Hi everyone,

So I had a weird realization recently…

I spend way more time setting up, tearing down, redesigning, and tinkering with my self-hosted services than I do actually using them. Like, I’ll spend a whole weekend migrating from Docker Compose to Kubernetes or back again just because I can. Or redesign my reverse proxy setup for the third time this month even though the last one worked perfectly fine.

I’ll spin up a Nextcloud instance, get everything perfect, admire it for a minute… and then never really use it. Meanwhile I’m already thinking about moving it to a different VM or switching to something else entirely.

Anyone else like this? Tell me I’m not alone in this madness.

Howdy folks! I have answered a bunch of questions on here about DNS, VPN, etc. So I thought I'd put some guides online, both so I can have documentation on how it's done, and others can benefit as well. Only 3 so far, I'll take requests, post them on here.

https://portfolio.subzerodev.com/docs/guides/intro

Comments, suggestions, hate mail is welcome :-)

Hey everyone, as Logitech killed off the Harmony product line and is slowly dropping support for all the remotes, I went to look for an alternative to my Harmony Hub (for those who don't know: Logitech Harmony was a universal remote that allowed to automate a number of actions with different devices and made controlling complex media setups super easy).

While there are a few off-the-shelf solutions like the SofaBaton and even open source alternatives like the OMOTE, I felt like none of them really offered an experience comparable to the Harmony Hub.

So I set out to build one myself and figured I might as well publish it here in case someone else is interested: https://github.com/leoklaus/equilibrium.

The general idea is to set up all of your devices like TVs, set-top-boxes and AVRs and record the infrared commands of their original remotes and then create scenes based on those devices and commands (like turn on the tv, turn on the AVR, switch to input 4, turn on my Apple TV).

Scenes can then be turned on and off using a single button on the remote and the layout of the remotes buttons changes depending on the currently active scene (e.g. navigation keys control the Apple TV in the "Apple TV" scene but control the Xbox in the "Play Xbox" scene).

The basic setup consists of a Hub (something like a Raspberry Pi) that runs the server component and is equipped with an IR receiver and IR blaster and (optional, but highly recommended) a remote to control devices and scenes (activities in Harmony lingo). It even supports the original Harmony companion remote!

Everything can be controlled via a local API as well and I've already created an iOS app (currently waiting for TestFlight approval) to interact with it.

While the setup is (currently) very hands-on and requires quite a bit of technical know-how, the usage of the hub is designed to be as simple as possible, aiming for a high spousal approval factor.

For more information on the setup and usage, check out the readme on the GitHub page!

Hi all,

I am looking to get a Mini PC to host game servers for me and my mates, 5-10 people max at a time.

I think I may have gone overkill as I'm not sure about hardware when it comes to hosting dedicated servers, but in mind I have this: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DF7N95SY?tag=track-ect-uk-1759448-21&linkCode=osi&th=1&ascsubtag=ecSEP111ittjmcrgqckk

Do you think that is enough or do you recommend something else/less powerful for my need? It would be stuff like Palworld/Minecraft etc, maybe even 2 servers at once. Possibly looking at getting AMP by CubeCoders.

Thanks in advance!

Been using Plex for half a decade now, however last month when my dad got his cinema room, and with me trying everything I could read up on to get it to work, I wasn’t able to get HDMI passthrough to work. After hours of wasted effort (trying things like kodiplex), I installed Jellyfin and did the initial setup just to see if i could get it working on there, and to my amazement, it worked right out of the box, no messing around.

Now I’m at home with no surround sound, one thing I constantly have issues with Plex, is subtitles. So many times they just don’t work, they don’t display, and you have to mess around with forcing them and stuff, which moves from direct play to transcoding.

Anyway I was just having the same issue with subtitless on a movie I’m watching, so I thought let me try Jellyfin locally. After the initial login, I start playing the same movie, and subtitles just work.

So yeah these 2 things that seem so fiddly and annoying to get to work with Plex, Jellyfin just works.

Just wanted to share, and I have a lifetime Plex membership, so I’m not biased toward Jellyfin just because it’s free and opensource.

Update: Just to clarify on the subtitle issue, it's nothing to do with downloading subtitles while in the app, I never do that, as nearly all my older vids have external srt subtitles, and all of my new vids are mkv's and have subtitles built in. I might not have an issue with the external srt ones, I can't remember, but I do have issues with the internal ones often, which is getting them to even display. Yes I use the LG tv app for Plex, but it's the same with Jellyfin.

Kavita has just launched v0.8.7 and I thought, since it's been over a year, I should share what's happened over the past 9 releases.

Last post here: https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/1camvd5/kavita_development_update/

What's new in the last year:

• Metadata Downloading: Kavita+ can now download Manga/LN/Comic metadata for you, skipping the need to tag yourself. Comics can tag at the issue level as well and provide individual issue user/critic reviews.

