Hi guys, I'm a CS student looking to host some apps I made so that anybody can demo them over the internet. I’m quite new to all this, but I’ve lurked this subreddit enough to know that using a VPS is the go-to option for this. The problem is that my apps are fairly computationally intensive, and the cost of running them on a VPS adds up quickly given the resources they need.

Given that my ISP offers static IPs for my network and that I have a dormant PC with the compute required to host all my Dockerised services, I was wondering if I could just self-host my apps from my home network instead. VPNs are out of the question because of the need for the services to be easily accessible to anybody over the internet.

I understand there are dozens of concerns around security and performance when exposing apps to the internet from a home network, so I just wanted to clarify if it was possible at all to do it in a way that doesn't completely screw my server or home network's security over. If it's not possible, are there any other (cheaper) alternatives for my use case?

Thank you guys!

As you might know from my previous post, Hoarder (github link) has been caught up in an ongoing trademark dispute. Since the legal process is still unresolved, I’ll have to save the full story for another time. For now, I’ve decided that the best path forward is to rebrand.

Starting today, Hoarder is rebranding to Karakeep!

The name Karakeep is inspired by the Arabic word "كراكيب" (karakeeb), a colloquial term commonly used to refer to miscellaneous clutter, odds and ends, or items that may seem disorganized but often hold personal value or hidden usefulness. It evokes the image of a messy drawer or forgotten box, full of stuff you can't quite throw away—because somehow, it matters (or more likely, because you're a hoarder!).

Over the next couple of weeks, things will start getting renamed to Karakeep (the repo, apps, extensions, etc). hoarder.app will soon also begin redirecting to our new domain: karakeep.app.

I took pride in coming up with "hoarder" as the name for the project. I've spent months searching for a different name, but nothing felt as good as hoarder was. But it's time to move on. I'm incredibly grateful for the support this community has shown throughout the whole thing. Hopefully, I can now focus my time and energy on what matters: building Karakeep.

It goes without saying, but please refrain from contacting the other party in any way, shape, or form.

Hi all,

I've been a commenter in here for a bit and have found a lot of interest for help and guidance. I wanted to poll about an idea.

I am thinking about setting up a website with some simple to follow guides for getting various components started. No videos to have to watch back and forth (or stitching together multiple videos when your setup doesnt match the video), no ads, no sketch, no 'if you buy my sponsor, everything will magically be easy', just simple-to-follow help.

Thinking things like:

• How do I get started with self hosting from scratch?
• Linux vs Windows
• Options for remote exposing of services
• Different hardware options (SSD vs HDD, server platforms, etc)
• How do I get started with Docker?
• Troubleshooting effectively (process, how to find and share logs, etc)

If I went through the effort, would others find value? If so, what do wish had better guidance out there?

Hey folks, hope this isn't too out of left field—

I recently got access to full enterprise-grade NVIDIA vGPU entitlements:
- ✅ RTX Virtual Workstation 5.0
- ✅ NVIDIA Virtual Apps 3.0
- 128 seats available for each license

Basically, I’m sitting on the software side of a really powerful stack—what I don’t have right now is bare metal with a supported GPU (A40, A6000, RTX 6000 Ada, etc.). So I’m hoping to connect with someone who does.

If you've got compatible hardware and you're open to working together—whether it's a profit share, joint deployment, or even just letting me rent a slice in exchange for license use—I'd love to chat.

Alternatively, if you're running Proxmox/ESXi and want to unlock vGPU functionality without paying NVIDIA, I’m open to leasing seats too. Totally flexible.

Let me know if this sounds interesting. We might be able to build something cool together.

Cheers.

Can i self host apps that can make money for me on my isp?

I'm trying to self-host a TeamSpeak 3 server and possibly other services that require both TCP and UDP. I’ve tried Rathole, and while it worked briefly, it's been flaky — especially with UDP stability.

I’m looking for a tunnel or reverse proxy solution that:

Supports both TCP and UDP

Can expose services behind NAT or firewalls

Doesn’t require installing anything on each connecting device (like clients/friends)

Preferably self-hosted (I’m running a VPS and a home server)

Bonus points for NAT traversal or easy setup

I’ve looked at WireGuard, Tailscale, and Nebula — but they all seem to require software on the client side.

