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This Week in Self-Hosted (8 November 2024) 5 min read
This Week in Self-Hosted

This Week in Self-Hosted (8 November 2024)

Self-hosted news, updates, launches, and content for the week ending Friday, November 8, 2024

By Ethan Sholly
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In the News

Octoverse: AI leads Python to top language as the number of global developers surges
In this year’s Octoverse report, we study how public and open source activity on GitHub shows how AI is expanding as the global developer community surges in size.
GitHub - community-scripts/ProxmoxVE: Proxmox VE Helper-Scripts (Community Edition)
Proxmox VE Helper-Scripts (Community Edition) . Contribute to community-scripts/ProxmoxVE development by creating an account on GitHub.
Celebrating 21 Years of Notepad++: The Legendary Journey of Our Favorite Text Editor - learnhub
Alright, folks, gather around because it’s story time about one of the most underrated yet indispensable tools in the digital world—Notepad++. This month

Software Updates

  • Actual Budget v24.11.0 | Budgeting: Experimental support for upcoming schedule duration and templating in rules, dashboard improvements
  • AirTrail v1.0.0 | Flight Tracking: Improved time zone handling, flight list toolbar, improved import flow, delete all flights
  • Calibre-Web Automated v2.1.0-2 | eBook Management: Fix for Synology and Unraid users, multi-platform support, settings panel, new auto-compression feature, monitoring service status check in web UI
  • ClipCascade v1.0.0 | Clipboard Sync: Server heartbeats, full macOS integration
  • DefGuard v1.0.0 | VPN: External OIDC support (enterprise only), real-time client configuration sync, disable manage devices and client config for users
  • Endurain v0.5.0 | Fitness Tracker: Support for .fit files, new health zone with support for logging weight
  • Homarr iFrames v1.0.0 | Dashboards: New iframe for alarms, removed Netdata iframe
  • Home Assistant 2024.11 | Home Automation: Sections dashboard no longer experimental, low latency cameras via WebRTC, new integrations
  • HortusFox v3.7 | Plant Management: Plant recognition via Pl@ntNet API, toggle features, embed custom code in HTML header, increased memory limits
  • Immich v1.120.0 | Photos and Videos: Built-in automated database backups, timeline location indicator when scrolling, faster CPU transcoding for HDR videos
  • Komodo v1.16.9 | Container Management: Container image update functionality (manual, polling, or auto-updates)
  • OliveTin v2024.11.02 | Remote Commands: Action and execution IDs on hover, less visually offensive log search box, rerun button on execution dialog for easy rerunning
  • Penpot v2.3.0 | Design: New plugin system, replaced Draft.js with custom editor
  • Proxmox VE Helper Scripts: Transitioned to community-driven project
  • Wallabag v2.6.10 | Bookmarks: Added Omnivore import functionality

Breaking Changes

  • AirTrail v1.0.0: Improved time zone handling may impact recorded times and time zones with DST – users should reimport data to correct
  • Endurain v5.0.0: Database schema changes (backup before upgrading), new volume required
  • Home Assistant 2024.11: Retired integrations – Bloomsky, Google Domains, and Spider

New Software

Latest Directory Apps

  • ByteStash: Code snippet storage solution
  • ChartDB: Database diagrams editor and visualizer
  • Gladys Assistant: Privacy-first, open source home assistant
  • Hauk: Realtime location sharing
  • Hoodik: Lightweight and secure cloud storage solution
  • PortChecker: Port status queries for specified hostnames or IP addresses
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Community Content

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Content Spotlight: Koillection

Meet Koillection, a self-hosted platform for physical collection tracking (books, DVDs, stamps, games). Developed for those looking to catalogue their collections somewhere more robust than a spreadsheet, Koillection comes packed with a number of features – metadata editing, multi-user support, wishlists, basic sharing, item tags for grouping across collections, loan tracking, dark mode, and an API. Note that while the development team is currently working on scraping capabilities, the software does not support automatic metadata downloads at this time.

Koillection can be installed via Docker or bare metal and requires a separate database (MySQL or PostgreSQL) for data storage.

Screenshot of the software's landing page for a sample Manga collection displaying the tracked items in a grid with images and titles.

Links: Source Code, Docs

What I'm Watching

Command Line Corner: Ctrl + U

Use Ctrl + U to easily delete any text in the current prompt, which can be especially useful when clearing password prompts where the cursor isn't tracked:

/$ docker compose up ghost_
/$ _

(Thanks to This Week in Self-Hosted reader Konrad for this tip!)

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

Raspberry Pi OS’s yearslong switch from X Window to Wayland is now official
Having fixed up performance for its older boards, Raspberry Pi is ready to ship its Wayland-focused desktop.

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