Starting my selfhosted journey

Rin@beehaw.org to Free and Open Source Software@beehaw.org – 27 points –

hello!

I'm not sure if this is the correct place to post this (sorry if it isn't) but I recently got really interested in selfhosting because I got mad about Spotify for various reasons. I ended up asking for a family member to help make a media server for me, because I was overwhelmed with all the information.

I ended up with Jellyfin, which I really like, but it only has music on it right now. the first song was one that is floating around but was never released, and Spotify keeps deleting it when people put it up. understandable, I suppose, but frustrating.

I have a few other things I'm trying out, I had asked for KitchenOwl and Shiori, as well as PhotoPrism. it's hosted on what I'm guessing is some kind of HP thin client, I wasn't able to get specifics out of the family member. they said that Tailscale was overkill for what I'm doing, but I'm sharing the servers with a partner who's long distance, and I feel better about it than trying to manage exposing stuff to the internet.

I'm not crazy about KitchenOwl so far, and I was considering trying Mealie instead, does anyone have experience with that one?

I started playing with my Raspberry Pi 3, which I had sitting around doing nothing, and I've installed DietPi on that one and a new Raspberry Pi 4. before my family member got involved, I got pi-hole on the RPi 3, but I broke it once, and had to use the bash command before I started understanding what I was doing.

been going between apps, not able to find an RSS feed one I like, but I've managed to figure out Portainer a little, so I'm trying them out one by one.

most recent addition is Homarr, which I'm really enjoying so far! (despite having trouble installing it in Portainer) I like that it has little status icons for if an app is up or struggling. anyone else use a homepage?

I've been eyeing newer hardware for the main server but I don't think it's needed yet, so far I don't seem to need transcoding? but we'll see.

if anyone selfhosts, what's your favorite app you have?

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Like @DarkKronicle@beehaw.org, I'm using Mealie and it works for my needs. Another popular recipe app is Tandoor but last time I looked the setup was more complicated that what I wanted to get into.

For RSS, I'm using Miniflux which is very lightweight but has nice features.

Here's a whole list of selfhosted apps: https://github.com/awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted. I would recommend looking for apps that solve a problem you're having vs. installing everything that looks interesting.

I don't agree that Tailscale is overkill, it's very quick to set up and allows me to connect with all of my services no matter where I am. I often check the ingredients for a recipe on Mealie while I'm at the grocery store for instance.

Here's a few other communities to check out related to self hosting:

thank you much for the list, and the links for Lemmy communities!

I really just wanted something that could have separated recipes and grocery lists, because my partner is long distance and I wanted this to help them out too. those were my only requirements, I just hadn't known my full range of options at the time.

and thank you too for mentioning to look to solve problems. I'm trying to do that, and not go too deep off into trying to host things I don't need. I had been looking for an RSS reader to keep up with some news things since I don't go on reddit anymore, but I found out that Homarr has a widget for it. trying that out now.