• The UX Refresh: A massive overhaul to the UI to bring a more expresive interface. Colorscapes derived from images and a standardized way of representing detail pages. This also brings volume and issue details and new controls to jump into reading from any card.

• People Entities: Total rework on how people work within Kavita to allow them to have their own detail page with summary, cover, and works. Pair this with the ability to browse and filter against people brings out a different way to explore your library.

• PDF Metadata: Ability for Kavita to parse Calibre tagged metadata from PDF files for fine tuning, as well as turning off metadata for a library if you like the old way.

• Reading Profiles: Reading settings and profiles that can be bound per series/library or adjusted on the fly. A total revamp on how reading settings work across Kavita.

• Koreader Sync: Kavita now supports native Koreader sync support. Kobo is still planned as well.

I selected some big ones, but as always, Kavita grows fast and there is a ton more on the way. Over the past year, there have been some massive feature releases and we have a few more coming that I'm really excited for:

• OIDC: Our most upvoted feature request is being worked on for v0.8.8.
• Annotations - Highlight and annotate in the epub reader. Working directly with community, this seems to be a much needed feature.

Thank you to all that already use the project and those who support me financially through Open Collective, Paypal, or Kavita+.

If you want to check it out for yourself, we have a demo available on our site: https://www.kavitareader.com/

Latest release post: https://github.com/Kareadita/Kavita/releases/latest

Hello everybody, I'm looking for a really basic drag 'n drop file uploader. I just want files to be uploaded to a specific folder on my server for easy and fast backups/transfers of files. Does anything like that exist?

X-posted in r/homelab as these both were and are foundational resources that I constantly reference for myself and newcomers

Genuinely my favorite and most consistent addict…hobby that my wife hat… tolerates.

Started in 9th grade, just wanting to run a Minecraft server (loved Modii101 and the rest of the squad. “NOT ALL THE REDSTONE!!”) and discovering Linux and VMs. I mostly ran everything barebones.

Then college came. I had a $150USD HP laptop, jailbroken firetv, and a flash drive that introduced me to Kodi but I hated how flakey some streams were so I wanted my own versions of Big Buck Bunny and Linux ISOs so I wouldn’t have to rely on remote servers.

I dove deep into selfhosting, VPNs, torrents and other download alternatives. The need for privacy and security pushed be into the obligatory discovery of Docker. From here I learned docker compose and Dockerfile, then git for version control. I kept going

I’m now 25 and work in IT Support handling building, deploying , and maintaining PCs for over 1300 locations in beauty retail. I am learning ansible to deploy easier and quicker while advancing my professional skill set. I have a 4 node (3 Debian, 1 windows for gaming) setup for almost all learning and self hosting.

I thank this community and the forums outside Reddit. I feel like I have complete control over my own digital freedom and autonomy, I am the most confident I’ve ever been in my knowledge and have hit the point where I know I can “figure it out” if I have no experience in a specific domain.

I’m not sure where to take my skills professionally but I know I have you all as supportive peers with usually the best intentions, even if our troll nature or autism shows sometimes

I’m here and I’m not going anywhere. I know how people see us but the silent majority are the goal and I can’t wait to be like you when I grow up

Scriberr

Scriberr is a self-hostable offline AI audio transcription app. It leverages the open-source Whisper models from OpenAI, utilizing the high-performance WhisperX transcription engine to transcribe audio files locally on your hardware. Scriberr also allows you to summarize transcripts using Ollama or OpenAI's ChatGPT API, with your own custom prompts. Scriberr supports offline speaker diarization with significant improvements. This beta introduces the feature to chat with your transcripts using Ollama or OpenAI.

Github repo: https://github.com/rishikanthc/Scriberr App website: https://scriberr.app

Call for Beta Testers

Hi all, It's been several months since I started this project. The project has come a long way since then and has amassed over 900 stars on Github. Now, I'm about to release the first stable release v1.0.0. In light of this, I am releasing a beta version for seeking feedback before the release to smooth out any bugs. I request anyone interested to please try out the beta version and provide quality feedback.

Updates

The stable version brings a lot of updates to the app. The app has been rebuilt from the ground up to make it fast and responsive and also introduces a bunch of cool new features.

Under the hood

The app has been rebuilt with Go for the backend and Svelte5 for the frontend and runs as a single binary file. The frontend is compiled to static website (plain HTML and JS) and this static website is embedded into the Go binary to provide a fast and highly responsive app. It uses Python for the actual AI transcription by leveraging the WhisperX engine for running Whisper models. This release is a breaking release and moves to using SQLite for the database. Audio files are stored to disk as is. With the Go app, users should see noticable differences in responsiveness of the UI and UX.

