This Week in Self-Hosted (19 July 2024)

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This Week in Self-Hosted

Another week, another semi-controversial Immich release. If you aren't familiar with the project, it's a Google Photos alternative often criticized for its frequent breaking changes and versioning system (to be fair, the team is upfront about this in their release notes and I personally don't mind working around it for such a solid self-hosted alternative).

This week, however, the team finally delivered something they've been hinting at since being acquired by FUTO earlier this year – paid licenses. Users can pay either $25 (personal) or $100 (server) for a license that nets them a 'Licensed' badge in the software's web interface. The team continues to confirm they have no plans for paywalled features, but the decision to tag installations as either licensed or unlicensed is still unusual for a free/open-source project and has created some confusion across the community.

Unrelatedly, if you're looking for something to spin up this weekend – there was a recent thread on Reddit prompting users for their favorite "underdog" self-hosted services that is absolutely worth checking out.

Happy selfh.st/ing!

In the News

Google-Backed Software Developer GitLab Eyes Sale, Reuters Says

GitLab Inc., a US software developer backed by Google parent Alphabet Inc., is exploring a sale after attracting interest from potential bidders, Reuters reported.

BloombergOlivia Solon

Licensing announcement - Purchase a license to support Immich | Immich

Hello everybody,

Immich LogoAlex Tran

Bitwarden releases phased beta for native mobile apps | Bitwarden Blog

Bitwarden announces the beta rollout of its native applications for iOS and Android, introducing new functionalities and optimizations.

Bitwarden

Software Updates

• ChangeDetection v0.46.00 | Website Monitor: Major upgrades to restock and price detection (rules, tags)
• Gokapi v1.9.0 | File Sharing: Redis support, custom database locations, display filenames in URL
• Grist v1.1.16 | No-Code Database: New Docker image (grist-oss), authorization headers in webhooks, support for running container as non-root user
• Immich v1.109.0 | Photos and Videos: Support for licenses (no features currently locked behind paid licenses), My Immich URL forwarder
• Ktistec v2.0.0 | ActivityPub Server: Content filtering, additional object types, support for following threads, hashtags, and mentions
• LinuxServer.io | Containers: WireGuard 'legacy' tag deprecation
• Memos v0.22.3 | Note-Taking: Inline memo editor, tree structure for tags, HTML element rendering
• NetAlertX v24.7.18 | Network Monitor: Experimental TP-Link Omada plugin, MQTT device specification, cache expiration improvements
• OliveTin v2024.07.15 | Remote Commands: Environment variable for port override
• Plex Rewind v2.0.0 | User Statistics: Published Docker image, configuration screen for application settings
• Wanderer v0.8.0 | Trail Database: Settings page visual overhaul, update email/password from the web interface, export all trails at once
• Zoraxy v3.0.8 | Reverse Proxy: Multi-upstream support, work-in-progress SSO/OAuth server UI, optimized UI for create new proxy rule

New Software

• BookLogr: Personal library manager
• ConfigLMM: Versatile configuration manager
• goManageDocker: Docker container management via TUI
• HamsterCMS: Multi-template flatfile CMS
• Location History: Location history visualizer
• Meme Search: Search indexed memes by content and text
• PdfDing: Web-based PDF viewer and manager
• PiOSK: One-shot kiosk setup for the Raspberry Pi
• RenderCV: Create high-quality CVs from a YAML input file
• Towerify: Manage a fleet of YunoHost servers
• Unraid USB Creator: Unraid USB creation utility

Breaking Changes

• Gokapi v1.9.0: API scheme updates and deprecated environment variables
• Plex Rewind v2.0.0: .env settings replaced with configuration interface
• Traefik v3.1.0: Migration steps required for Kubernetes Providers
• Zoraxy v3.0.8: Updated structure of proxy rule storage config

Latest Directory Apps

• Activepieces: Friendly all-in-one workflow automation tool
• BookLogr: Personal library manager
• Ghostfolio: Open-source wealth management software
• PdfDing: Web-based PDF viewer and manager
• Plex Pre-Rolls: Script for automating and managing Plex pre-rolls
• Priviblur: Privacy-focused alternative frontend for Tumblr
• Replex: Proxy for modifying communication between a Plex server and clients

Community Content

Self-hosted music streaming from a git-annex repository

No Amazon, Apple and friends: Your own music streaming with Navidrome on a Raspberry Pi5, managed with DataLad.

To be distributed...Michael Hanke

Self Hosting 101 - A Beginner’s Guide

A beginner’s guide to self hosting

ente

It’s all about the infrastructure

The proliferation of pugs and their natural propensity to perpetuate prose.

Building ActivityPubGhost

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: Google Analytics

Self-hosted alternatives for the popular web analytics platform

selfh.stEthan Sholly

Content Spotlight: DB Tech

Meet DB Tech, a YouTube content creator focused on self-hosted (and adjacent) content. The channel – run by David Burgess ('DB') – features tutorials on various topics including software deployment, Docker containers, Proxmox, Raspberry Pi projects, server hardware, and more. DB Tech also maintains an active Discord server for homelab-related discussions and occasionally posts tutorials to an online wiki to supplement his YouTube content.

On a personal note, David has been a vocal supporter of selfh.st since its initial launch and co-hosted The Self-Host Cast's inaugural podcast episode, where we discussed the results of my 2023 annual self-hosting survey.

Links: YouTube, Discord, Mastodon, Wiki, Patreon

What I'm Watching

• Demystifying Home Assistant - An Overview and *Almost* a Tutorial | DB Tech
• Exploring Dockge, An Open Source Docker Stack Manager | Dan on OSS
• A SERIOUS Home Server That's Affordable | Hardware Haven
• When To Update TrueNAS Scale & What Happened to TrueCharts? | Lawrence Systems

What I'm Listening To

The Homelab Episode 132: Retro Games – The Homelab Show

The Homelab Show

Lea Gröber: Understanding self-hosting and security through Nextcloud - Nextcloud

So many Nextclouders - from enterprise and education to activists and families - decide to self-host their privacy-focused IT infrastructure. What exactly motivates us to self-host? Is this inherently an increased data security risk? What of the grit needed to host your own digital infrastructure? The answers to these questions may surprise you! Lea Gröber, PhD student in Usable Security @ CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security, shares insight from two recent studies exploring motivations in self-hosting and Nextclouders specifically. We explore the topic of Usable Security and how, in terms of security, the human aspect of your digital infrastructure may be the most important, and yet the least understood. Afterall, “Users are not the enemy.”

NextcloudBrent Gervais

Command Line Corner: wc

Use the wc command to show the count of lines, words, and bytes in a file:

/$ wc example.txt
  3  4  27 example.txt

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

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Google being the good guy for project maintainers.

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