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6.1 | 8.0 | |
12 months ago | 4 days ago | |
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MIT License | GNU General Public License v3.0 or later |
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Minimalist self hosted apps
I also maintain a fairly minimal, as far as options/alternatives go in this area, email list managing/sending (MailChimp alternative) app: https://github.com/ssddanbrown/mailbag
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Laravel Mailcoach v6 has been released with a new UI and lots of improvements
If anyone's looking for an open source alternative, I built a relatively feature-minimal Laravel-based option in this space when I wanted to migrate from Mailchimp: https://github.com/ssddanbrown/mailbag
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What tools have y'all written for yourselves?
Email list management/sending system - link
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How are you sending newsletters?
Personally, when recently built my own Laravel-based email-list-sending app, I just decided to stick to plaintext. I worked in email marketing automation for 7 years so did a lot of email building and handling work, and I didn't want to be doing that in my free time, so I kept things simple and plaintext only. Worked well for my audience since they're often tech/privacy focused. Source here if you wanted a peek.
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What are your Most Used Self Hosted Applications?
MailBag - A simple email subscription app I threw together after getting fed-up with Mailchimp.
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Bulk/marketing email sending
I created a Laravel-based mailing app as an alternative to Mailchimp for sending email notifications/updates for another OpenSource project of mine. Here it is: https://github.com/ssddanbrown/mailbag
Pi-hole
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Usando NextDNS CLI en tu red.
Si te preguntas, ¿por qué no usar Adguard o Pihole? 🤔
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Radicle: Open-Source, Peer-to-Peer, GitHub Alternative
This is an overreaction, almost to the point of absurdity.
Risks inherent to pipe installers are well understood by many. Using your logic, we should abandon Homebrew [1] (>38k stars on GitHub), PiHole [2] (>46k stars on GitHub), Chef [3], RVM [4], and countless other open source projects that use one-step automated installers (by piping to bash).
A more reasonable response would be to coordinate with the developers to update the docs to provide alternative installation methods, rather than throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
[1] https://brew.sh/
[2] https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole
[3] https://docs.chef.io/chef_install_script/#run-the-install-sc...
[4] https://rvm.io/rvm/install
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Ask HN: For what purposes do you use a Raspberry Pi?
Pi-hole to block ads and tracking for my less technically savvy relatives
https://pi-hole.net/
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Runs on your OpenWrt box: AdGuard Home is network-wide blocking ads and tracking
I ran a competing project[0] on my home network for a few years before I discovered NextDNS[1]. What I lost in performance (requests don't leave my house) I gained in portability: ALL my devices can take advantage – at home and away – and time-saved. PiHole works 90% of the time, but when it did stop working, I'd have to spend a bit of time fixing it. At $20/year, I simply couldn't compete with NextDNS.
Note: This isn't a shill for NextDNS; I love these kinds of projects and think they absolutely should exist, but NextDNS just happens to be one of those dead-simple SaaS tools that is an insanely good value.
0 - https://pi-hole.net/
1 - https://nextdns.io
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Higher fees, more ads: streaming cashes in by using the old tactics of cable TV
It definitely IS an option, but at the network level.
https://pi-hole.net/
It runs on damn near everything, and is a DNS level adblocker for the whole network.
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In 2024, please switch to Firefox
I recently switched to Wipr [0]. It’s dead simple to use, and will auto update its filter lists in the background.
Adguard [1] is a decent free option.
I also use a Pi-hole [2] on my network.
[0] https://kaylees.site/wipr.html
[1] https://adguard.com/en/adguard-safari/overview.html
[2] https://pi-hole.net/
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Overwhelmed by a project
Are you trying to build a DNS proxy (similar to Pi-hole) that intercepts DNS requests and checks for the ones that look harmful? If so, I would suggest trying to separately build a DNS client and a DNS server, before trying to integrate them together. Start with Beej's Guide to Network Programming if you need to learn the basics of sockets, and then take a look at the documents that define the DNS protocol itself (RFC1034 and RFC1035).
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Great Forgotten Sci-Fi Movies of the 1980s
Setup a pi-hole.
- The Internet will win the war against anti ad-block software. YT is very foolish and basically legitimizes piracy with their "business model"
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Is there an Android app that blocks the ads on games?
It's definitely not as simple as installing an app on your phone, but I run a Pi-hole on my home network, and it does block ads in many games.
What are some alternatives?
webby - A tiny static webserver app written in go
Technitium DNS Server - Technitium DNS Server
Flarum - Simple forum software for building great communities.
blocky - Fast and lightweight DNS proxy as ad-blocker for local network with many features
money-balancer - A simple application for managing debt with your friends!
AdGuardHome - Network-wide ads & trackers blocking DNS server
wirestat - A super simple HTTP-based metric and rule system to help build a server monitoring and alerting system
PowerDNS-Admin - A PowerDNS web interface with advanced features
Blackout - A tool to black out monitors without having to actually turn them off
bypass-paywalls-chrome - Bypass Paywalls web browser extension for Chrome and Firefox.
accounts
pihole-regex - Custom regex filter list for use with Pi-hole.