This Week in Self-Hosted (29 December 2023)

This Year in Self-Hosted: A Year in Review 🎊

Just kidding. I'm probably as exhausted as most of you with the onslaught of year in review e-mails I've received over the last month, so I'll keep this brief: As we approach the end of the year, I'd like to express my appreciation and gratitude to all of the subscribers and readers who have supported selfh.st's launch as I've worked towards what is now a weekly newsletter with 2,100+ subscribers (stay tuned for a giveaway celebrating this milestone in January).

Community is a key contributor to the success of any self-hosted project, and that hasn't been lost on me. You may begin to notice significant changes to the newsletter as we transition into 2024, but highlighting the great work developers, content creators, and other community members are delivering will always be its primary focus.

Thanks, and as always – happy selfh.st/ing!

Ethan

Software Updates

• Anytype | Documentation: Updated support for easier self-hosted deployment
• Apprise v1.7.0 | Notifications: New notification services, support for emoji, additional Telegram and Discord support arguments
• AudioBookshelf v2.7.0 | Books and Podcasts: Year in review statistics, comic reader zoom controls, fetch book data in uploader
• FreshRSS v1.23.0 | RSS: New Important feeds group in main view, filter actions as category and global levels, ability to hide My labels, increased SQL field lengths to maximum allowed
• GameVault v1.8.0/1 | Gaming: Installation tab integrated into Library, graphic overhaul of Library and individual game details, new interface for game and user settings, text icons replaced with graphic icons, game launch parameters
• Linkwarden v2.4 | Bookmarks: Major design improvements across the application, automatic book archival, link preservation no longer limited to webpages, new compact list view, additional SSO and OAuth integrations
• NocoDB v0.203.0 | No-Code Database: New user and RichText (text formatting, lists, and headings) fields, additional formula functions
• Note Mark v0.10.0 | Note-Taking: New editor toolbar, all-in-one Docker image, recent notes added to home screen
• Paperless-ngx v2.2.0 | Document Management: Tooltip for select dropdown items, symmetric document links, icon and filter for shared items, improved popup previews, fuzzy matching deletion

New Software

• Endurain: Self-hosted Strava-like experience
• Exercise Diary: Workout diary with GitHub-styled activity
• Hyperswitch: Open-source payments switch
• mCloud: Simple file management system
• portSSHare: Dockerized AutoSSH for persistent SSH tunnels
• Plex Rewind: Plex user statistics inspired by Spotify Wrapped
• PrivatePDF: PDF editor
• Readeck: Bookmark and read-later manager
• SHRTNR: URL shortener with basic statistics
• ShotShare: Image sharing platform
• Storyteller: Platform for creating and reading eBooks with synced narration

Community Content

Take part in the Nextcloud Community Survey! - Nextcloud

As the year is coming to an end, we welcome you to participate in Nextcloud Community survey 2023 to share your satisfaction, wishes, and your unique experience in the Nextcloud community. We estimate the survey to take 7-15 minutes depending on your role and experience.

NextcloudMikhail Korotaev

The Matrix Holiday Update 2023

Matrix, the open protocol for secure decentralised communications

The Matrix Holiday Update 2023Matthew Hodgson

Outlook/Hotmail is no longer blocking my mail server

After some struggle, I managed to de-list the address of my mail server from Microsoft’s blocklist. Here is some experiences may help you.

涛叔

Matrix Workers Post 1

dog with a blog

Content Spotlight: Linkding

Meet Linkding, a self-hosted bookmark manager. Developed to replace hosted services like Pocket, Linkding provides a minimal interface for adding bookmarks/links and organizing them by tags and notes for later reference. The application comes packed with features like bulk editing, public sharing, auto-fetched titles and descriptions, browser extensions, and import/exports – while also automatically creating snapshots on the Wayback Machine when a bookmark is added to ensure the current version of the site won't be lost to future updates.

Linkding can only be installed via Docker and relies on a SQLite database for storage by default, although users can opt for PostgreSQL if desired.

Links: GitHub

What We're Watching

• This TINY Server Can Run An Entire HomeLab (almost) | Everything Smart Home
• Hasty Paste - A Fast and Easy Way to Store and Share Code! (A Pastebin Alternative) | DB Tech

What We're Listening To

State of the Homelabs 2023

We look back at what has changed, what’s failed us, and what’s sticking around in our homelabs.

Self-HostedJupiter Broadcasting

The Self-Host Cast, Episode 2: Hayden Kotelman (Mealie, Homebox)

Join me as I sit down and chat with Hayden Kotelman, the developer of the popular self-hosted applications Mealie and Homebox

selfh.stEthan Sholly

Smart Home and Automation

Companion app for iOS 2023.12: Let’s go!

Bruno Pantaleão has joined Nabu Casa as an iOS engineer and will work on improving the experience of the Companion App for iOS users. 2023.12 brings us Apple Thread credentials sharing, a new Watch…

Home AssistantBruno Pantaleão

Matter, set to fix smart home standards in 2023, stumbled in the real market

Gadget makers, unsurprisingly, are hesitant to compete purely on device quality.

Ars TechnicaKevin Purdy

Proxmox Temperature Monitoring in Home Assistant

This guide covers the easiest method I’ve come across for tracking the CPU, Chipset, and Disk temperatures of your Proxmox Host using Home Assistant.

SmartHomeScene.comSHS

Upcoming Events

Webinar on Nextcloud Hub 7: featuring advanced search and global out-of-office features - Nextcloud

Join us in this webinar about Nextcloud Hub 7!

NextcloudAuthor Neha Mishra

Fediverse Chatter

Privacy

The most effective strategy for achieving password strength | Bitwarden Blog

There is an easy solution for ensuring you have a strong, unique password for every account: use a password manager.

Bitwarden

Command Line Corner: z-commands

Certain popular commands (cat, grep, less, etc.) can be prefaced with the letter z to allow command line users to interact with gzip-compressed files without extracting them. This is helpful, for example, if you're reading compressed logs in a directory you don't have permissions to write/extract to.

/$ cat example.txt

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/$ gzip example.txt
/$ zcat example.txt.gz

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

Other News in Tech

Apple Watch ban: everything you need to know

Catch up with all the news on the Apple Watch ban.

The Verge

Commercials are coming to Amazon Prime Video next month

Amazon Prime is introducing ads to its shows and movies next month, unless subscribers pay an extra $2.99 a month.

InsiderMadeline Berg

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