This Week in Self-Hosted (16 February 2024)

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In the News

How Mastodon made friends with Meta

Founder Eugen Rochko on helping Threads federate, dodging venture capital, and why he hopes Bluesky abandons its protocol

PlatformerZoë Schiffer

FreeNginx Emerges in Response to F5’s Management Decisions

Maxim Dounin, a core Nginx dev, steps away from F5-led Nginx to launch FreeNginx, inviting contributions to safeguard open-source values.

LinuxiacBobby Borisov

Immich License Changes · immich-app immich · Discussion #7023

Immich License Changes ImportantImmich is switching from MIT to the AGPLv3 License. We are changing the license to protect Immich, its community, and the effort the contributors have put in to deve…

GitHubimmich-app

Software Updates

• Cosmos v0.14.0 | Server Manager: Transition to host network mode, login without database, docker-compose compatibility, CasaOS integration
• Grocy v4.1.0 | Household ERP: Night mode on login page, colors for different event types, new table filter for categories
• Librum v0.12.0 | eBook Manager: Folders, improved visual feedback
• LubeLogger v1.1.5/6 | Vehicle Records: Support for PostgreSQL, shop supplies, support for additional fields, shop calendar, supplies tags
• Mealie v1.2.0 | Recipes and Meals: Cookbook creation/deletion improvements, bulk deletion on 'Manage Data' page
• Outline v0.75.0 | Wiki: Rebuild of internal permissions to support invitations for individual documents, embed rendering in HTML and PDF exports, new icons, single OIDC provider auto-redirect
• Paperless-ngx v2.5.0 | Document Management: Support for OIDC and social authentication, bulk delete objects, confirm buttons, Redis metadata and suggestions cache
• PiAlert v24.2.16 | Network Monitoring: Pushover and NSLOOKUP plugins, Weblate integration for translation support
• Pixelfed v0.11.10 | Photo Sharing: Resilient media storage, video WebP2P, experimental home feed, user domain blocks, parental controls
• Stalwart v0.6.0 | Mail Server: Distributed and fault-tolerant SMTP message queues, distributed rate-limiting and fail2ban, expressions in config files
• Tasks.md v2.2.0 | Markdown Tasks: Improved mobile design, save editor mode preferences, full screen for expanded task view
• Vikunja v0.23.0 | To-Do: Merged API, frontend, and desktop repos (instructions for upgrading existing deployments)

New Software

• Cardinal Photos: Self-hosted alternative to Google Photos
• Clam Shell: Discord file and URL monitoring anti-virus engine
• crontab_status: Crontab job monitoring and alerts
• Gearr: Video transcoding software with a user interface
• news-sender-kindle: Convert and send RSS items to Kindle
• ShareTOTP: 2FA code sharing across teams

Community Content

GitHub - ssddanbrown/Open-Source-Confusion-Cases: A list of cases where open source licenses are misrepresented or where “Open Source” is used in a non-open-source-definition adhering manner.

A list of cases where open source licenses are misrepresented or where "Open Source" is used in a non-open-source-definition adhering manner. - GitHub - ssddanbrown/Open-Source-Confusion-…

GitHubssddanbrown

Forgejo forks its own path forward

Tutorials

How to securely access homelab with Tailscale — Evgenii Burmakin

Debugging life since 1991.

Evgenii Burmakin

Keycloak SSO with docker compose and nginx - du.nkel.dev

A personal code notes blog

du.nkel.devAlexander Dunkel

Weekend Discussion

selfh.st (@[email protected])

Weekend Discussion 💬 Which of the self-hosting personality flaws below are you guilty of? (See replies for the full list.) #selfhost #selfhosted #selfhosting #homelab #homeserver

Fosstodon

Content Spotlight: listmonk

Meet listmonk, a self-hosted newsletter and mailing list manager. An alternative to popular hosted services like Mailchimp, listmonk can be used to collect and manage subscriber data (with support for user-specific attributes and SQL queries) and create newsletter campaigns that can be delivered via a number of configurable methods – generic or hosted SMTP, SMS, FCM, etc. The software supports tracking pixels and click tracking for newsletter analytics and can also be leveraged for other transactional communications including welcome e-mails, password resets, and order confirmations.

listmonk can be installed via Docker or bare metal and requires a separate PostgreSQL database for data storage. The software supports bulk imports for those migrating from another tool.

Links: GitHub, Website, Documentation

What We're Watching

• This NAS Isn't For Me. But I want it. | Hardware Haven
• So You Think You Know Git | GitButler
• NAS Shares On LXC - Unprivileged - Jellyfin Example | Jim's Garage
• Simple Cloudflare Tunnel Setup on Unraid for Beginners! | Spaceinvader One

What We're Listening To

The Homelab Show Ep. 120 – Using AI in Your Homelab – The Homelab Show

The Homelab Show Catch Up on the Vlog and Podcast

2024.2 and Apple Car Play

The Cloud Strikes again with Haier threatening legal action. Meanwhile Home Assistant 2024.2 lands with Apple Car Play support

Home Assistant PodcastWebsite

Passkeys might really kill passwords

On this episode of The Vergecast, we figure out passkeys once and for all.

The Verge

Smart Home and Automation

Nabu Casa joins the Z-Wave Alliance

We have joined the Z-Wave Alliance, thanks to revenue from Home Assistant Cloud subscribers, and will start the certification process for Z-Wave JS.

Home AssistantPaulus Schoutsen

Can you manage your house with a local, no-cloud voice assistant? Mostly, yes.

If you’re tired of Alexa and Google listening, a DIY option is possible.

Ars TechnicaKevin Purdy

Convert Conbee II Into a Thread Border Router

This guide details how to convert your old Conbee II Zigbee stick in to a Thread Border Router, reducing e-waste and saving money.

SmartHomeScene.comSHS

Upcoming Events

Voice Assistant Contest - Let’s build and win some prizes!

We are organizing a voice assistant contest between the 17th of January and the 10th of March. You can win some Home Assistant Green, some Home Assistant SkyConnect, and a chance to be on a livestr…

Home AssistantJean-Loïc Pouffier

Command Line Corner: cut

Use the cut command to parse characters or sections from the lines of a file and write them to the standard output. Cut also supports multiple options for parsing – cut by byte (-b), character (-c), or delimiter (-d).

In the example below, we use the delimiter option (-d) to extract the second section (-f) after the comma in each line of the file.

/$ cat example.txt
  This,Week
  in,Self-Hosted

/$ cut -d "," -f 2 example.txt
  Week
  Self-Hosted

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

Related News

Twitter front-end Nitter dies as Musk wins war against third-party services

Musk’s changes kill service that let you view tweets without going to Twitter.

Ars TechnicaJon Brodkin

Buckle Up: Google and Yahoo Enforce DMARC for Better Email Security

If you’re a business owner or marketing professional relying on email communication, recent changes by Google and Yahoo are shaking things up in the email world. Understanding these changes and implementing DMARC is now essential for keeping your emails trustworthy and avoiding the dreaded spam folder. Let’s dive in and

MXroute BlogJarland Donnell

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