This Week in Self-Hosted (31 January 2025)

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This Week in Self-Hosted

Happy Friday! Despite the upcoming FOSDEM 2025 conference, it was another hectic and busy week in the self-hosting world.

In lieu of the typical recap, I'm dedicating this space to a batch of younger projects that have been on my radar and recently launched significant updates that I absolutely recommend checking out:

• Calibre-Web Automated: Mashup of Calibre + Calibre-Web with a recent release that added support for a variety of ebook formats
• GoDoxy: Lightweight reverse proxy with integrated Docker support and a recently overhauled user interface
• DumbWare: The new entity behind last week's DumbDrop and DumbPad. This week, they added DumbBudget, DumbKan, DumbDo, and DumbWhois to the collection.
• Pangolin: Tunnel-based reverse proxy that recently picked up support for proxying TCP and UDP traffic
• Ghostboard: Real-time text synchronization app that places a heavy emphasis on user experience

Happy selfh.st/ing!

In the News

Ending Support for Expiration Notification Emails

Since its inception, Let’s Encrypt has been sending expiration notification emails to subscribers that have provided an email address to us. We will be ending this service on June 4, 2025. The decision to end this service is the result of the following factors: Over the past 10 years more and more of our subscribers have been able to put reliable automation into place for certificate renewal. Providing expiration notification emails means that we have to retain millions of email addresses connected to issuance records.

Let's Encrypt

Nextcloud and Stalwart Labs launch partnership

Nextcloud and Stalwart Labs launch partnership to enhance productivity, security, and user experience for joint customers

NextcloudAuthor Jos Poortvliet

We’re here to change your mind

Welcome to the January edition of the Open Home Foundation newsletter, the place to learn about the latest and greatest things for your smart home that improve its privacy, choice, and sustainability. The Open Home newsletter is written by Paulus Schoutsen - President of the Open Home Foundation, and founder

Building the Open HomePaulus Schoutsen

Podman introduces support for OCI artifacts

Open Container Initiative (OCI hereafter) artifacts have been evolving with some significance lately. Projects like OCI Registry As Storage (ORAS) have been stalwarts in this arena. In …

stack of multi-colored septagons, top one has a large CBrent Baude

Software Updates

• Activepieces v0.40.0 | Automation: Added compatibility for self-hosted NocoDB deployments, Confluence improvements
• AirTrail v2.0.0 | Flight Tracking: New data source for internal airport list, basic flights API, dark map controls
• Beaver Habit Tracker v0.4.3 | Habits: Daily notes/descriptions, additional authentication options
• Calibre-Web Automated v3.0.0 | eBooks: Support for non-ePub formats, store books in multiple formats, set target conversion format, additional settings and configuration options
• ComposeCraft v1.0.0 | Visualizations: Option to disable user signups, container fixes, UI updates
• Frigate Notify v0.4.0 | NVR Notifications: Support for notifications based on alerts and detections, initial support for a REST API, multiple notification endpoints per provider
• GoDoxy v0.9 | Reverse Proxy: Rewritten web UI for streamlined use, selfh.st/icons support, favicon caching
• Grocy v4.4.0 | Grocery Manager: External barcode lookups, new settings across stock, products, shopping lists, and recipes
• Investbrain v1.1.0 | Investments: Upgraded and simplified Docker image
• Tinyauth v2.0.0 | Authentication: Support Google, GitHub, and Generic OAuth providers, custom expiry for session cookies, OAuth email whitelists
• Yamtrack v0.18.0 | Media Tracking: Added a statistics page with activity history, timelines, and graphs

New Software

• Bookmarks to Linkding: Bookmark import script
• docker-rss: RSS feeds for container updates
• DumbBudget: Stupid simple personal budgeting application
• DumbDo: Stupidly simple to-do lists
• DumbKan: Lightweight, mobile-friendly Kanban board
• erugo: Secure file-sharing
• Ghostboard: Lightweight solution for real-time text sharing
• Guidefox: Open-source user onboarding tool
• Immich Upload Optimizer: Automatically optimize files uploaded to Immich
• Kubestatus: Status page for Kubernetes clusters
• LitKeeper: Simple web app for saving stories from Literotica to ePub
• MoxyProxy: Simple proxy/WireGuard server using fasthttp
• Nimletter: Self-hosted newsletter, drip, and transactional email system
• Rain.Wave Discord Bot: Stream music from rainwave.cc in a Discord voice channel
• SaveHere: Cloud download manager
• SimpleLink: Performant and light link shortener and tracker
• Spotizerr: Music downloads via Spotify and Deezer
• Subsyncarr: Automated subtitle synchronization
• TubeTube: Simple YouTube downloader
• YeetFile: Encrypted file sharing vault service