What do you use for this type of setup? Is there something reliable out there that can tunnel both TCP and UDP to the public without client software?

Thanks in advance!

Hello everybody,

so I'm really interested to finally set up my own server but I am very insecure too & cannot really count on much help from outside why I try to ask here.

My goal: Looking for a low budget/starter "server device" (with low energy costs & upgradeable in sense of storage via ssd/ram step by step in time) to make first experience to install Jellyfin & Nextcloud stuff on it in order to reach the content by my phone/tablet for instance. (Maybe an own website in far future too.)

As a skill estimation: My IT knowledge is not big and limits from video games, set up own OS and a tiny practice to coding - no hard skills. I also watched a few videos since 2/3 years about that topic but wasnt really confident to do. All in all, I'm super happy to get some suggestions/support how/where to start with the hardware and in matters of installing the proper software or even OS?

- from hardware point i was eventually thinking about a "HP EliteDesk 800 G3 Mini-PC i5" or an old fujitsu server device or a raspberry?

- from software side i'm completely insecure. I heard about "dockers" for seperating somehow the activities; maybe a rolling linuxOS might be easier than a windows machine by maintaince? do i need some sort of vpn to access from outside with a device?

I am seaching for "an easy way" but I am just happy for any value information you wanna share with me for that path. Thank you in advance! :)

Cheers

There's this library that helps you do it, which makes it super easy. The blog post is here:

https://medium.com/@miki_45906/how-to-build-mcp-server-in-python-using-fastapi-d3efbcb3da3a

let me know what you think and if you tried it!

Hey All,

I was hosting my website on Hostinger before, with wordpress plugin. Recently ive been mailed with a 170 dollar/year bill, and this made me wondering, why not hosting it myself, as i can.

I could simply backup my website, using wordpress plugin, then restore it in the wordpress panel on my nas.

The only thing holden me back is security wise, and performance of my nas (DS1522+) with 16 RAM. There isn't a lot of traffic, its just my own project. I currently do own a domain, which i transfered from Hostinger to Cloudflare, as its cheaper there, and comes with more free options like tunneling.

Whats the best practise that i need to keep in mind?

Good afternoon, I've been using cockpit + samba for a while now to manage my files on my server.

I currently have 3 folders;

/IP/fast

/IP/rust

/IP/media

However, I have a problem, I can't edit the files in the /mnt/media path. Since I'm using proxmox, I can edit via some CTs, such as the qbittorrent shell and the fileserver shell (the samba one). I can also edit via cockpit GUI, but for example, I can't edit via Windows, or via ubuntu, and on Windows, the error appears; "You need permission from FILESERVER/nobody to make changes to the folder, I really don't know what to do anymore.

I've tried using chmod and chown on ALL LXC's (qbittorrent and fileserver), but it says "Operation not permitted".

What do you think I should do?

Hi guys,

I have searched over many forums but couldn't get a real working solution to get my Deco's guest network work with Adguard Home. After pulling all my hair out, I found this workaround that allows my guest clients connect to the internet through my Adguard Home server.

There is a setting in Deco app called Port Forwarding in Advance menu. I used this to forward port 53 to my Adguard server IP as DNS service. Then in the DNS Server setting, I declared Adguard server IP as primary DNS and my Deco IP (which is 192.168.68.1) as secondary DNS then volla my guest network now can access internet through Adguard!

P/s: for simplicity you can just declared the Deco IP as primary DNS for both main and guest network if you don't care about usage history since Adguard will report all usages from a single user (the Deco IP itself).

Caution: If your Deco is not behind any other router/firewall (your Deco is doing PPPoE), you should NOT do this since it will open your Deco/Adguard Home server to the internet on port 53. Otherwise, If your Deco is behind another router/firewall (like a ISP's modem/router), there should be no security risk with this setup.

Hope this can help!

Hey everyone,

I'm new to self-hosting and recently got myself a dedicated Linux server. I'm really interested in hosting services like Nextcloud, Jellyfin, and maybe Bitwarden in the future.

