This Week in Self-Hosted (21 March 2025)

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This Week in Self-Hosted

Plex dominated the airwaves this week after announcing they're substantially increasing the Plex Pass subscription price, which also now requires a subscription for sharing personal media content with others. (If you already own a Plex Pass, these changes will have virtually no effect on you.)

As usual, content creators across the web capitalized on the outrage (did we really need a 12-minute recap of a 7-paragraph announcement?) and were quick to post doomsday reactions about the impact this might have on future platform updates and privacy...

And while they might not be wrong, it overshadows and undermines the broader conversation that needs to be had about compensating developers for software that many users expect to be free. After all, 60% of 2024's survey participants hadn't donated to a single self-hosted project in the last year.

If you've already deployed Jellyfin and don't really care about any of this, consider how you might be able to contribute to the MediaWolf platform aggregation project instead.

The Lemmy developers are also hosting an AMA for the community next Tuesday (3/25) for anyone interested in that type of behind-the-scenes content from open-source projects.

Happy selfh.st/ing!

In the News

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LibreNewsNiccolò Venerandi

Software Updates

AdventureLog v0.9.0 Travel

OIDC support, PWA, smart recommendations, attachments, GPX uploads, global search, lodging tracking, map updates

Authelia v4.39.0 Authentication

Additional OpenID Connect 1.0 features, expanded user attributes, new base image, allow changes to known passwords

Baserow v1.32.0 No-Code Database

Dashboards introduction (beta), enhanced Airtable import, export media from grid view, new webhooks, deactivation notifications

Dawarich v0.25.0 Location Tracking

Introduces new approach to the 'visits' experience including visit confirmations, map tracking, renaming, display visits by selected region, and merging

Erugo v0.0.010 File Sharing

External authentication support, UI enhancements

GitLab v17.10 Git

Duo code review beta, root cause analysis, GitLab query language views beta, enhanced Markdown experience, new issues beta design

Homepage v1.0.0 Dashboard

New required variable for host validation, support for Kubernetes gateway API, new widgets (Firefly III, APC UPS, Hoarder)

Keila v0.17.0 Newsletters

Support for sending preview e-mails, update notifications, updated API docs

LinguaCafe v0.14.0 Language

Docker compose file updates, transition from cookies to local storage, new port for websockets, support for additional translation services

Manyfold v0.104.0 Asset Manager

OEmbed support for model URLs, delete libraries, download straight into slicers from model detail page, dropdown menu for 'open in slicer' actions

Mealie v2.8.0 Recipes

New ingredient parser to support future development, scraper improvements

PeerTube v7.1.0 Video Streaming

Mastodon verification, additional support for Podcast 2.0, video caption object storage, author host highlights

Proxmox Helper Scripts Deployment

New scripts: CryptPad, GoMFT

Recommendarr v1.3.0 Media Streaming

Specify Plex user to load data from, Sonarr/Radarr tagging, updating recommendations logic

Streamyfin v0.27.0 Jellyfin Client

Sessions view for admins, notification support, mark/unmark favorites as a quick action, new translations

Teable v1.7.0 No-Code Database

Custom LLM integration support, table duplication, quick navigation, plugin enhancements, new languages

Termix v2.0 Server Management

User accounts for SSH connection saves

UpSnap v5.0.0 Wake-on-LAN

Cron validation form, refreshed UI and styling, search input for devices, performance improvements

Wallos v2.48.0 Subscription Manager

Update notifications, layout updates, new filter/sort methods,

New Software

Beeper Desktop Web Messaging

Unofficial Beeper web client via VNC

Boxento Start Page

Customizable start page and dashboard

Docs Collaboration

Open-source document editor with live collaboration

Git Mirror File Synchronization

Web UI for mirroring GitHub repos to Gitea

Jellyfin Top Ten Media Streaming

Plugin for maintaining a collection of the ten most watched movies and TV shows on a Jellyfin instances

Minimalytics Analytics

Standalone minimalist analytics tool built on SQLite

my-yt Front End

Clean and minimal frontend for YouTube without ads

Notemod Note-Taking

Open-source note-taking app

Pangolin Discord Bot Container Management

Bot for controlling and managing a Pangolin stack directly from Discord

Personal Drive Cloud Storage

Online file browser for uploading, viewing, downloading, and deleting files

Publite.me Blogging

Minimal and easily customizable blogging platform

Pulsarr Watch Lists

Seamlessly syncs Plex watchlists with Radarr and Sonarr

qB-Queue Meta Downloads

Script for temporarily bypassing qBittorrent's max active downloads to fetch metadata

Quacklytics Web Analytics

Analytics server designed to run queries directly in the browser

Socket-Proxy Container Proxy

Read-only proxy access to the Docker socket

Subra Subscriptions

Subscription management tool for taking control of recurring expenses

Text to Tracks Transcription

Extracts text from articles and presents it in a Subway Surfers-style video format

Vanilla Cookbook Recipes

Cook platform with support for scraping, conversions, and shopping lists

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Latest Directory Apps

Briefing Video Chat

Secure direct video group chat

Docs Collaborative Editing

Collaborative note-taking, wiki, and documentation platform

DollarDollar Bill Y'all Budgeting

Expense tracking and bill-splitting application designed for privacy

GoMFT File Transfer

Web-based file transfer application

Lute Language Learning

Platform for learning new languages through reading

OpenBao Secrets Manager

Sensitive data store for secrets, certificates, and keys

Posteria Poster Management

Web-based media poster management system

Profilarr Media Management

Configuration management tool for Radarr and Sonarr

RepoFlow Package Management

User-friendly and powerful package management platform

Visio Video Chat

HD video calls, screen sharing, and chats directly from the browser

Project Updates

Erugo File Sharing

Repository: DeanWard/erugo --> ErugoOSS/Erugo

PdfDing PDF Management

License: GPL-3.0 --> AGPL-3.0

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Retiring Redis Namespaces · mastodon mastodon · Discussion #34198

Background Mastodon has supported using a dedicated namespace for keys in redis for a long time. The idea was that several applications (or instances of Mastodon) could share a single redis databas…

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Content Spotlight: PlikShare

Meet PlikShare, a self-hosted file sharing platform that recently made its open-source debut. PlikShare gives users a minimal and intuitive interface for uploading, sharing, and downloading files with others, while also providing configuration flexibility for administrators with support for multiple storage backends (local, Cloudflare R2, AWS, and DigitalOcean Spaces). Other features include unlimited users with MFA login support, bulk operations, e-mail notifications, workspaces, and more.

PlikShare can be easily installed via Docker and doesn't require any additional containers or services to deploy.

Links: Website, Source Code, Documentation

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Command Line Corner: lsof -i :443

Use lsof -i :443 to quickly list the process(es) listening on port 443 from the command line:

$ lsof -i :443
  COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE NODE NAME
  caddy   398 root 7u IPv4 32984  TCP  *:https

(Thanks to reader jschwalbe for this week's command!)

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