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This Week in Self-Hosted (7 February 2025)

Self-hosted news, updates, launches, and content for the week ending Friday, February 7, 2025

This Week in Self-Hosted (7 February 2025)
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Happy it's-somehow-already-February, self-hosters! Enjoy the unusually high number of notable software updates this week and a few other things that caught my eye:

Happy selfh.st/ing!

Software Updates

New Software

Latest Directory Apps

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Community Content

Non-Microblogging Software Design on ActivityPub (FOSDEM 2025)
The personal blog of Casey Kolderup
Authelia — Self-hosted Single Sign-On (SSO) for your homelab services
Authelia is a powerful authentication and authorization server that provides secure Single Sign-On (SSO) for all your self-hosted services. Perfect for adding an extra layer of security to your homelab.
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A self-hosted Wikipedia (and other bits) clone, using kiwix on a Raspberry Pi 4
I thought that it might be a good idea to have a local (well, on my local network) copy of Wikipedia, and some other bits.
Securing SWAG
How to secure SWAG and prevent malicious activity
linuxserver.io

Content Spotlight: Ghostboard

Meet Ghostboard, a lightweight application built for real-time text sharing and synchronization. An alternative to clipboard sync programs, Ghostboard allows users to easily share text between clients via a minimal web interface. Features include real-time sync, multiple boards, Markdown support, dark mode, and a command line tool for accessing the text.

Ghostboard can be easily installed via bare metal or Docker. Users should also note the project's security warning before exposing the application to external users.

A screenshot of Ghostboard's interface, featuring a text box for sharing text along with various tools for formatting the text. Beneath the textbox are Open, Copy, and Clear buttons and a toggle for switching themes.

Links: Source Code

What I'm Watching

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/$ echo "This Week in Self-Hosted" > example.txt
/$ cat example.txt
  This Week in Self-Hosted

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