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''Unless otherwise noted, all projects listed are [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_and_open-source_software Free Open Source Software]. Some projects may be commercial but with a free open source self-hosted version, other projects may be free and open source but also offer a we-can-host-it-for-you paid service.'' | ''Unless otherwise noted, all projects listed are [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_and_open-source_software Free Open Source Software]. Some projects may be commercial but with a free open source self-hosted version, other projects may be free and open source but also offer a we-can-host-it-for-you paid service.'' | ||
This page provides links to a bunch of popular projects that have so far gotten mentioned during our meetups. You can find a more exhausted list on the [https://github.com/awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted awesome-selfhosted] Github repository, and the [https://github.com/petersem/dockerholics dockerholics] repository. | This page provides links to a bunch of popular projects that have so far gotten mentioned during our meetups. You can find a more exhausted list on the [https://github.com/awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted awesome-selfhosted] Github repository, and the [https://github.com/petersem/dockerholics dockerholics] repository. Please add your own links when you bring them up during our meetups! | ||
=== | === Hardware === | ||
* [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1hBgedPHaQXZwLwmx1ZsODRo84RVIKHgvA4upH5M_a-4/edit?usp=sharing Rubin's simple budget friendly first server slides] | |||
* [https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=lenovo+thinkcentre+tiny eBay search for the Lenovo ThinkCentre Tiny] | |||
* [https://ounapuu.ee/posts/2022/03/21/ups-i-did-it-again/ Uninterruptible Power Supply] | |||
* [https://www.home-assistant.io/green/ Home Assistant Green] | |||
=== Operating systems with a one click install system === | |||
The OS gets fully installed on a system, and then offers a management website for installing additional services without needing the user to run commands. | |||
* [https://www.home-assistant.io/ Home Assistant] - HAOS provide Home Assistant for home automation, and handles one click install "add-ons" | * [https://www.home-assistant.io/ Home Assistant] - HAOS provide Home Assistant for home automation, and handles one click install "add-ons" | ||
* [https://yunohost.org/ YunoHost] - A one click installer dashboard, very easy to approach | * [https://yunohost.org/ YunoHost] - A one click installer dashboard, very easy to approach | ||
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* [https://www.proxmox.com/ Proxmox] - Commercial, geared more towards running virtual machines | * [https://www.proxmox.com/ Proxmox] - Commercial, geared more towards running virtual machines | ||
=== New to Linux and self hosting === | === New to Linux and self-hosting === | ||
* [https://explainshell.com/ explainshell.com] - | * [https://explainshell.com/ explainshell.com] - Paste in a Linux command, it tells you what it does | ||
* [https://boringtech.net/blog/intro-to-self-hosting-how-to-get-started-hosting-your-applications/ Intro to self-hosting] - An ok guide to get going, slightly dated | * [https://boringtech.net/blog/intro-to-self-hosting-how-to-get-started-hosting-your-applications/ Intro to self-hosting] - An ok guide to get going, slightly dated | ||
* [https://nerdyarticles.com/docker-101/ Docker 101] - Another ok guide on getting started with Docker containers and Docker Compose | * [https://nerdyarticles.com/docker-101/ Docker 101] - Another ok guide on getting started with Docker containers and Docker Compose | ||
* [https://github.com/tborychowski/self-hosted-cookbook/ Self-hosted Cookbook] - A repository of docker-compose configurations for major services | * [https://github.com/tborychowski/self-hosted-cookbook/ Self-hosted Cookbook] - A repository of docker-compose configurations for major services | ||
=== | === Management and monitoring tools === | ||
* [https://github.com/portainer/portainer Portainer] - Commercial with a free version, web UI to monitor and manage Docker containers | |||
=== Network tools === | |||
* [https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdGuardHome AdGuard] - Commercial with a FOSS version, ad blocking | *[https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdGuardHome AdGuard] - Commercial with a FOSS version, ad blocking | ||
* [https://pi-hole.net/ Pi-Hole] - Ad blocking, installable independently on a Raspberry Pi or as a container | *[https://pi-hole.net/ Pi-Hole] - Ad blocking, installable independently on a Raspberry Pi or as a container | ||
* [https://www.ui.com/introduction Ubiquiti Unifi] - Super commercial, the affordable network and wifi hardware solution most people use. | |||
* [https://uptime.kuma.pet/ Uptime Kuma] - Web UI that provides uptime status for stuff on your network | |||
=== File sharing === | === File sharing === | ||
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* [https://kopia.io/ Kopia] - An easy-to-use backup tool for users | * [https://kopia.io/ Kopia] - An easy-to-use backup tool for users | ||
* [https://www.borgbackup.org/ BorgBackup] - A more sysadmin backup tool designed to | * [https://www.borgbackup.org/ BorgBackup] - A more sysadmin backup tool designed to back up whole systems | ||
=== Photos === | === Photos === | ||
* Immich - Basically a copy of Google Photos | * [https://immich.app/ Immich] - Basically a copy of Google Photos | ||
=== Social media === | |||
* [https://mastodon.social/ Mastodon] - Open source decentralized federated microblogging platform, it's not Twitter | |||
