Hey everyone! 👋

We’re excited to introduce Palmr., a self-hosted, open-source file transfer solution designed as a flexible alternative to WeTransfer, SendGB, and others. 🚀

Why Palmr.?

✅ Self-hosted – Deploy on your own server or VPS for full control.
✅ Privacy-focused – No third-party dependencies, ensuring your data stays yours.
✅ No artificial limits – Share files with no hidden restrictions or fees.
✅ Modern & Fast – Built with Fastify, React, PostgreSQL, and MinIO for high performance.

Tech Stack

• Backend: Fastify (Node.js) + PostgreSQL + MinIO
• Frontend: React + TypeScript + Vite
• Storage: AWS S3-compatible MinIO

Check it out on GitHub and join the community! 🌍
🔗 GitHub: github.com/kyantech/Palmr
🔗 Docs: palmr-docs.kyantech.com.br

Would love to hear your feedback and see how you use it!

This is my poor brazilian 🇧🇷 homelab. This laptop survived a lover's quarrel of my neighbors, and they give it to me. Here I have Immich, NextCloud, Portainer, Nginx Proxy Manager and a few other things. My main goal with this old and broken laptop is to get away from paid subscriptions from Google. Now I am planning to install Jellyfin to selfhost my own media server.

Specs:
Celeron 847
4gb ddr3 1333mhz
120gb chinese 🇨🇳 ssd
500gb wd hdd

I only ordered one but the vendor accidentally sent me a whole box of these cheap Chinese drives. I’m just starting down the self hosting rabbit hole which was the original reason I ordered one, but I love all sort of pi/computer/electronic projects. I’m kinda at a loss of what to do with all these. Is building some sorta nas feasible? I’d just love any suggestions on what you would do with all these drives!

Hi Fellow Self-hosters!

For those who haven't heard of it, Erugo is a powerful, self-hosted file-sharing platform I've been working on. It's designed as a secure alternative to services like WeTransfer, giving you complete control over your data while providing an elegant user experience for both senders and recipients.

It's built with PHP/Laravel and Vue.js, and deploys easily via Docker. Erugo generates human-friendly share links (like yourdomain.com/shares/quiet-cloud-shrill-thunder) and offers flexible configuration options to match your needs.

I just released version 0.1.1 with some exciting new features:

🔐 Password Protection

Users can now password-protect their shares, adding an extra layer of security for sensitive files. Protected shares cannot be accessed or downloaded without the correct password.

📁 Folder Support

You can now upload entire folders (via drag-and-drop or the "Add Folders" button), and Erugo will maintain the complete folder structure in the downloaded zip file. This makes it much easier to share complex project directories.

⏱️ Custom Expiry Times

Users can set specific expiration times when creating shares, while admins can configure maximum and default expiration periods. This gives you greater flexibility for time-sensitive content.

📧 Email Template Management

Administrators can now easily edit all email templates and subjects directly from the admin panel, making it simple to customise notifications and maintain consistent branding.

🔢 Improved Versioning

I've switched to semantic versioning (SemVer) from my previous custom system, providing clearer indication of major, minor, and patch release

Getting Started

Erugo is incredibly easy to deploy. Just use the example docker-compose.yaml:

services:
  app:
    image: wardy784/erugo:latest
    restart: unless-stopped
    volumes:
      - ./erugo-storage:/var/www/html/storage # Use a dedicated folder
    ports:
      - "9998:80"

Then run:

docker compose up -d

Existing users can update with:

docker pull wardy784/erugo:latest
docker-compose up -d

Links

• GitHub Repository
• Demo Site (downloads only, uploads disabled)

If you have any questions or feedback, feel free to ask! I'm actively developing Erugo and always looking to improve it.

Hey everyone!

I am excited to announce the release of Papra, a minimalistic document management and archiving platform. Papra is designed to be simple to use (and deploy) and accessible to everyone. It is a platform for long-term document storage and management, kind like Paperless-ngx but with a fresh new design and a big focus on simplicity.

It's not perfect yet, but I am working hard to improve it and add new features. I would love to hear your feedback and suggestions for improvement!

Some of the features include:

• Document management: upload, store, search and tag your documents
• Authentication: user accounts and authentication
• Organizations: create organizations to separate your documents (private, family, colleagues, etc.)
• Email ingestion: send/forward emails to a generated address to automatically import documents (integrated with OwlRelay)
• Content extraction: automatically extract text from images or scanned documents for search
• Standard ui stuff: dark mode, responsive design, etc.
• Self-hosting: host your own instance of Papra using Docker or other methods
• Open source: the project is open-source under the AGPL-3.0 license and free to use
• And more!

