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.
Decluttarr
A watcher for the Servarr suite: automatically removes stalled, failed, or stuck downloads and lets the app search for a replacement, no manual cleanup needed.
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Immich
A self-hosted photo and video backup, the open-source alternative to Google Photos or iCloud Photos.
Read the guideServarr Suite
The Radarr/Sonarr/Lidarr/Readarr/Prowlarr/Bazarr/qBittorrent stack: automated movie, TV, music, and audiobook fetching, all behind a VPN kill switch.
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