Self-Host Weekly (18 July 2025)

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Weekly Highlights

As someone who routinely browses dozens of GitHub repos each week 📅, I've become inundated 🤷‍♂️ with the recent dialogue surrounding vibe coded 😎 projects (see r/selfhosted's discussion this past week). While there's almost certainly a correlation between the number of software launches 🚀 and growing popularity of AI tools 🛠, the community has become overly hostile towards new ✨ projects that use em dashes (–) and emoji 😂 in their READMEs.

On one hand, I sympathize with the concern and desire for transparency. After all, vulnerabilities easily missed by AI can have devastating effects on someone's privacy and infrastructure. On the other hand, should we really be any more hesitant over a vibe coded project than an app launched by someone whose GitHub profile links to their Neocities page (no shade intended)?

My takeaway remains the same: approach every project with a degree of skepticism and do your homework before trusting anyone with private or sensitive data.

Stepping down from my soapbox, here are a few other things that caught my eye this week:

• A GitHub user is conducting an extensive search for the perfect kanban app (someone please help them find one)
• BookStack (wiki/documentation) turned 10 years-old (!)
• YouTuber DB Tech announced he's launching a new project called Homelab Launchpad – a series of guides geared towards new self-hosters
• Dashix, a new service (with an upcoming self-hosted version) to assist users with building Docker Compose files and other tools

Happy selfh.st/ing!

In the News

Zooz joins Works with Home Assistant

With a big selection of Z-Wave devices, which support Long-Range in select regions, opening up a lot of new options for your smart home.

Home AssistantMiranda Bishop

Seagate’s massive, 30TB, $600 hard drives are now available for anyone to buy

Seagate’s heat-assisted drive tech has been percolating for more than 20 years.

Ars TechnicaAndrew Cunningham

A Decade of BookStack · BookStack

BookStack is now over 10 years old! The initial commit for the project was made on the 12th of July 2015, and here we are a decade later. A massive thanks to all those who have contributed to the project. Whether that’s via providing code, reporting issues, providing translations, sponsoring, purchasing support, creating content, interacting with the community, or even just mentioning BookStack to others; This all helps drive the project forward and build motivation to keep the platform evolving.

BookStack

Nextcloud and Thinkfree Office sign partnership agreement to add more choices for users - Nextcloud

New partnership with Thinkfree Office, a self-hosted office suite developed in South Korea, which is known for its ease of use. This collaboration is all about giving you more options, greater control, and a better user experience.

NextcloudChristoph Weissthaner

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Feedback

Community Content

What Homelab Launchpad Is All About

Hey there! 👋 If you’ve just landed here—welcome to Homelab Launchpad. You’ve found a space dedicated to helping beginners build their very first self-hosted server, one step at a time. Right now, the site is live (🎉), but the content is still in the works. I’m currently creating

Homelab LaunchpadDB Tech

UDMS Part 29: CrowdSec Multiserver Setup for Ultimate Protection | SimpleHomelab

Secure all your servers with CrowdSec Multiserver setup and centralize threat detection and blocking from your “mothership”. Part of UDMS series.

SimpleHomelabAnand

GitHub - kaleedtc/Privacium: An open-source, native Android app for discovering privacy-respecting tools, services and software. Built with Kotlin & Jetpack Compose.

An open-source, native Android app for discovering privacy-respecting tools, services and software. Built with Kotlin & Jetpack Compose. - kaleedtc/Privacium

GitHubkaleedtc

Content Spotlight

Meet Subtrackr, a recently launched self-hosted subscription manager. Built to help users track subscriptions like streaming services, bills, and memberships, Subtrackr sports a clean, minimal interface with a number of helpful KPIs – monthly and annual spend, active subscriptions, spending by category, and savings. Other features include analytics, e-mail notifications, data export, and mobile support.

Subtrackr can be easily installed via Docker and doesn't require any additional containers for deployment.

Links: Source Code

Videos and Podcasts

• A Decade of BookStack | BookStack
• Stop Being Big Tech's Product - Start Your Digital Independence Journey | Homelab Launchpad
• See What Ports Your Containers Use with Dockpeek | Techdox
• DashLit + Docker: Set Up a Self-Hosted Homepage in Minutes! | DB Tech
• How I Run Docker on TrueNAS Like a Pro | Techno Tim
• Self-Host Your Own Automation Platform with n8n + Docker | Techno Tim

Command Line Corner

Use ls -lS to list files in the current directory sorted by size:

$ ls -lS
  11943 docker-compose.yml
    106 .env
     30 example.txt

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