Self-Host Weekly (27 February 2026)

Weekly Highlights

Too much happened this week to dedicate the opening to a single topic, so I'm jumping straight into the highlights – but not before mentioning Discord's recent decision to delay age verification checks and this Uranus joke that made me giggle.

In this week's activity:

• OpenDroneLog, a new drone flight logging app, received a cease and desist letter after developing a tool that allows users to easily download data in bulk from a third-party platform. The company eventually withdrew their complaint and released their own tool in response to the backlash.
• A Redditor exposed a serious vulnerability in the codebase of Huntarr, a new-ish and vibe-coded *arr consolidation app. In response, the developer nuked their entire presence from the internet (although I think I may have found them).
• OpenClaw wiped the e-mail inbox of Meta's Director of Superintelligence despite repeatedly being told not to
• LibreOffice (desktop-based Office alternative) announced they're reviving the web-based version of their productivity suite
• The task management platform Vikunja recently released v1.0 after years of development – and then did a speedrun straight to v2.0 this week to address some critical vulnerabilities
• Although I'm almost certain I've covered this before, Ente, a self-hosted photo platform, (re)launched Locker – a privacy-focused mobile app for storing sensitive files
• ErsatzTV, a platform for transforming media libraries into custom live TV channels, said goodbye this week as the repo was officially archived on GitHub
• A random person in my Mastodon feed developed NearbyGlasses, a privacy-focused Android app for detecting and alerting users of nearby smart glasses using Bluetooth company identifiers
• Samsung announced they're expanding Galaxy AI via an integration with Perplexity, which will confusingly rely on the wake phrase "Hey, Plex" for voice-based access (Plex lawsuit incoming?)
• Someone dropped a slick new Gmail theme for Roundcube
• Hetzner announced a 37% price increase for new and existing VPS customers beginning April 1
• Firefox 148 released with an AI kill switch to easily disable all AI browser features
• Anthropic pulled a Google and dropped the central pledge of their flagship safety policy
• A curious Hacker News reader did the math and discovered that new accounts are 10x more likely to use em dashes – a symbol that has recently become associated with content generated by AI

Happy selfh.st/ing!

Newswire

OpenClaw’s Top Skill is a Malware that Stole SSH Keys and Opened Reverse Shells in 1,184 Packages

The most downloaded AI agent skill on OpenClaw’s ClawHub marketplace was functional malware, not a productivity tool.

CybersecurityNewsGuru Baran

LibreOffice Online: a fresh start - TDF Community Blog

LibreOffice is a desktop application, but we get many requests for a web-based version of the suite that users can deploy on their own infrastructure. Several years ago, project members started to develop LibreOffice Online, but in 2022 the Board of Directors at The Document Foundation voted to freeze the project and put it in the “attic”, for reasons that have now been superseded. Earlier this month, the current Board of Directors decided to revoke those votes to give new life to the project, as Eliane Domingos, chairperson, put it: To start the process of freeing LibreOffice Online, and to start the journey that will lead to having an online version by the community and for the community. Now the work begins. We plan to reopen the repository for LibreOffice Online at The Document Foundation for contributions, but provide warnings about the state of the repository until TDF’s team agrees that it’s safe and usable – while at the same time encourage the community to join in with code, technologies and other contributions that can be used to move forward. We will actively work with the community to identify how to foster LibreOffice Online, including its technological basis, QA and

TDF Community BlogMike Saunders

Statement on price adjustment as of April 1st 2026

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Ente Locker

Introducing Locker - for your documents that matter

entevishnuente.io

Unraid OS 7.2.4 Now Available

Unraid OS 7.2.4 Now Available

Unraid

Heiman joins Works with Home Assistant

Heiman brings affordable, locally controlled safety devices to Works with Home Assistant, including the first Matter carbon monoxide alarms.

Home AssistantMiranda Bishop

Linux explores new way of authenticating developers and their code - here’s how it works

Linux kernel maintainers propose a less painful process for identifying developers. See how it can make Linux code safer than ever.

ZDNETSteven Vaughan-Nichols

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Content Spotlight

Meet MediKeep, a lightweight platform for tracking personal medical information. With MediKeep, users can easily (and privately) track the various aspects of their medical record directly from a web dashboard– patient info, medications, lab results, treatments, procedures, health metrics, immunization history, etc. Features include metric tracking, schedule overviews, custom health reports, and more.

MediKeep can be easily deployed via Docker and requires a separate PostgreSQL container for data storage.

Links: Source Code

Videos and Podcasts

• The BEST Jellyfin Plugins You Need in 2026 | Servers@Home
• OpenMediaVault 8 Overview - Start Here Before You Install | DB Tech
• Stop Giving PVE Full Access! (Secure Proxmox Backup Setup) | Lawrence Systems
• Passive Access Logging with a Deceptive Link | SYNACK Time
• This Open Source Project Just Killed the Proxmox GUI! | 2GuysTek

Command Line Corner

Use sudo !! to re-run the most recent command as sudo without having to retype it:

$ apt update
  Permission denied
$ sudo !!
  New release '13.0' available
  ...

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