Your friendly guide to what's running around here.
A small self-hosted alternative to Big Tech's cloud: tips for fellow homelabbers, plus simple step-by-step help for anyone invited to connect.
Why this exists
Big Tech would rather host your photos, messages, and shows than let you own them. This is my attempt to opt out: running my own services instead of renting space in someone else's cloud. If that idea appeals to you, the guides below cover how.
What's running around here
A few things from the guides below. Reload for a different set.
Radicale
A lightweight self-hosted calendar and contacts server, the CalDAV/CardDAV equivalent of iCloud or Google Calendar.
Read the guide
LanguageTool
A self-hosted grammar and style checker, the open-source alternative to Grammarly, running locally.
Read the guide
Tailscale
A private mesh VPN that lets every device reach this homelab securely, without opening a single port to the internet.
Read the guide