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.
Uptime Kuma
A self-hosted status page that watches every service and sends an alert the moment one goes down.
Read the guide
Conduit
A lightweight, self-hosted Matrix homeserver, the backend that actually stores and routes messages.
Read the guideRecyclarr
Keeps Radarr/Sonarr's quality rules in sync with the community-curated TRaSH Guides, automatically preferring WEB-DL and Bluray over CAM, fakes, and other low-quality releases.
Read the guide