This Week in Self-Hosted (9 August 2024)

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This Week in Self-Hosted

It was a busy week in the self-hosting world and I'm growing fond of bulleted lists, so without further ado:

• The Raspberry Pi team dropped v2 of its microcontroller board, the Raspberry Pi Pico 2
• ICANN officially reserved .internal as a private TLD – good news for all the .arpa haters out there
• TriliumNext – the successor to Trilium Notes (recently put into maintenance mode) – dropped its first stable release on Tuesday
• The Frigate NVR team released a stable version of its anticipated v0.14 update, which features a complete UI overhaul and workflow improvements
• Reddit user u/ExoWire opened their annual self-hosting services survey (see here for last year's results)
• Fair Source made a splash with several larger projects announcing a transition to the new-ish licensing model this week

Happy selfh.st/ing!

In the News

Raspberry Pi Pico 2 Launches with Arm + Risc V Cores: hands-on with the new, $5 microcontroller

24 hours with the latest Raspberry Pi Pico

Tom's HardwareLes Pounder

ICANN approves use of .internal domain for your network

Vint Cerf revealed Google already uses the string, as do plenty of others

The RegisterSimon Sharwood

Works with Home Assistant becomes part of the Open Home Foundation

A number of changes to the program are looking to build a better hardware ecosystem for the smart home.

Home AssistantGuy Sie

Important information for users running Plex Media Server on Nvidia Shield devices

Way back in 2018 we announced the retirement of some features which included support for plug-ins for integrating third-party audio/video channels. We also noted that this wouldn’t affect scanners and agents which rely on some of the same plug-ins infrastructure, but as this framework is built on-top of a now unsupported version of Python, we are announcing today that we’ll be removing support for plug-ins entirely going forward. This process will begin with only Android-based Plex Media Server…

Plex Forumdrzoidberg33

Software Updates

• Actual v24.8.0 | Personal Budgets: Payee favorites, resizable side navigation, long-term goal templates
• Apache Answer v1.3.6 | Q&A Platform: Support for pre-filled forms, new CDN plugins for page speed improvements
• AudioBookshelf v2.12.0 | Media Streaming: Player setting for skipping forward/backward, 'End of chapter' option for sleep timer, random sort
• Bar Assistant v3.18.0 | Bar Manager: Price categories, ingredient prices
• Bigcapital v0.19.0 | Accounting: Bulk exclude bank transactions, disconnect bank account, path-style S3 endpoint support, billing subscription page, pause/resume bank feed sync, bulk categorize transactions
• Frigate v0.14.0 | NVR: Redesigned UI, new real-time and review dashboards, updated live view, alerts and detections, motion review
• Home Assistant v2024.8.0 | Home Automation: New dashboard badges, 'service call' terminology transitioned to 'actions', Ollama support, new and upgraded integrations, indicator for integrations set up via YAML
• Logto v1.19.0 | Identity Management: User impersonation via Token Exchange, application level custom_data, multiple app secrets, organizational branding
• Manyfold v0.75.0 | Asset Manager: Early support for social features via ActivityPub
• NocoDB v0.252.0 | No-Code Database: Official launch of integrations, auto-generated thumbnails, URL upload support, in-browser file handling
• PG Back Web v0.2.0 | Database Backups: Streamed backups, password resets, local backup options, single-click restorations
• Receipt Wrangler v5.1.0 | Receipt Manager: Group prompts, change currency symbols, download images, OpenAI/Llama vision support
• RSS v1.5.2 | RSS Aggregator: Source code has been moved to Codeberg
• SilverBullet v0.9.0 | Note-Taking: Space Config, new Space Overview library page, support for CSS classes in page decorations
• Stalwart v0.9.1 | Mail Server: Metrics support, enhanced tracing, HTTP access controls
• StirlingPDF v0.27.0 | PDF Editor: Multithreading for improved performance, compare PDFs, temporarily removal of Calibre support
• Yamtrack v0.12.0 | Media Tracking: Custom list support, speed optimizations via Python Requests, database table for shareable media metadata

New Software

• ghstats: GitHub repo traffic dashboard and tracker
• HBD: Birthday reminders via Telegram
• Hupload: Minimal file uploader
• MagicPush: Open-source OneSignal alternative
• ManageMeals: Recipe manager
• Notesbash: Personal notes management via command line
• Spousal Signals: Stress level dashboard driven by Fitbit data
• Subatic: Video hosting and streaming
• Viking: SSH key and remote machine manager

Breaking Changes

• Frigate v0.14.0: Significant update – see release notes for instructions before upgrading
• RSS v1.5.2: Project moved to Codeberg

Latest Directory Apps

• CloudBeaver: Cloud database manager
• ConvertX: Online file converter
• Feedbin: Simple, fast, and nice looking RSS reader
• Formulosity: Self-hosted surveys as code
• HymnoScribe: Comprehensive tool for creating hymn sheets
• Kestra: Event-driven declarative orchestrator
• Kontoj: Web app for generating accounts and credentials
• LibreSpeed: Free and open-source speed test
• LittleTinyStorage: Little tiny file storage server
• Refeed: Modern open-source RSS reader
• Yomo: Docker and Portainer management app (iOS)

Community Content

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Not in a creepy way, just in a decentralized universal way.

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Content Spotlight: Zipline

Meet Zipline, a self-hosted file upload and sharing server. While marketed specifically for its ShareX integration, Zipline can also be used as a general purpose file upload server and boasts a number of additional features: organization via folders, URL shortening, link embeds, notifications, server statistics, 2FA, password protection, image compression, video thumbnails, and extensive API support.

Zipline can be installed via Docker or bare metal and requires a separate PostgreSQL database. Along with local file storage, the platform also supports S3 compatible storage and Supabase.

Links: GitHub, Website, Documentation

What I'm Watching

• Exploring Caddy, An Open Source Web Server | Dan Brown
• Beszel: Multiple Server Monitoring Made SIMPLE! | DB Tech
• Everything New In Home Assistant 2024.8! | Everything Smart Home
• Watchtower - Update Docker Containers Automatically | Jim's Garage
• Home Servers Don't Have To Be Boring | Hardware Haven

What I'm Listening To

Mark Was Right, Twice

Martin gets the right note taking app and monitor, Alan contributes to some distros, and Mark plugs a phone into a TV.

Linux Matters

Command Line Corner: which

Use the which command to find the first location of an executable file, or pair it with -a (all) to identify all locations:

/$ which ls
  /usr/bin/ls
/$ which -a ls
  /usr/bin/ls
  /bin/ls

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

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