New Features and improvements

• Fast transcription with support for all model sizes
• Automatic language detection
• Uses VAD and ASR models for better alignment and speech detection to remove silence periods
• Speaker diarization (Speaker detection and identification)
• Automatic summarization using OpenAI/Ollama endpoints
• Markdown rendering of Summaries (NEW)
• AI Chat with transcript using OpenAI/Ollama endpoints (NEW)
  • Multiple chat sessions for each transcript (NEW)
• Built-in audio recorder
• YouTube video transcription (NEW)
• Download transcript as plaintext / JSON / SRT file (NEW)
• Save and reuse summarization prompt templates
• Tweak advanced parameters for transcription and diarization models (NEW)
• Audio playback follow (highlights transcript segment currently being played) (NEW)
• Stop or terminate running transcription jobs (NEW)
• Better reactivity and responsiveness (NEW)
• Toast notifications for all actions to provide instant status (NEW)
• Simplified deployment - single binary (Single container) (NEW)
• New simple, uncluttered UI for better UX (NEW)

Screenshots

You can checkout screenshots in the app website https://scriberr.app or in this folder on the git repo https://github.com/rishikanthc/Scriberr/tree/v1.0.0/screenshots

Requesting feedback

I'm excited about the first stable release for this project. I am soliciting feedback for the beta, so that I can smooth out any issues before the first stable release. I request interested folks to please try the beta version and provide me quality feedback either on this post thread or by opening an issue on Github. All feedback and feature requests are most welcome :)

If you like the project, please consider leaving a star on the Github page. It would mean a lot to me. A big thanks to the community for your interest and support in this project :)

Appreciate any help here as I'm not getting anywhere with my own research. Every similar mention I can find of this says it just works.

Have a Jellyfin server running on a nuc on my home network. DLNA is enabled. nuc also runs Tailscale.

What I'm trying to do is leverage Tailscale to access the Jellyfin server when I'm not physically at home. Right now, if I connect to my Tailnet from a device outside of my home network and then try to load the web interface for the Jellyfin server via its Tailscale IP (or machine name, since MagicDNS is on), I'll get a "connect to server" where I can again provide the Tailscale IP but I get "Connection Failure: We're unable to connect to the selected server right now. Please ensure it is running and try again." Similarly, if I try using the Jellyfin app, it looks for the existing server (based on the non-Tailscale IP) then gives me an option to choose a server; it automatically sees the Jellyfin server at its Tailscale IP and lists it as available, but when I try to connect to it, I get "Unable to reach server."

I'm sure this is user error 101, but what am I missing here?

I know that we can always flash the os with truenas / unraid or just plain old Debian/arch etc. But very few will ever change the bios. I'd love the world to move to a more self hosted world, but if we are trading big American companies cloud-lockin services for self hosted machines on Chinese controlled hardware that's sketch as hell. We should really be pushing on open source bios solutions as well, who knows what crap these companies put in the core firmware, what you all think?

What I'm looking for may indeed be a fever dream, but my requirements are: - >=70GB storage - >=10GB memory - >=10TB monthly bandwidth limit or unlimited - Decently high compute power - Not US-based

If it helps, this is to run a high-traffic Git server without serving releases and other artifacts. I would also prefer something cheaper, ideally less than $200 a year.

Thanks in advance.

Does anybody is running https://rustfs.com/ (alternative of minio) in production? or had used in non-prod environment?

Good morning ladies and gents,

I’ve recently just moved into my new house and I’ve been doing a little research on home networking. I’m an electrician by trade so I know alittle about networking but not enough to come up with a legitimate setup.

Alittle back ground knowledge, I have spectrum WiFi which gives us 500 mbps(I don’t know if this is good or not). As of now I only have my wife in I in the house but plan on expanding family soon.

I would like to do a rack system in my basement to have everything I need in one location and would like to run home assistant. I would like to tie in my alarm, cameras, doorbell cameras and wifi all into the rack. I have heard of ubiquiti but have no idea what to do or how to wire.

Thank you to everyone who tries to help me!!

I'm a little confused as to which backup solution I should commit to. I have an Unraid machine with about 1.5tbyte of data to back up:

- 300gbyte of VM images (snapshotted qcow2 files, I'm aiming for 2 snapshots per week)
- About 100gbyte of docker data, locally backed up once per day
- About 1100 gbyte of home directory, comprised mainly of PDFs and photos. No video, no mp3.

I have a Hetzner storage box and 300mbps upstream on my fiber connection.

My main requirements are:

- Encrypted backup on the target
- Easy recoverability from catastrophic failure (with "unraid server being stolen or destroyed" as the threat model)
- (optional) recovering accidentally f'ed up VMs/container data after failed upgrades, experiments etc.
- Compatible with the Storage Box, so essentially SSH/SFTP.

So far, I have tried borgmatic as a borg frontend, which seems to do the job okay. Is there any tangible advantage to the seemingly more popular restic and duplicati? I read a couple comparisons from a few years ago and they claimed borg's crypto was subpar...

What do you guys recommend?