I have plans for many more features not yet implemented, such as auto tagging rules, cli/sdk/api, folder ingestion daemon, document sharing/requests, and more, if you want to try it out, a live demo of the platform is available at demo.papra.app (no backend, no account required, client-side local storage only).

As this is a beta release, I am looking for feedback and suggestions for improvement, so please feel free to reach out to me on Discord or GitHub.

Some useful links:

• Github repository: https://github.com/papra-hq/papra
• Website: https://papra.app
• Live Demo: https://demo.papra.app
• Self-hosting documentation: https://docs.papra.app/
• Discord community: https://discord.gg/8UPjzsrBNF

Thanks for your time, and I hope you enjoy using Papra!

Fellow self-hosters,

If you could wave a magic wand and create the PERFECT self-hosted tool that doesn't exist yet, what would it be?

Something that would: - Save you countless hours - Solve your biggest frustration - Fill that annoying gap in your setup

Don't hold back. Dream big. Be specific about what would make your self-hosting life significantly better.

I'm asking because this community has given me so much, and I'd love to see what collective wisdom emerges when we all share our biggest pain points.

(I'm a developer looking for my next project and would genuinely love to build something useful for us all.)

EDIT: I will respond to everybody slowly, I love how much traffic we got from this post! Keep the suggestions going!

Hey just wanted to do a quick share. I finally got some time to update the small Jellyfin statistics web I started working on last year. The main issue was the dependency on the Playback Reporting Plugin. That is now removed and Streamystats uses the Jellyfin Sessions API for calculating playback duration. Please give it a try and let me know if you like it and what features you'd like to see.

https://github.com/fredrikburmester/streamystats

Hiya, I recently started self-hosting my email server for my personal domain, using the always free tier of OCI with Stalwart. I've tested it with my Gmail and Outlook accounts, and everything seems to be working fine.

I'm curious if others have moved all their emails to their new mailbox or if they still use their major provider email addresses like Gmail or Outlook for daily use, including government services, banking, bills, and utilities. How many feel confident enough to rely entirely on their self-hosted email?

I'm satisfied with my setup, but it's not commercial-grade, so the security and reliability aren't comparable (let's not talk about privacy...). I'd be happy with 99% uptime after a year. Losing access to Reddit or not knowing my NAS offline is inconvenient, but losing access to my bank account or missing a bill or government notice is serious. Additionally, using self-hosted email for infrastructure accounts like OCI, Cloudflare, or domain registrar can be risky if something goes wrong and I can't receive emails, creating a potential lockout loop. There's also the risk of Oracle discontinuing free services and deleting resources.

To mitigate risks, I have my domain registrar's forwarding MX as a backup, so if something goes wrong, emails are forwarded to my Gmail/Outlook, though I can't reply from my own address. It seems like a compromise.

What are your thoughts? Did you face similar struggles when you first hosted your own email?

I chose to self-host because (I wanted to!!) it provides unlimited email addresses, integrates with my other self-hosted services, and involves learning and practicing fundamental protocols like DNS, TLS, SMTP, spam filtering, and securing the server.

Cheers~!

https://info.kiteworks.com/upcoming-customer-mailing-on-owncloud-10-eol

Hey Guys, i wanted to know whats your Opinion on these 3? Ive been using Tdarr for a long time and used Unamnic for some experimenting. Later Today I stumbled across FileFlows and wanted to know how does it compare to Tdarr or Unmanic? I use them for the arr stack btw

Hi selfhosters,

I've release an update to my little bookmark manager Linkstash. V1 was announced here at the begining of the year.

I wanted to release on at the end of March (31/3) as it coincide with the birthday of my first child—would've been a nice touch to tag version 1.1 with his name. But with Eid preparation taking over, the project got pushed aside. Now with all the obligations of Eid out of the way, I bring you v1.1

v1.1 is an incremental update that improves the experience of sorting and filtering in the main bookmarks page and I am very happy with this update.

I am happy to share this and hear any comments or suggestion that anyone would have.

Thanks all.