Breaking Changes

• AirTrail v2.0.0: Small selection of previously existing airports not included or changed in new airport data source
• Homarr iFrames v1.4.0: Updated Speedtest Tracker API requires API token to function (can be passed via environment variable)
• LinuxServer.io: Minetest container deprecated to rebranded project/container Luanti
• Moe Memos v0.8.4: Memos v0.22/23 no longer supported due to breaking API changes
• NPMplus v2025-01-26: Removed variables – check before upgrading

Latest Directory Apps

• Davis: Admin interface for sabre/dav
• DumbBudget: Stupid simple personal budgeting application
• DumbDo: Stupid simple to-do list application
• DumbDrop: Stupid simple file upload application
• DumbKan: Stupid simple Kanban board application
• DumbPad: Stupid simple modern notepad application
• Ghostboard: Real-time synchronized text sharing
• GitSave: Easily back up git repositories on a schedule
• Kener: Modern open-source status page system
• Laudspeaker: Customer and product engagement, onboarding, and adoption platform
• Mathesar: Spreadsheet-like interface for interacting with PostgreSQL data directly
• Movary: Central hub for tracking, rating, and exploring movie watch histories
• qBit Manage: Manage and automate tedious tasks in qBittorrent
• Rustpad: Minimal collaborative code editor
• Tinyauth: Simple authentication middleware for reverse proxies
• Unpackerr: Download and extract media for import into *arr apps

Community Content

Amber flags in Open Source & Self-Hosted Projects · Danb Blog

From my time exploring and using a range open source and/or self-hosted projects I’ve built up a range of known “amber flags”. I hesitate the call these reg flags, as by themselves I don’t think they’re specifically problematic, but they usually act as indicators of projects that aren’t aligned with my personal ideals in software I look for.

Danb Blog

Running your own code repository from your Pi

Run your own code version control server and take control of your projects whilst having all the great features at your fingertips. Forgejo is an amazing open source platform and this article will show you how to set it up.

Pi SourceRic

Migrating to Hoarder - jameskilbycouk

how I migrated from pocket to hoarder and introduced some ai along the way

jameskilbycoukJames

Content Spotlight: YeetFile

Meet YeetFile, a recently launched encrypted file sharing and vault storage platform. YeetFile allows users to easily upload files and text to be shared with others while also encrypting the content locally before storing it on the server. Features include upload expiration dates/time, restricted download counts, password protection, and user vaults for persistent file and password storage.

YeetFile can be easily installed via Docker and requires a separate PostgreSQL container for persistent data storage.

Links: Website, Source Code

What I'm Watching

• Let’s migrate from Terraform to OpenTofu! | Christian Lempa
• Proxmox Backup Nightmare: Avoiding Disaster in My Home Lab | DB Tech
• OpenAI Killer? Testing Out Deepseek In Windows & Linux | Jim's Garage
• OPNsense 25.1 Is Here! What's Hidden Inside? | Sheridan Computers
• A Few Minute Tips - A Tailscale Domain with Nextcloud AIO | SpaceInvader One
• Networking: RJ45, DAC, or Fiber – Which Is Best in Your Rack? | Lawrence Systems

Command Line Corner: cd ../..

Use cd ../.. to traverse back two directories from the current location via the command line (as opposed to executing cd .. twice to achieve the same):

/$ appdata/ghost/selfhst$ cd ../..
/$ appdata$

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

Related News and Content

NordVPN’s new feature gets around networks that block VPNs

Just don’t do anything naughty with it.

The VergeJess Weatherbed

Supporting the Fediverse, one small act at a time

If we want the Fediverse to be sustainable and to emerge as the ethical alternative to Big Tech’s social platforms we need to actively help it out. From the bottom up.

Elena RossiniElena Rossini

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