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.
Audiobookshelf
A self-hosted audiobook and podcast server with resume-across-devices, chapters, and a real mobile app.
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Tailscale
A private mesh VPN that lets every device reach this homelab securely, without opening a single port to the internet.
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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