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This Week in Self-Hosted (6 September 2024) 7 min read
This Week in Self-Hosted
This Week in Self-Hosted

This Week in Self-Hosted (6 September 2024)

Self-hosted news, updates, launches, and a spotlight on BookLogr - a web app for managing and tracking reading libraries and statistics

By Ethan Sholly
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This Week in Self-Hosted

Looking for something to do this weekend? Good – it was a record-breaking week with a whopping 26 new software launches catalogued below. Additionally, two existing projects released milestone v1.0 releases and Immich (finally) added support for tags.

If you need me, I'll be off in the corner envying all the Fractal North Raspberry Pi cases people keep printing.

Happy selfh.st/ing!

In the News

“I believe privacy is worth paying for”: Vishnu Mohandas, Creator of ‘Ente’, an Open-Source Rival to Google Photos
Meet the founder of Ente, building a privacy alternative to Google Photos.
It's FOSS NewsAnkush Das
Aqara joins Works with Home Assistant
We have certified 4 Aqara devices, all of which are the first to use our Works via Matter with Home Assistant badge.
Home AssistantGuy Sie
This Strange Twitter-like Platform With Social Links is Now Open-Source!
The dawn of an interesting open-source social media network?
It's FOSS NewsSourav Rudra

Software Updates

New Software

  • autopulse: Automated media update triggers
  • Baatchit: Real-time chat application
  • git-anon: Track personal commit stats without sharing code
  • GitSave: Git repository backups on a schedule
  • Haptic: Local-first home for Markdown notes
  • Hi.Events: Event management and ticketing platform
  • history4feed: Full-text historical archives for RSS and ATOM feeds
  • Kalmia: Documentation CMS written in Go
  • Lusid: Automate iMessage with Python (MacBook required)
  • Nexterm: Server management software for SSH, VNC, and RDP
  • Notesnook: End-to-end encrypted notes with desktop and mobile clients (sync server currently in alpha)
  • PiFi: Raspberry Pi router firmware
  • Plex Spot: Plex library media listing and statistics
  • Postiz: AI social media scheduling tool
  • Presence Simulation: Home Assistant presence simulation while away
  • readl8r: Really simple FOSS read later service
  • Redirect Checker: Analyze and verify URL redirects
  • SDash: Simple server dashboard
  • Shelly: SSH web interface
  • TinyStatus: Status page generated by a Python script
  • Trippanion: Trip planning companion app
  • TubeTube: YouTube downloader
  • Vigilant: Technical website monitoring
  • Voterr: Vote on movies to watch from a shared Plex library
  • WoLi WebGUI: Lightweight container for sending WoL magic packets
  • Xbox Media Downloader: Automatic backups for Xbox media clips and screenshots via Xbox Live API

Container Updates

Breaking Changes

Latest Directory Apps

  • Haptic: Local-first home for Markdown notes
  • Immich-Frame: Digital photo frame for Immich servers
  • Notesnook: End-to-end encrypted notes with desktop and mobile clients
  • Pinkary: Federated landing page for links and connecting with others
  • XWiki: Powerful collaboration and documentation platform
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Content Spotlight: BookLogr

Meet BookLogr, a self-hosted web app for tracking and managing personal reading libraries. With BookLogr, readers can easily catalogue books into three categories: Currently Reading, To be read, and Read. Other functionality includes ratings, notes for later reference, and general statistics about a user's library.

Per the project's repository, BookLogr is fairly young and still under active development – and thus prone to potential breaking changes. Regardless, the app can be installed via Docker or bare metal and requires separate database and API containers.

Screenshot of BookLogr's library dashboard, with sample books and ratings demonstrating various capabilities of the application.

Links: GitHub, Docs, Demo

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Command Line Corner: Ctrl + u

Use Ctrl + u to easily delete all text from the current line preceding the location of the cursor:

/$ docker compose up_  
/$ _
/$ docker compose up -d _ghost
/$ ghost

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

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