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Self-Host Weekly
Happy Friday!
Dumb officially came back into style this week with the launch of the DumbWare team's latest project, DumbTerm – a stupidly simple web-based terminal emulator. Joining the likes of DumbDrop, DumbPad, DumbBudget, and DumbDo, the project is the latest in a line of dead-simple apps that are meant to be easy to deploy and maintain. DumbMail next, please?
In other notable self-hosted activity:
- My 4,400+ icon collection over at selfh.st/icons now supports custom colors for those willing to deploy a lightweight self-hosted proxy server
- The European-based entity PixelUnion caused a bit of a stir with their new photo hosting service built on Immich – and the community seems to be split between whether this is a good thing (or not)
- Redditor u/RebelOnionfn put together a handy visual for those who haven't been following the previously announced Plex Pass price increases that went into effect this past week
- The world was introduced to the Fusion Chime Vision – an open-sourced ESP32-based doorbell system
- The JetKVM project put a hold on U.S. backers of its new KVM device as a result of price uncertainties due to tariffs
Happy selfh.st/ing!
In the News
Proxmox celebrates 20 years of open-source enterprise solutions
Latest announcements for Proxmox.
Big first year, bigger second
We recap the Foundation’s first year—and as we gear up for year two, there’s a new structure, a shift in staff, and a bold new project: the Device Database.
Paulus Schoutsen
PixelUnion
Privacy and safety are not optional. Free your photos from American tech platforms.
PixelUnion
New project highlights Open Source Initiative and Apereo Foundation’s response to White House on AI
The Institute for Progress (IFP), a non-partisan U.S. think tank focused on innovation policy, announced a new project that highlights responses to the Trump Administration’s request for public comment on what should be included in a national “AI Action Plan.” OSI’s comment with the Apereo Foundation was one of 33 comments highlighted in an initial release of IFP’s database.
Katie Steen-James
Software Updates
Scheduled snapshot deliveries, long text popover, chart compact mode, URL formatting, improved connection search
Internationalization, GPU and temperature monitoring, ARM support, new notification provider
Dark/light themes, updated UI for assigning/tagging posts, support for RTL languages, modernized sign-in modal
MCP server for interacting with bookmarks via external LLMs, generic rule engine, new default text model, new qualifiers, edit bookmark details
In-app terminal access to servers, 'docker exec' into containers
Visual drag-and-drop editor, templates, major campaign updates, security improvements, codebase restructuring and cleanup
Canvas-powered GroupBy rendering, infinite scrolling for grouped data, visual clarity for filters and sorts, cleaner GroupBy navigation
Added 2FA and passkey login support, search option in drive, saved email template support
Enhanced PDF processing, additional cloud provider integrations, new PDF processing variables
Q&A conversations, dataroom file requests, presets, tag support, drag-and-drop interface
Various performance improvements, collapsible info sidebar, choose photo as album cover, configure computer vision tasks
Light mode, dashboard performance improvements, member merging, new import capabilities
Updated minimum supported PostgreSQL version, various dashboard fixes
Simplified webhook notifications (may break current settings), mobile-style toggles to replace checkboxes, webhooks for cancellation notifications
Updated settings and environment variables (required for update), updated settings keys from string to constants, auto-refresh gallery on add/remove
New terminal features, upgraded password managers, support for Docker Compose, batch mode, SSH improvements, category configurations
New Software
Powerful text-to-speech conversion tool
Easily build and deploy AI agents for tasks beyond simple chat
Lightweight Google Analytics alternative
Detailed insights dashboard for Discord servers
Automatically generate and update DIUN configurations with smart version matching
TCP reverse proxy for game servers
Manage projects, tickets, workflows, and SLAs
Lightweight server for sending short string snippets over the internet
File sharing server for home PCs
Open-source CSV import solution for modern web applications
Web UI guide for creating Kometa configuration files
Seamless automatic failover between Newt and Tailscale
Lightweight audio player
Simple, self-hostable habit tracker
Real-time app for conducting remote sprint retrospective meetings
Website-to-RSS converter using headless Chrome
Docker-based web application static based on WordPress
Simple Python script for tracking failed and successful indexer grabs
Lightweight, single-file identity management and SSO solution for homelabs
Server management, wake-on-LAN, and application web UI interface
Latest Directory Apps
Build multi-step forms and surveys with minimal code
Whiteboard IDE in the browser
Minimalist service for sharing images and other files
Web app for organizing adult videos and images
Simple dashboard for configuring and managing WireGuard
Expose applications running in private or local networks
Project Updates
License:
MIT --> Custom
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