck joins Rohan and Phil to break it down and ponder what 2024 will bring

Home Assistant PodcastWebsite

pfSense Makes no Sense

We break down the state of the pfSense changes and the red flags we see. Plus, we’re joined by Wolfgang from Wolfgang’s channel to dig into his homelab and much more.

Self-HostedJupiter Broadcasting

Smart Home and Automation

GARAGINATOR: a HomeKit Compatible Smart Garage Door Opener

What is this?

Will Warren

HomeWizard joins Works With Home Assistant program

HomeWizard makes Wi-Fi devices that give insight into electricity, water, and gas consumption. The devices integrate locally into Home Assistant.

Home AssistantGuy Sie

DIY Presence Sensor with HLK-LD2410 and ESPHome

Guide for creating your own reliable presence sensor with an ESP32 and HLK-LD2410 or LD2410C mmWave radar sensor, coded in ESPHome and Home Assistant.

SmartHomeScene.comSHS

Upcoming Events

Nextcloud Hub 7 launch event

Nextcloud Hub 7 will be launched on December 12th in an online event. Sign up and join the live presentation to witness it firsthand.

Nextcloud

Hardware

• 3D Printing in a Homelab | It's totally not just for toys! | KTZ Systems
• This NEW Homelab NAS looks interesting // ZimaCube Prototype Review | Christian Lempa

Privacy

Best Private Alternatives to WhatsApp | Our Top 6

‘Review of the best alternatives to WhatsApp: Signal, Threema, Telegram, Element, Wire, SimpleX.’

Tutanota

Mozilla VPN Update: New privacy features, plus independent security audit results | The Mozilla Blog

This year, we’ve been working on the many ways to protect your data when you use Mozilla VPN, our fast and easy-to-use Virtual Private Network service. O

The Mozilla BlogMozilla

Optimal Plex Settings for Privacy-Conscious Users

Update these settings to limit the data Plex collects about your account, content, and streaming habits

selfh.stEthan Sholly

Command Line Corner: Ctrl + a

When typing a long command, use Ctrl + a to relocate your cursor back to the beginning of the line if you find yourself needing to fix an error or typo. The shortcut is much quicker than holding an arrow key and easier than using the Home key as your fingers won't need to leave the default typing position.

/$ dcker compose up ghost-blog|
/$ |dcker compose up ghost-blog
/$ do|cker compose up ghost-blog

Click here to view an archive of commands shared in previous newsletters.

Other News in Tech

Pushover Updates- Pushover Turns 10

Pushover Turns 10

You Still Don’t Own What You Bought: Purchased TV Shows From PS Store Go Bye Bye

Thank you for joining us for your latest lesson in how you don’t actually own the things you buy when you buy them digitally. Over a year ago, we discussed a story out of Germany and Austria …

TechdirtTimothy Geigner

Windows 10 gets three more years of security updates, if you can afford them

Windows 10 gets a version of the program that extended updates for Windows 7.

Ars TechnicaAndrew Cunningham

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