Self-Hosting

Practical guides for self-hosting open-source software — Docker deployments, VPS setup, reverse proxies, monitoring, and more. Take back control of your data and infrastructure.

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7 min read

Matrix Conduit - Lightweight Matrix Server with Docker

Set up Matrix Conduit with Docker as a lightweight self-hosted Matrix homeserver.

Docker Self-Hosting Privacy
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5 min read

KittenTTS - Tiny Local Text-to-Speech on CPU

KittenTTS is a tiny ONNX text-to-speech library that can generate speech locally on CPU.

Gen-AI Self-Hosting Python
2 min read

Self-Hosted DevOps Tools

A practical map of self-hosted DevOps tools for container management, deployments, Git hosting, and CI/CD.

Self-Hosting Docker DevOps
2 min read

Privacy Web Analytics

A practical map of privacy-friendly and self-hosted web analytics tools such as Umami, Tianji, Medama, Swetrix, Vince, …

Web Analytics Privacy
3 min read

Local AI Voice Tools

A practical map of local AI voice tools for text-to-speech, voice cloning, transcription, dictation, and agent audio …

Gen-AI Audio TTS
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6 min read

Zigbee2MQTT - Self-Hosted Zigbee Bridge

Self-host Zigbee2MQTT with Docker, Mosquitto, a Zigbee coordinator, and a durable MQTT-first smart home setup.

Self-Hosting Docker Smart Home
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8 min read

Files.md - Local-First Markdown Notes You Can Self-Host

Files.md is a local-first Markdown notes app with plain files, PWA access, and optional self-hosted sync.

Self-Hosting Docker Notes
3 min read

Secure External Access

How to safely expose your services using Cloudflare Tunnels and VPNs.

Networking Security Cloudflare
2 min read

Private Downloads Guide

Set up a private download station with qBittorrent, Transmission, and Gluetun.

Docker VPN Downloads
3 min read

Privacy Communication Tools

A practical map of open-source tools for private messaging, federated chat, IRC, and privacy-friendly frontends.

Privacy Self-Hosting Matrix
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