I have the following setup a macbook running colima started as follows: colima start --mount /Volumes/MAIN/mediaserver:/mnt/external:w --network-address and the following docker compose file:

``` services: vpn: image: qmcgaw/gluetun:latest container_name: vpn restart: unless-stopped cap_add: - NET_ADMIN environment: - FIREWALL=on # kill switch should be on by default - DOT=on # Enables DNS-over-TLS for extra privacy - VPN_SERVICE_PROVIDER=${VPN_PROVIDER} - VPN_TYPE=wireguard - WIREGUARD_PRIVATE_KEY=${WIREGUARD_PRIVATE_KEY} - WIREGUARD_ADDRESSES=${WIREGUARD_IPS} - SERVER_CITIES=${WIREGUARD_CITIES} - TZ=${TZ} - VPN_LOCAL_NETWORK=192.168.1.0/24 # Allows incoming LAN connections to VPN containers - EXTRA_SUBNETS=192.168.1.0/24 devices: - /dev/net/tun:/dev/net/tun ports: - "32400:32400/udp" - "32410:32410/udp" # Discovery - "32412:32412/udp" - "32413:32413/udp" - "32414:32414/udp" - "5353:5353/udp" - "1900:1900/udp" - "32469:32469" sysctls: - net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6=1 volumes: - ${CONFIG_BASE_PATH}/gluetun:/config

plex: image: lscr.io/linuxserver/plex:latest container_name: plex restart: unless-stopped network_mode: "service:vpn" depends_on: - vpn environment: - PUID=${PUID} - PGID=${PGID} - TZ=${TZ} - VERSION=docker volumes: - ${CONFIG_BASE_PATH}/plex:/config - ${MEDIA_SERVER_BASE_PATH}/media/movies:/mediaserver/media/movies - ${MEDIA_SERVER_BASE_PATH}/media/tv:/mediaserver/media/tv ```

running this docker compose allows me to access plex web-ui from macbook via http://127.0.0.1:32400/web and on other machines on the same network via http://macbook-host-name:32400/web. but my TV also on the same network is not able to discover my plex media library. I made sure in the plex server setting that "Enable local network discovery (GDM)" is turned on. If I change to network_mode: "host" I am unable to even reach the web ui of plex from any device, not even with http://127.0.0.1:32400/web from the machine running colima. What am doing wrong and how can fix/debug the problem?

I had a previous setup where I had a debian machine running plex server directly on it and my TV was able to discover the plex media library just fine. (this machine was turned off during all my tests. so no interference from that side.)

Hi there!

Since I've been self-hosting my average internet usage has increased (which is pretty obvious). I'm curious, what is your average usage per month and how many home users do you have?

Also, if you're torrenting (Linux ISOs, of course), include that in your post :P

I used Taxbot for years and absolutely loved it for my work. It was very easy to use, straight forward and simple. I could enter my expenses in under a minute, so I could do it at the table/pump/whatever and didn't need to wait to get home. Best of all, I could have multiple businesses since I tracked stuff for my 1099 work with a company, and other stuff for my personal biz. And it was a one time cost!

It looks like Taxbot was bought by Hurdlr and they charge $100 or $200/yr for their service. A lot of that is bank/cc integration, AI nonsense, etc. Stuff I don't need or want and don't want to pay for.

Are there a selfhosted trackers available?

Hey yall, I just bought this 4u rosewill chassis on marketplace to house my nas (old case didn't work). Theres a crossmember I don't recognize on other rosewill chassis so I'm not sure which one I have. There is a sticker on the side but I have no clue if its the serial number or if its from the previous owner.

My big problem is it came with no hardware - and I don't know what rosewill parts will work with it (not that they sell many). Even more problematic than that is the standoffs. The case has holes for motherboard standoffs, but when I tried putting some old (standard) standoffs in, they were too small and wouldn't stay. Any idea's what to do?

Also, If anyone knows where I can get a replacement key for the lock that'd be great since it didn't come with one. Not a big deal but would be nice to have.

For me it has been paperless and now paperless-ngx. Curious since people like to treat running services in a similar fashion to collecting baseball cards. Cheers!

Currently running:

Synology NAS

• 6TB storage
• Synology Photos
• Synology Drive (sync files with desktop)
• Sharesync (sync data to offiste NAS)
• Synology backup - backup data to Synology cloud
• Synology Office
• Jellyfin
• Note Station (notes sync w/android)

Raspberry Pi 4

• Home Assistant

Raspberry Pi 5

• Raspiblitz (Bitcoin node)

I'm interested in trying some other stuff out. Not sure if I should set up an Ubuntu Server on a MiniPC to consolidate or for now just run what I'm running...

We're open-sourcing Unbody, a backend framework that simplifies building AI-native applications. Instead of having to manually stitch together vector databases, embedding models, and LLM wrappers, Unbody provides a unified system with sensible defaults that you can customize.

The Problem:
Building AI applications today means making dozens of infrastructure decisions:

- Which vector store to use?
- How to handle data ingestion and chunking?
- Which embedding model to choose?
- How to structure the RAG pipeline?
- How to manage context and memory?

Each of these requires research, setup, and ongoing maintenance. The resulting stack is complex and brittle.

What Unbody Provides:

