k4j8
@k4j8@lemmy.world
- Comment on How do I avoid becoming one with the botnet? 1 week ago:
There’s a lot of technical answers here, but Tailscale is what you want OP. Self-hosting is only a risk if you open ports. Tailscale doesn’t require opening any ports.
Alternatively, you could set up your own VPN and forward one port to the VPN. The risk of port forwarding to VPN such as Wireguard or OpenVPN is minimal.
The risk of being attacked applies to those that port forward web traffic so it can be accessed without a VPN by themselves or others. If you don’t do that, the risk is very low.
- Comment on Self-Hosted Document & Budgeting Automation: Paperless-ngx, Firefly III, and n8n – Good Idea? 2 weeks ago:
Paperless-ngx, Firefly III, and n8n are all awesome tools. However, I think connecting Paperless to Firefly via n8n will be very difficult to grab the correct date and amount. What if there is no receipt or the receipt is sent via email? Also, Paperless sometimes gets the wrong date for me, such as when there are multiple dates or the print isn’t clear.
If you’re using a card to pay, I recommend downloading .qfx files from your bank and uploading those to Firefly instead.
- Comment on Question about accessing my services from corporate Network 5 weeks ago:
I do this too plus block all IPs via firewall except my work and home IP addresses.
- Comment on Finding a private self hosted Google Photos alternative that doesn’t profit from my photos 2 months ago:
I switched from Nextcloud Memories to Immich when Immich added support for external libraries. From what I remember, Memories was pretty good but a bit slower, not as polished, and had significantly worse AI tools. I recommend Immich.
- Comment on Home maintenance tracker? 3 months ago:
Any to-do app that supports recurrence with:
- the next due date based on completion date for things like mowing the lawn, replacing filters, etc.
- annual due dates for things like a spring check-up
I use Vikunja, but I think Donetick would be perfect for your use case! It has a log of task completions and fulfills both bullets above.
- Comment on Another update that no one asked for 3 months ago:
But compared to Google and not owning your data? It’s SO much better, not that it’s really a fair comparison.
Sorry your experience has been so bad. I’m using the LinuxServer.io version. I’ve had to run some OCC commands when upgrading and it’s sometimes slow, but for me it syncs my files and does version control + sharing well.
- Comment on Another update that no one asked for 3 months ago:
Nextcloud is awesome, you should definitely still use it. It’s really big and has its issues when upgrading, but it’s still one of—if not the—best for file sync and share.
Easy Docker solutions:
My two cents: try it yourself but don’t start using their app store until you’ve gotten a better feel for things. They have some great app store apps, but it makes you dependent on Nextcloud.
- Comment on Recommendations for Note taking app with simple needs 4 months ago:
Have you considered Kanban apps? All of them should support A+C. I’ve used Wekan and Kanboard. Hope this helps your searching!
- Comment on Dead simple document host? 5 months ago:
Caddy has this feature built-in. It looks nice too.
recipes.local { root * /srv file_server }
caddyserver.com/docs/caddyfile/…/file_server
There’s also File Browser.
- Comment on What are your VPN recommendations for accessing self-hosted applications from the outside? 6 months ago:
Agree, highly recommend this and/or Tailscale.
- Comment on My reason for wanting HomeAssistant and a locked down VLAN... 6 months ago:
Great list! If you already have the Raspberry Pi devices, great. If you were going to buy some, I would look at thin clients instead. Low-power, cheaper, more powerful, can use real hard drives instead of SD cards or adapters, and x86 instead of ARM. I have an HP T630 I like but I hear good things about the Dell Wyse 5070 too.
- Comment on Project resource management? Gantt charts, timelines, etc 7 months ago:
I really like Vikunja and use it individually both personally and professionally. It meets all of your criteria except tracking hours. They have a nice demo too: try.vikunja.io.
- Comment on Best Free Mobile App for Streaming Self-Hosted Music? 7 months ago:
I was going to say that Finamp doesn’t support offline filtering by artists, but when looking for the open issue I just found out the beta does support this! Awesome!
- Comment on Need tips for moving forward 10 months ago:
As others have said, Nextcloud for files/calendar and Tailscale for VPN is your answer.
Nextcloud can be installed in several ways, one of which is Docker Compose. Docker Compose is flexible but requires learning a bit, although you can use it for most self-hosted software.
- Comment on Self-hosted Personal Finance Suggestions 11 months ago:
I can share the script on GitHub if anyone is interested. Among other things, it converts funds to their value at the time of the transaction and adds additional transactions to reflect capital gains and losses. This allows Metabase to accurately report net worth.
- Comment on New to self-hosting 11 months ago:
Docker + Caddy (for reverse proxy) fits most use cases IMO. I really like this person’s approach: github.com/DoTheEvo/selfhosted-apps-docker. They use Docker networks to avoid unnecessary port mapping - it’s a very clean method.
- Comment on Self-hosted Personal Finance Suggestions 11 months ago:
I really want this too. Neither Actual nor Firefly III support stocks/funds (open issues for Actual and for Firefly III.
I use GnuCash for my transactions, which I manually export from my accounts as QFX files. Although GnuCash has support for tracking fund values and generating reports, I do this with a custom Python script and Metabase instead.
- Comment on Good mail server for selfhosting 11 months ago:
Stalwart is gaining momentum. I haven’t used it, but it’s worth a look. stalw.art
- Comment on What would tools/services would you recommend for hosting without self hosting? 1 year ago:
I think it’s cool you’re trying to find ways to get into this. If the goal is to learn, why not deploy the services on your laptop? They won’t be available when the computer is off of course, but you would still get the full experience. Even a low-spec laptop will be better than a cheap VPS.
- Comment on Actual Budget is a fantastic FOSS budgeting tool that you can self-host 1 year ago:
As others said, both Firefly III and Actual Budget do not support stocks. I wish they did, but I guess I’ll have to stick with GnuCash + Metabase for now.