This Week in Self-Hosted (24 May 2024)

In the News

Building ActivityPub: Day 1

Hello and welcome back to a weekly existential crisis about desperately trying to live up to promised potential. Just kidding! This is a newsletter about ActivityPub. Firstly, thanks for all your comments on last week’s newsletter — we did not expect to get so many, and it’s amazing to hear your

Building ActivityPubGhost

Voting has begun in the Governing Board elections

Matrix, the open protocol for secure decentralised communications

Voting has begun in the Governing Board electionsJosh Simmons

Winamp is not going open source. Here’s what it is doing - and why

To refresh its once iconic Windows media player, Winamp is kind of, sort of opening up the source code. See what that means for users and developers.

ZDNETSteven Vaughan-Nichols

Software Updates

• Firefly Pico v1.1.0 | Budgeting: Dark theme, PWA support, select number formatting, enforce lowercase options, account visibility
• FreshRSS v1.24.0 | RSS: New user query for sharing article lists, CLI for database backup/restore, new scraping mode for consuming JSON feeds, auto-add article labels
• Hoarder v0.14.0 | Bookmarks: Unraid store availability, link deduping, drag-and-drop tags, batch add links, full-page screenshots
• HortusFox v3.1 | Gardening: Custom plant attributes, REST API, radio buttons for Boolean values, clickable dashboard stats, additional health states, image upload from camera
• Manyfold v0.67.0 | 3D Printing Assets: Anonymous opt-in usage tracking, .well-known URI for password changes
• Mealie v1.7.0 | Recipes and Meals: OpenAI support for parsing recipe ingredients, unit defaults, data management from shopping lists
• Memos v0.22.0 | Note-Taking: Telegram integration moved to standalone project, refactored tags, ability to modify display time, notes by chronological order in timeline view
• Plant-It v0.6.0 | Gardening: Desktop support, Ntfy notifications, additional languages
• Plausible v2.1.0 | Web Analytics: New community edition for non-enterprise users, CSA import/export, GA4 import, 2FA TOTP, new SMTP client
• Readeck v0.14.0 | Read Later: Import from other services, breadcrumb menus, compact layout for bookmark lists, unified bookmark list header, configurable shared link expiration
• Seelf v2.2.0 | Container Deployment: Support TCP/UDP endpoints
• Stirling PDF v0.24.0 | PDF Editor: UI redesign, OAuth2 support, custom settings file introduction, new translations
• TubeArchivist v0.4.8 | Media Server: Ignore/delete videos, improved error handling for invalid URLs, new schedule management system
• Yamtrack v0.11.0 | Media Tracking: Background task support, new task view, improved UI for episode tracking, JSON-formatted logs

Breaking Changes

• Memos v0.22.0: API v1 incompatibility, Telegram integration migrated to standalone project, S3 storage updates

New Software

• Delorean: Reverse IPv4 to IPv6 proxy
• Docker Volume Backup: Backup Docker volumes locally or to a number of compatible storage protocols
• Netris: Open-source cloud gaming platform
• Openkoda: Development platform for business apps and internal tools
• RadaRec: Find similar movies to those in Radarr
• SonaShow: Find similar shows to those in Sonarr
• tillywork: Open-source work management platform
• UglyFeed: Retrieve, aggregate, and rewrite news feeds via LLM
• Worklenz: Open-source project management

Latest Apps and Companions

• Borg: Deduplicating archives with compression and encryption
• Casdoor: Open-source, UI-first identity management
• FTPGrab: FTP/SFTP file server
• Kanidm: Modern and simple identity management
• Logdy: Web-based real-time log viewer
• Neko: Web-based virtual browser
• Obsidian LiveSync: Community-implemented sync plugin for Obsidian
• Podsync: Turn YouTube or Vimeo media into podcast feeds
• Pterodactyl: Open-source game server management panel
• Worklenz: Open-source project management
• Zitadel: Identity infrastructure simplified
• ZTNET: Self-hosted ZeroTier network controller

Community Content

• Sharing My Self-Hosted PWAs: Tools for Everyday Use | Reddit

Optimizing cAdvisor for Lower CPU Usage

So you are seeing high CPU usage from cAdvisor, well I was too. Here is how I fixed it.

Akash RajpurohitAkash Rajpurohit

GitHub - anthonybudd/s3-from-scratch: A guide on how to build AWS S3 from scratch on bare-metal using an exclusively open-source technology stack.

A guide on how to build AWS S3 from scratch on bare-metal using an exclusively open-source technology stack. - anthonybudd/s3-from-scratch

GitHubanthonybudd

More From selfh.st

Self-Hosted Applications and Alternatives

A directory of self-hosted software and applications for easy browsing and discovery

selfh.stEthan Sholly

Content Spotlight: Stirling PDF

Meet Stirling PDF, a self-hosted PDF editing tool. Hot off the heels of a recent interface overhaul, Stirling PDF features a streamlined web UI where users can perform any number of operations on a PDF file: view, split, merge, convert, reorder, rotate, compress, adjust colors, add watermarks, and more. The software also features an API for integration with other tools and supports optional authentication for multi-user support.

Stirling PDF can be installed via bare metal or container and includes optional plugins and language packs for OCR capabilities.

Links: GitHub

What We're Watching

• Adding Drives to your Home Server Is EASY! …right? | Hardware Haven
• Planning A Homelab - Cluster Time! Minis Forum MS-01 | Jim's Garage
• Checking Out My Maxed-Out HL15 Server from 45Drives | DB Tech
• I automated EVERYTHING in my HomeLab with Kestra | Christian Lempa

What We're Listening To

OSS for Climate with hosts Richard Littauer and Tobias Augspurger

Hosts Richard and Tobias talk about this new podcast, why open source technology is important for climate change, and what they hope to talk about with future guests!

OSS for ClimateRichard Littauer

How much CPU do You REALLY Need

Alex benchmarks Intel CPUs (and an Arc GPU) to find the ideal balance of age, power, and speed for your home media server. Plus, our thoughts on Immich going full-time.

Self-HostedJupiter Broadcasting

Smart Home and Automation

Companion app for iOS 2024.5: Let me Assist you 🍎

Assist on iOS and companion App progress so far.

Home AssistantBruno Pantaleão

SwitchBot Lock Pro Home Assistant Setup & Review

Installation, testing and review of the SwitchBot Lock Pro and integrating it in Home Assistant over Matter. Pairing the lock with the Keypad and an NFC ring.

SmartHomeScene.comSHS

Command Line Corner: cat -b

Use the -b flag when calling cat to view the contents of a file from the terminal with line numbers:

/$ cat example.txt
  This
  Week
  in
  Self-Hosted
/$ cat -b example.txt
  1 This
  2 Week
  3 in
  4 Self-Hosted

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

Related News and Content

Bringing intuitive workflows and visual updates to the Bitwarden browser extension | Bitwarden Blog

Check out an exciting sneak peek of the design changes currently in development for the Bitwarden browser extension!

Bitwarden

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