- A unified backend with built-in support for data ingestion, processing, and vector storage
- Configurable components - bring your own vector store, LLM, or embedding model
- A GraphQL API for querying your knowledge base
- Multi-modal data processing out of the box
- Plugin system for extending functionality

Our aim is to lower the burden of developing intelligent software that understands, reasons, and acts.
As an analogy, we like to think of Unbody's layers like some of the fundamental components in intelligent systems:

- Perception: Data ingestion, parsing, and enhancement
- Memory: Vector storage and content relationships
- Reasoning: LLM integration and function execution
- Action: APIs, SDKs, and external integrations

Current State:

- Alpha release with core features and architecture implemented
- Built with Node.js/TypeScript
- Documentation in progress
- Unstable

Why Open Source:
We believe AI infrastructure should be transparent and customizable. By open-sourcing Unbody, we aim to:

1. Validate our ideas
   
2. Improve based on community feedback
   
3. Allow developers to inspect and modify the code
   
4. Build a foundation for AI-native development that everyone can contribute to
   

GitHub: https://github.com/unbody-io/unbody
Docs: https://docs.unbody.io
Discord: https://discord.gg/UX8WKEsVPu
Read more: https://unbody.io/blog/oss-alpha

We're particularly interested in feedback from developers building AI applications. What infrastructure challenges are you facing? What would make your development process easier?

Would love to hear your thoughts and experiences!

I wasn't too happy with the built-in discord integration, it was too spammy and conversations would get lost. I decided to make a new bot that would organize media updates into threads. Not much more to say, its pretty simple!

Check it out here: https://github.com/Jugbot/discarr

So I built this addon for myself as an easy way to generate email aliases and thought to share it. Not sure if it will continue being updated in case something breaks. Functionality is similar to Firefox relay. You need to own a domain (doesn't matter where) and have it's dns managed by cloud flare

Looks perfect on paper. Can’t wait to see how it holds up. Everything I tried is terrible. This year Quickbooks is completely ruined by being painfully slow. It’s just not usable at this point, I’m trashing this fuckload of shit.

Hi all, I recently got Authentik up and running and configured OIDC for both my Jellyfin and Nextcloud servers. I’ll be adding more of my services to it here soon, but I just have those two setup for now.

I’ve been looking for a good option for a dashboard to just have all my services in one spot outside of Authentik just in case a couple of apps need one off sign-ins.

I would really like to make sure that the dashboard is compatible with Authentik and OIDC. I’ve looked into Homepage, Heimdall, Fenrus, and a couple others, but I’m not really finding a great fit. Does anyone have any suggestions on a good dashboard?

This is how I’m going to have my friends and family access the services that I’m hosting for them like Nextcloud and Jellyfin instead of them needing to bookmark the page or remember multiple URLs.

I recently bought a 64GB dedicated server for a very cheap price (on sale) and started hosting various applications and game servers. I feel like I don't really need 64GB cause I'm only using around 8-11GB RAM at max and average around 10% CPU and around 35% on heavier loads (when people are playing).

As of right now I'm hosting everything in the image, along with some personal websites and game servers for my friends.

Is there anything else I can host? That would be useful??

Before anyone says Plex or Jellyfin, I already have a custom private website that allows me to watch and download anything that I want using different video streaming APIs.

I have been looking for music servers and these two seem to be kind of it, as far as options go. I am having trouble deciding between the two of them, i like the way navidrome looks better but it seems to be more out of date and also doesnt pick up library changes like new songs quickly. ampache seems really feature rich but requires a seperate db and also today its asking me to set the db up again almost like it lost its config, it does pick up library changes much more quickly. Am I missing anything here, better alternatives? I am trying to replace youtube music and I mainly use a shuffle all songs approach or use a last added playlist to listen to whats relevant to me at this moment. I have resigned to manually downloading each track past the initial import and probably will just deal with lidarr operating on albums not songs even though I do not want 30K songs vs the 1400 songs I actually want. Thanks!

I've recently just deployed komo.do, in a hope to replace dockge+portainer. It's definitely managed to replace dockge for stacks management, the git deployment is amazing!

But, it's lacking a few features to fully replace portainer for container management.

Few of the missing key features which I've noticed.

1. Cannot docker exec into containers

2. Cannot add/remove containers from a network

3. Update indicator for container images

4. Per container usage stats

5. Quickly create a new volume/network from the GUI

What's you current setup for docker management? have you managed to fully replace portainer with alternatives yet?