This Week in Self-Hosted (27 September 2024)
Self-hosted news, updates, launches, and a spotlight on FerretDB - a lightweight MongoDB proxy for SQL-based databases
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This Week in Self-Hosted
If you missed it, I launched my annual self-host user survey yesterday. It consists of 30-35 questions measuring self-hosted preferences across a variety of topics (more info in the link below). The deadline for entries is 9pm EST, Friday, October 11th. Please consider completing it if you have a few free minutes!
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In other exciting site-related news, the Homepage dashboard project dropped a new release with built-in support for the icon collection I launched just a few weeks ago. To easily add them to your dashboard, prefix the software/service name with sh-. (If an icon isn't working, doublecheck its name via the link below.)
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Happy selfh.st/ing!
In the News
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Software Updates
- AirTrail v0.2.0 | Flight Tracking: OIDC authentication support, flight exports
- Apache Answer v1.4.0 | Q&A: Awards and badges, question list for personalized recommendations, code highlighting plugin
- Bar Assistant v4.0.0 | Cocktail Recipes: Docker image now runs as unprivileged user, improved API endpoint for naming and structure, data export in multiple formats
- Feishin v0.10.0 | Music Player: Subsonic server support, lyric translations
- Firefly-Pico v1.4.0 | Mobile Firefly III: New pages (budget list, create, edit), transaction search by budget, new summary dashboard cards, ability to hide cards and fields, transaction cloning
- Hoarder v0.17.0 | Bookmarks: SSO (OIDC) support, improved importing experience, bulk tag/list actions, banner customization, mobile app improvements
- Homepage v0.9.10 | Dashboard: New Mailcow and LubeLogger widgets, built-in support for selfh.st/icons
- Immich v1.116.0 | Photos and Videos: Improved external library scanning, time zone improvements, tag clean-up job, improved person merge workflow
- Mantium v2.0.0 | Manga Tracker: Support for custom and multi manga, notification updates
- Manyfold v0.80.0 | 3D Assets: Markdown support for note fields, field renames, raise problems for missing metadata
- NetAlertX v24.9.26 | Network Monitor: New flag for automatically unflagging devices as new after period of time, sync plugin for pulling data from nodes, improved support for proxies
- Plausible v2.1.2 | Web Analytics: Automatic IPv6 support for outgoing connections, opt-in HTTPS support, simplified Docker Compose configuration
- Stalwart v0.10.0 | Mail Server: Multi-tenancy and branding (enterprise only), roles and permissions, full-text search re-indexing, partial database backups
- Streamyfin v0.15.0 | Jellyfin Client: New full screen player, skip intros and credits, trickplay images, show cached progress in progress slider, genres, additional actor details, video skip and rewind time settings
New Software
- ClipCascade: Clipboard sync across devices
- Controller: Open-source platform for interacting with multiple apps
- GigaPaste: File sharing, URL shortening, and pastebin all-in-one
- IMDB to Overseerr: IMDB lists sync in Overseerr
- Lazywarden: Automatic Bitwarden backups
- LinuxServer.io: New container – RawTherapee
- Morphos: File converting server
- Simple Wishlist: Simple self-hosted wishlist
- Skate: Minimal multi-host container orchestrator
Breaking Changes
- Stalwart v0.10.0: Account storage changes (see upgrade instructions)
Latest Directory Apps
- GigaPaste: File sharing, URL shortening, and pastebin all-in-one
- Tianji: Web analytics, server status, and uptime monitoring
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Community Content
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Content Spotlight: FerretDB
Meet FerretDB, a lightweight MongoDB proxy for users who prefer or are limited to SQL-based databases for storage. Initially developed in response to MongoDB's transition away from open-source licensing, FerretDB can be configured to sit between an application and a SQL database to provide the necessary query conversions that allow the software to continue operating as if it were storing its data in a MongoDB database.
FerretDB can be installed via bare metal or Docker and does not include a PostgreSQL database in the container image (users will need to maintain their own separately).
![Flowchart from the project's repository outlining the communication between a MongoDB driver, FerretDB, and a SQL-based database](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/selfhst/cdn/assets/images/content-spotlight/screenshot-ferretdb-flowchart.webp)
What I'm Watching
- Tududi - Task / Project Management Made Simple | DB Tech
- 11 Essential Tips For Home Assistant Beginners! | Everything Smart Home
- pfSense Configuration Guide - Zero to Hero! | Jim's Garage
- A pretty great Homelab firewall in a tiny package - The Lenovo M720q with SFP+ for OPNsense | KTZ Systems
What I'm Listening To
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