Self-Hosted Is Awesome

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  1. caddy-docker-proxy

    Caddy as a reverse proxy for Docker

    https://github.com/lucaslorentz/caddy-docker-proxy

    It handles the routing to multiple dockerized projects on one server, by scanning docker compose files for labels and automatically setting up the required caddy configuration.

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  3. renovate

    Home of the Renovate CLI: Cross-platform Dependency Automation by Mend.io

    > Yes, it is awesome until you have to sysadmin it, apply updates, patch it, fix security holes, etc. I am not saying all self-hosted solutions are like that. There are exceptions. However, the majority of open-source self-hosted solutions require a lot of extra work.

    I'm currently self-hosting 10 different applications on my local server, which represents everything I've ever seen that looked fun or useful to me. Every one of them had a Docker image with an example compose file, which means updating them just requires periodically running Renovate [0] on the repo that stores all my compose files and then running a script that docker compose pulls the updates. It takes maybe 10 minutes every other week, and is actually kinda fun.

    It helps that all the apps are only accessible from within my VPN, so I'm not too worried about fixing security updates within a tiny time window.

    [0] https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate

  4. audiobookshelf

    Self-hosted audiobook and podcast server

  5. awesome-selfhosted

    A list of Free Software network services and web applications which can be hosted on your own servers

  6. Self-Hosting-Guide

    Self-Hosting Guide. Learn all about locally hosting (on premises & private web servers) and managing software applications by yourself or your organization. Including Cloud, LLMs, WireGuard, Automation, Home Assistant, and Networking.

  7. tubearchivist

    Your self hosted YouTube media server

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