Home Lab Links
From Pumping Station One
Unless otherwise noted, all projects listed are 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 awesome-selfhosted Github repository, and the dockerholics repository.
Operating systems with one click installers
- Home Assistant - HAOS provide Home Assistant for home automation, and handles one click install "add-ons"
- YunoHost - A one click installer dashboard, very easy to approach
- Unraid - Commercial, a very complete self-hosted OS that can manage
- Proxmox - Commercial, geared more towards running virtual machines
New to Linux and self hosting
- explainshell.com - Type in a Linux command, it tells you what it does
- Intro to self-hosting - An ok guide to get going, slightly dated
- Docker 101 - Another ok guide on getting started with Docker containers and Docker Compose
- Self-hosted Cookbook - A repository of docker-compose configurations for major services
Home network tools
- AdGuard - Commercial with a FOSS version, ad blocking
- Pi-Hole - Ad blocking, installable independently on a Raspberry Pi or as a container
File sharing
- Syncthing - A really easy to use tool that syncs files between devices
Media
- Plex - Commercial with free version, media manager and client players
- Jellyfin - An open source media manager and client players
- Arr - A list of tools for automating the procurement of legally downloadable content
Backups
- Kopia - An easy-to-use backup tool for users
- BorgBackup - A more sysadmin backup tool designed to backup whole systems
Photos
- Immich - Basically a copy of Google Photos
Smart home
- Members of the Open Home Foundation
- Home Assistant - The best open source home automation hub/dashboard/automation thing
- ESPHome - A system to control ESP8266 and ESP32 microcontrollers for home automation
- Zigbee2MQTT - A more robust Zigbee management tool than what Home Assistant has built in
- WLED - Cover your home in pretty LEDs (PS1 has workshops!)
- Music Assistant - Music library manager for your offline and online music sources
- MQTT - A behind the scenes services needed by different home automation tools
- Tasmota - Alternative firmware for ESP8266 and ESP32 based devices with easy configuration using webUI
Searching
- SearXNG - A free internet metasearch engine which aggregates results from various search services and databases. Users are neither tracked nor profiled.
VPN
Security
- Nginx Proxy Manager - Securely expose your local services to the internet with the security of SSL