* [https://pixelfed.org/ Pixelfed] - Open source decentralized federated photo sharing platform, it's not Instagram | |||
=== Smart home === | === Smart home === | ||
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** [https://www.music-assistant.io/ Music Assistant] - Music library manager for your offline and online music sources | ** [https://www.music-assistant.io/ Music Assistant] - Music library manager for your offline and online music sources | ||
* [https://mqtt.org/ MQTT] - A behind the scenes services needed by different home automation tools | * [https://mqtt.org/ MQTT] - A behind the scenes services needed by different home automation tools | ||
* [https://tasmota.github.io/docs/ Tasmota] - Alternative firmware for ESP8266 and ESP32 based devices with easy configuration using | * [https://tasmota.github.io/docs/ Tasmota] - Alternative firmware for ESP8266 and ESP32 based devices with easy configuration using web UI | ||
* [https://frigate.video/ Frigate] - Security camera NVR with real-time object detection | |||
* [https://github.com/awawa-dev/HyperHDR HyperHDR] - Doing that thing where you put LEDs behind your TV | |||
===== Smart home hardware ===== | |||
* [https://www.home-assistant.io/green/ Home Assistant Green] - A really affordable system to run Home Assistant, but it's not superfast and has limited add-on support | |||
* Zigbee sticks - Double check sticks against the supports sticks list for [https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/zha/#recommended-zigbee-radio-adapters-and-modules ZHA] or [https://www.zigbee2mqtt.io/guide/adapters/ Zigbee2MQTT] | |||
** [https://www.usb.org/sites/default/files/327216.pdf Intel white paper on USB port interference] - Always use a 1+ ft USB extension cable for Zigbee USB sticks | |||
** [https://www.home-assistant.io/connectzbt1/ Home Assistant Connect ZBT-1] - No frills Zigbee stick | |||
** [https://smlight.tech/ SMLIGHT] - Zigbee USB sticks and network sticks | |||
** [https://sonoff.tech/product/gateway-and-sensors/sonoff-zigbee-3-0-usb-dongle-plus-p/ SONOFF P] and [https://sonoff.tech/product/gateway-and-sensors/sonoff-zigbee-3-0-usb-dongle-plus-e/ SONOFF E] | |||
* Zigbee devices | |||
** [https://www.zigbee2mqtt.io/supported-devices/#v=Aqara Aqara] - Budget Zigbee devices that mostly work fine without their hub | |||
** [https://www.zigbee2mqtt.io/supported-devices/#v=Philips Philips Hue] - What's considered the best fancy color lightbulbs | |||
** [https://www.zigbee2mqtt.io/supported-devices/#v=SONOFF SONOFF] - Everything | |||
** [https://www.zigbee2mqtt.io/supported-devices/#v=IKEA IKEA] - Dirt cheap | |||
* Wifi devices | |||
** [https://cloudfree.shop/ CloudFree] - Store offers a multitude of commercial devices that have been taken apart and pre-flashed with local only open source firmware | |||
** [https://www.athom.tech/ Athom] - Store with hardware made for FOSS firmware, <small>customer service is meh</small> | |||
** [https://apolloautomation.com/ Apollo Automation] - Designed for FOSS and Home Assistant hardware, air quality and presence detection sensors | |||
* Z-Wave | |||
** [https://www.thesmartesthouse.com/products/zooz-800-series-z-wave-long-range-usb-stick-zst39? Zooz 800 USB stick] - Recommended Z-Wave stick | |||
* [https://www.home-assistant.io/voice-pe/ Home Assistant Voice] - Open source hardware voice activated assistant replacement to Google Home or Amazon Alexa | |||
* [https://www.openevse.com/ OpenEVSE] - Open source hardware EV charger | |||
* [https://rainforestautomation.com/us-retail-store/eagle-3-energy-gateway-and-smart-home-hub/ Rainforest Eagle 3] - Hub to connect to your ComEd power meter that talks to HA | |||
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* [https://github.com/searxng/searxng SearXNG] - A free internet metasearch engine which aggregates results from various search services and databases. Users are neither tracked nor profiled. | * [https://github.com/searxng/searxng SearXNG] - A free internet metasearch engine which aggregates results from various search services and databases. Users are neither tracked nor profiled. | ||
=== Local AI LLM === | |||
* [https://lmstudio.ai/ LM Studio] - A quick to get into local LLM inference server and desktop UI | |||
* [https://github.com/ollama/ollama Ollama] - Bare-bones easy to use local LLM inference server with an API | |||
* [https://openwebui.com/ Open WebUI] - Self-hosted web frontend for interacting with LLM APIs that are either in the cloud or locally hosted | |||
Productivity | |||
* [https://github.com/languagetool-org/languagetool LanguageTool] - Commercial with an open source version, proofreading in your browser | |||
=== Email === | === Email === | ||
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* [https://nginxproxymanager.com/ Nginx Proxy Manager] - Securely expose your local services to the internet with the security of SSL | * [https://nginxproxymanager.com/ Nginx Proxy Manager] - Securely expose your local services to the internet with the security of SSL | ||
=== Not an overwhelming number of useful Linux commands === | |||
* [https://phoenixnap.com/kb/apropos-linux apropos] - A quick search through descriptions of other commands to find what you need | |||
* [https://opensource.com/article/18/6/history-command history] - Show the last 100 commands you entered | |||
* [https://phoenixnap.com/kb/locate-command-in-linux locate] - Search for files | |||
* [https://medium.com/codex/understanding-su-su-sudo-i-and-sudo-s-in-linux-d26828fc14c sudo -s] - Instead of running 1 command as root, you can go into a root session until you type exit | |||
* [https://spin.atomicobject.com/htop-guide/ htop] - System monitor showing CPU and memory usage for each process | |||
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