Right now, I'm trying to figure out the best approach as a beginner. I'm torn between:

Using Proxmox as a base system, and then creating a VM or LXC container where I run Docker + Portainer

Or skipping Proxmox entirely and just installing Docker + Portainer directly on the bare metal OS

I'm not super familiar with Docker yet, but I'm willing to learn. My main goals are ease of use, flexibility, and being able to recover if I mess something up.

What would you recommend for someone starting out? Any tips, experiences, or setup advice would be hugely appreciated!

Thanks in advance!

Hey Music Peeps,

Project: https://github.com/plexguide/Huntarr-Lidarr

I've created a tool that automatically finds and downloads missing music in your Lidarr library and upgrades existing music to better quality, and I wanted to share it with you all.

Related Projects:

• Huntarr - Sonarr Edition - Sister version for TV shows
• Huntarr - Radarr Edition - Sister version for movies

What's New in v2

The script has been completely rewritten in Python (previously bash) to significantly reduce CPU usage. The biggest new feature is the dual targeting system that can now:

1. Identify and upgrade existing music that doesn't meet your quality cutoff settings
2. Everything has been converted to python to reduce cpu usage and provide more feedback via docker logs huntarr-lidarr.
3. Docker version control is now part of the github with v2 being the latest as huntarr/4lidarr:2.0 or you can utilize huntarr/4lidarr:latest

What does this script do?

Huntarr [Lidarr Edition] automatically finds missing music in your Lidarr library and tells Lidarr to search for it. It also identifies music that doesn't meet your quality cutoff settings and searches for upgrades. It runs continuously in the background with these key features:

• Dual targeting system: Hunts for both missing music and quality upgrades
• Multiple search modes:
  • Artist mode: Searches for all missing music by a selected artist
  • Album mode: Searches for individual missing albums
  • Both mode: Process both artists and albums with missing content
• Throttled searches: Includes configurable delays between searches to prevent overloading indexers
• State tracking: Remembers which items it has processed to avoid duplicate searches
• Configurable reset timer: Automatically resets its memory after a configurable period

Why I created this

I kept running into problems where:

• I'd add new artists to Lidarr but not all albums would download
• Albums would fail to download and get "lost" in the system
• Manual searches were time-consuming across hundreds of artists
• I was worried about hammering my indexers with too many API calls at once

Instead of manually searching through my entire music library to find missing content or quality upgrades, this script does it automatically and randomly selects what to search for, helping to steadily complete my collection over time with the best quality versions available.

To run via Docker (easiest method):

docker run -d --name huntarr-lidarr \ --restart always \ -e API_KEY="your-api-key" \ -e API_URL="http://your-lidarr-address:8686" \ -e HUNT_MISSING_MODE="album" \ -e HUNT_MISSING_ITEMS="1" \ -e HUNT_UPGRADE_ALBUMS="0" \ -e SLEEP_DURATION="900" \ -e RANDOM_SELECTION="true" \ -e MONITORED_ONLY="true" \ -e STATE_RESET_INTERVAL_HOURS="168" \ -e DEBUG_MODE="false" \ huntarr/4lidarr:2.0 

You can also utilize huntarr/4lidarr:latest

Configuration Options

Tips:

• Start with "artist" mode for broad searches
• Switch to "album" mode for more targeted searches
• Set HUNT_MISSING_ITEMS=0 and HUNT_UPGRADE_ALBUMS=1 to focus only on quality upgrades
• Set HUNT_MISSING_ITEMS=1 and HUNT_UPGRADE_ALBUMS=0 to focus only on finding missing music
• Adjust SLEEP_DURATION based on your indexers' rate limits

For Docker-Compose, Unraid and more installation methods, configuration details, and full documentation, check out the GitHub repository: https://github.com/plexguide/Huntarr-Lidarr

Hi

Is there any self hosted "all-in-one" messenger like rambox/ferdi/franz??

I'm playing around with a silly website and I'm trying to host it using a raspberry pi as a server but I want it to be publicly accessible not just on my local website, (I've had a bad experience with AWS and I'm not willing to go there again 😭). My major option right now is using cloudflare tunnels, how do you host your projects?