Self-hosting guides

Pick an app. We'll show you exactly how to run it yourself — tested Docker installs, real RAM numbers, and the honest difficulty.

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Personal financeActual Budget

A fast, local-first envelope-budgeting app with optional self-hosted sync. Most people are up and budgeting in minutes — privacy without the spreadsheet.

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Bookmarkslinkding

A clean, fast self-hosted bookmark manager with tags, full-text search, and a browser extension — the easiest way to own your bookmarks.

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ObservabilityNetdata

Real-time, per-second monitoring of systems, containers, and applications with zero-configuration auto-detection and a lightweight C agent.

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Reverse proxyNginx Proxy Manager

Put your self-hosted apps behind clean domains with automatic Let's Encrypt TLS — all from a point-and-click web UI. The fastest way to get HTTPS on a home server without touching a config file.

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AI Chat InterfacesOllama

Lightweight local model runner and OpenAI-compatible API server for downloading and serving open LLMs on your own hardware, with optional NVIDIA/AMD GPU acceleration — CPU-only also works for smaller models.

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Backend & BaaSPocketBase

Open-source backend in a single Go binary — embedded SQLite database, built-in auth, realtime subscriptions, file storage, and an admin dashboard with zero external dependencies.

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MonitoringUptime Kuma

A slick self-hosted uptime monitor and status page — HTTP, TCP, ping, and more, with notifications to nearly anything. One container, zero fuss.

JavaScriptNode.js

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Password managerVaultwarden

Lightweight Rust reimplementation of the Bitwarden server that runs in 256 MB and works with every official Bitwarden client. The easiest way to self-host your passwords.

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Network-wide ad blockingAdGuard Home

A single-binary, network-wide DNS ad and tracker blocker with a modern UI, built-in DoH/DoT encrypted DNS, and per-client rules out of the box. The polished alternative to Pi-hole.

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