This Week in Self-Hosted (12 July 2024)

This (and Last) Week in Self-Hosted

Last week, I shared a link to a new project titled ButtonBox that allowed users to predefine shell commands to be run from the click of a button via web interface. A few days before publishing, the developer archived the project and instead transitioned efforts to collaborating on a similar existing project, OliveTin. A ButtonBox theme is now available if you had already grown attached to the look-and-feel of the short-lived project.

In other site-related news, I dropped some major quality-of-life updates to selfh.st/apps this week, including:

• Consolidation of /apps and /companions into a single directory
• Collapsible tile details while browsing
• A toggle to exclude closed source projects
• Lazy loading for improved page speed and performance

Happy selfh.st/ing!

In the News

Substack rival Ghost federates its first newsletter | TechCrunch

Over the past few days, Ghost says it has achieved two major milestones in its move to become a federated service.

TechCrunchSarah Perez

Nine Years of BookStack · BookStack

Today the BookStack project becomes 9 years old! Like last year’s post, and the years before it, we’ll take this as an opportunity to provide an update on the status of the project including the financials, current development status, and the growth figures.

BookStack

Software Updates

• AudioBookshelf v2.11.0 | Books and Podcasts: Book share links with expiration, custom backup paths, settings for font boldness
• Bigcapital v0.18.0 | Accounting: Bank rules for categorizing automated transactions, bank transaction matching
• ChangeDetection v0.45.26 | Website Monitor: Support for multiple selections via the Visual Selector
• Hoarder v0.15.0 | Bookmarks: Bulk actions, full page archival, import Chrome bookmarks, syntax highlighting for code blocks
• Kavita v0.8.2 | eBooks: Built-in theme explorer, scanner updates, OPDS improvements
• Manyfold v0.71/72 | Asset Manager: S3 storage support for libraries, single image for all required services
• Medama v0.4.0 | Web Analytics: Referrer URL groups, system usage dashboard, improved caching, better bot detection
• PhotoPrism v240711 | Photos and Videos: OIDC authentication support, MPEG-5 EVC encoding, Intel QSV transcoding for 10bit videos
• Plexamp v4.11.0 | Music Streaming: Context menu for Up Next items, basic multiuser support when casting, seeing in Opus files before they're completely buffered
• SilverBullet v0.8.1 | Note-Taking: Rebranded 'Template Picker' as 'Meta Picker', page and image inline embedding, indexed attachments, image resizing
• Wallos v2.14.0 | Subscriptions: Support for cancellation reminders

New Software

• AlienBin: Anonymous code and text sharing web service
• Araa: Google metasearch engine
• Cup: Container image update checks
• Docking Station: Container update interface
• Expedite: Encrypted file transfer service
• Games on Whales: Game streaming via Docker
• Incidental: Open-source incident management platform
• Portall: Port management interface
• rss2newsletter: RSS feeds to fully automated email newsletters
• Scraperr: Self-hosted web scraper
• ScrollHub: Static site generator for unlimited sites
• Telegram-to-RSS: Generate RSS feeds from Telegram chats
• Trailer Finder: Automatic trailer searches and downloads
• VoucherVault: Web app for storing vouchers, coupons, and gift cards
• WatchYourPorts: Open ports inventory for local servers

Breaking Changes

• Dozzle v8.0.1: Major feature update for swarm mode with agents

Latest Directory Apps

• AList: File list program with support for multiple storage backends
• DefGuard: Enterprise VPN and SSO
• LANCommander: Video game distribution platform
• Organizr: Homelab services organizer and dashboard
• Swetrix: Privacy-focused and cookieless alternative to Google Analytics

Community Content

Your data, your power: the Fediverse’s big advantage over the walled gardens of Big Tech

On mainstream social media platforms connection is the illusion; ad targeting is the real objective. The independent social networks of the Fediverse offer a revolutionary alternative - where users hold all the power. The future is: decentralized relationships

Elena RossiniElena Rossini

Outlook.com and self-hosted email-servers » andreas.heigl.org

How to remove a self hosted email-server from microsofts internal blocklists for outlook.de, outlook.com and hotmail.com

andreas.heigl.orgAndreas Heigl

Using S3 as a container registry

For the last four months I’ve been developing a custom container image builder, collaborating with Outerbounds1. The technical details of the builder itself might be the topic of a future article, but there’s something surprising I wanted to share already: you can use S3 as a container registry! You heard it right. All it takes is to expose an S3 bucket through HTTP and to upload the image’s files to specific paths.

Adolfo Ochagavía

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

Self-Hosting Guide to Alternatives: Airtable

Self-hosted alternatives for the popular relational database platform

selfh.stEthan Sholly

Content Spotlight: Docmost

Meet Docmost, a self-hosted collaboration and documentation platform. Serving as an open-source alternative to popular services like Notion and Confluence, Docmost provides workspaces for project management and documentation with support for real-time collaboration across teams. Features include real-time editing, spaces, permissions management, groups, comments, search, attachments, and basic authentication.

Docmost is currently in beta and only supports installation via Docker. Separate PostgreSQL and Redis services are also required.

Links: Website, GitHub, Documentation

What We're Watching

• Tea Break: 9 Years of BookStack, Finances, New Editor & Figures | BookStack
• Build Your Own VPN with Headscale & Tailscale | Jim's Garage
• What's ACTUALLY running in my Homelab? | Hardware Haven
• Self-Hosted AI That's Actually Useful | Techno Tim
• Supercharge The Unraid GUI | Spaceinvader One

What We're Listening To

Can’t Fix What You Don’t Track

Chris gets serious about tracking maintenance and alerts, why Alex is impressed by the RISC-V-powered NanoKVM, how we might end up using Docmost, and a follow-up review of LubeLogger.

Self-HostedJupiter Broadcasting

Welcome Homepage

Martin create a homepage dashboard, Mark composes Bass with Tux Guitar, and Alan visualises source code with Gource

Linux Matters

Command Line Corner: Ctrl + r

Use Ctrl + r to search for a previously used command directly from the command line:

/$ (reverse-i-search): 'docker compo': docker compose up -d ghost

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

Related News and Content

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In an interview Sony gave to AV Watch recently, the company admitted it’s going to “gradually end development and production” of recordable Blu-rays and other optical disc…

TechSpotZo Ahmed

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