Category: tech > tools > self-hosting

smolvm wraps libkrun for hardware-isolated Linux VMs with sub-200ms cold starts on macOS and Linux, packed into a single portable .smolmachine file.

Switzerland gets 25 Gbit/s residential fiber by mandating shared neutral infrastructure open to any ISP, while the US and Germany produce monopolies.

LinkedIn runs hidden JavaScript that scans visitors' browsers for extensions and software, transmitting results to third parties without consent. Fairlinked ...

ngrok evolved from localhost tunneling into a cloud networking gateway for API routing, AI traffic, DDoS protection, and CEL-based Traffic Policy rules.

Pocket ID is a self-hosted passkey-only OIDC provider with LDAP sync, user group restrictions, audit logs, and a REST API for homelab and small-org use.

Pocket ID is a lightweight, self-hosted OIDC provider using passkeys as the sole auth method, filling the gap between Keycloak and no SSO for self-hosted ser...

Tinyauth is a minimal OIDC authentication server for self-hosted setups that runs entirely from environment variables, with built-in OAuth and LDAP support.

Dobase is an open-source, self-hosted workspace bundling email, kanban, docs, chat, tasks, storage, calendar, and video into one Rails app on SQLite.

Perplexica is a free, self-hostable alternative to Perplexity AI search. Pairs with SearXNG and Ollama so you can run a fully private AI search stack.

Perplexica is a free, open-source, self-hostable alternative to Perplexity AI search. Pairs with SearXNG and Ollama on a Raspberry Pi or 8 GB Mac Mini.

Dynacat is a Glance fork that adds dynamic widget auto-refresh by default. Drop-in replacement, single binary under 20 MB, configured in YAML.

Komodo is a self-hosted build and deployment platform combining server management, container orchestration, and CI/CD in one browser-based tool.

Keeper.sh syncs timeslots across multiple calendars and ships an MCP server giving AI agents read-only calendar access via OAuth 2.1.

NixOS treats the entire OS as a deterministic build artifact, making it uniquely suited for AI coding agents that need safe, rollbackable changes.

Atomic is a self-hosted knowledge base that auto-chunks markdown into semantic atoms, links them by similarity, and exposes an MCP server for AI tools.

Dockhand is a Portainer alternative with safe-pull auto-updates, vulnerability scanning, and a free tier that includes SSO and MFA.

Sonar replaces the lsof | grep workflow with a Docker-aware port inspector that shows container names, resource usage, and service connections.

Technitium DNS combines authoritative and recursive DNS, ad blocking, and encrypted protocols in one self-hosted package. Handles 100k+ req/sec.

Cockpit is a lightweight web-based Linux admin interface that works transparently with the CLI. Changes made in either are visible in both.

Karakeep is a self-hostable bookmark manager with AI tagging, full-text search, page archival, and video archiving via yt-dlp.

Production migration of a full-stack app from DigitalOcean to Hetzner dedicated, cutting monthly costs from $1,432 to $233 with zero downtime.

A 24-year FreeBSD user explains why native ZFS boot environments, jails, and rock-solid documentation keep it as his first choice for servers.

Agent Safehouse enforces kernel-level filesystem isolation for AI coding agents on macOS, letting you run them in full-auto mode safely.

Copyparty is a single-file Python server supporting HTTP, WebDAV, SFTP, FTP, and SMB with resumable uploads, dedup, and media indexing.