I’m already hosting pihole, but i know there’s so much great stuff out there! I want to find some useful things that I can get my hands on. Thanks!

Edit: Thanks all! I’ve got a lil homelab setup going now with Pihole, Jellyfin, Paperless ngx, Yacht and YT-DL. Going to be looking into it more tomorrow, this is so much fun!

  • Acid@startrek.websiteEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Honestly Plex/Emby/Jellyfin whichever you prefer is a gamechanger because if you have a large library of content then it just cuts the cord from the subscription services.

    I’ve always been happy to pay for them until I went on holiday last January and realised that none of my services were working due to going to a country that was out of the way and the only way to access them was to use a VPN.

    So having my own Netflix is a great thing.

    Tailscale while doing the above is also really cool

    • HamSwagwich@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 years ago

      Yep. 100% agree. I have a 175TB server. Sure it was expensive to set up initially, but I have all shows and movies I want, always. From all the different services I would have to subscribe to, I imagine I have recovered my initial outlay and I never have to worry about media being removed from the service or it going out of business.

      I have things that aren’t even available if I wanted to subscribe. Best thing you can do for yourself.

      No commercials, always high quality. Available anywhere, at any time.

  • itpcc@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    PiHole!

    One of the easiest installer I’ve ever seen. Significantly less ads to be shown especially one on non-browser.

    • darcmage@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 years ago

      This was my gateway into the selfhosting world. I don’t think I would’ve kept going if it didn’t make such drastic difference to my browsing experience.

  • sylverstream@lemmy.nzEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Home Assistant. It’s a rabbit hole, but it’s great. I’ve got motion enabled lights, thermostats for “dumb” heaters, and I track device usage (tablet, xbox) of my kids.

  • androidul@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Hi Average Joe 👋 just start with a simple PiHole installation. From here on, the options are endless

  • ryncewynd@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Self hosting nothing changed my life.

    So much free time and less stress once I abandoned self hosting 😅

    • eodur@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 years ago

      It’s disappointing that this is the highest voted comment on a thread in the selfhosted topic…

      • pachrist@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 years ago

        I don’t know. I think it speaks to something that we sometimes forget. Self hosting is great, but there’s a bit of time and commitment that’s needed for almost everything. Most people are used to single click, always works apps. Doing your own building, diagnostics, troubleshooting, and deployment can be a headache that’s too much for some people.

  • bajabound@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Running a Tor exit node could certainly be life changing. Not sure in a good way, guess it depends which country you live in.

  • slackj_87@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Vaultwarden is pretty game changing. No more reusing passwords and they aren’t in the cloud.

    • ikidd@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 years ago

      This is a rare one for which i wouldnt bother self hosting; i trust the centralized server provider, i can take an offline backup of my passwords and it only costs $10. And im the sort to run my own email server because i don’t trust the cloud providers.

      • peregus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 years ago

        I second your opinion about not selfhosting Bitwarden. About email, have a look at Proton mail. All the emails are encrypted in the server and are decripted client side with your password only when you open them.

  • Nairb@lemm.eeEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Whats a good way for me to take the dive into self hosting without getting myself in trouble security wise? I would love something that is basic to build off of as I experiment with it to teach myself the more advanced stuff.

    • Alfenstein@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      4 months ago

      Late reply, but tailscale is really easy to use and is secure for experimentation.

    • krist2an@lemm.eeEnglish
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      2 years ago

      Immich is also a great Google Photos alternative. Though it is in active development and things may break, I’ve been thoroughly impressed by it.