Ask HN: How can a total beginner start with self-hosting

Cloud Storage File Sharing Open Source

YunoHost Landing Page
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YunoHost

YunoHost is a Debian GNU/Linux based distribution packaged with free software that automates the...
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Control Panels #Cloud Computing #Hosting 73 social mentions
Syncthing Landing Page
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Syncthing

Syncthing replaces proprietary sync and cloud services with something open, trustworthy and...
Pricing:
- Open Source
It depends on what direction you want take. You could purchase a $5/mo digital ocean server or a $5 raspberry pi and start by installing https://pi-hole.net, https://nextcloud.com, https://syncthing.net, https://www.plex.tv, or some other software to get the first (largest) thing you want resolved. Then move on from there and install the next package you need. Ad blocking for your phone? VPN for work? Self hosted email? Retro gaming? Figure out what you want most and jump into that instead of trying to get everything all at once as it can be overwhelming to consider every system instead of taking one step at a time.

#Cloud Storage #File Sharing #File Sharing And Backup 826 social mentions
Pi-hole Landing Page
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Pi-hole

Pi-hole is a multi-platform, network-wide ad blocker.
Pricing:
- Open Source
It depends on what direction you want take. You could purchase a $5/mo digital ocean server or a $5 raspberry pi and start by installing https://pi-hole.net, https://nextcloud.com, https://syncthing.net, https://www.plex.tv, or some other software to get the first (largest) thing you want resolved. Then move on from there and install the next package you need. Ad blocking for your phone? VPN for work? Self hosted email? Retro gaming? Figure out what you want most and jump into that instead of trying to get everything all at once as it can be overwhelming to consider every system instead of taking one step at a time.

#Security & Privacy #Ad Blockers #Threat Detection And Prevention 1185 social mentions
Nextcloud Landing Page
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Nextcloud

With Nextcloud enterprises host their own secure cloud solution for storage, collaboration & communication from any device, anywhere.
Pricing:
- Open Source
It depends on what direction you want take. You could purchase a $5/mo digital ocean server or a $5 raspberry pi and start by installing https://pi-hole.net, https://nextcloud.com, https://syncthing.net, https://www.plex.tv, or some other software to get the first (largest) thing you want resolved. Then move on from there and install the next package you need. Ad blocking for your phone? VPN for work? Self hosted email? Retro gaming? Figure out what you want most and jump into that instead of trying to get everything all at once as it can be overwhelming to consider every system instead of taking one step at a time.

#Cloud Storage #File Sharing #Encrypted Cloud Storage 283 social mentions
PhotoStructure Landing Page

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PhotoStructure

PhotoStructure is a complete photo and video management application designed for the whole family.

> - photos: NextCloud If you don't mind horrible experience viewing photos/videos via nextcloud, go on. In my case this was unusable. Thumbnails not pregenerated even after trying (Yeah, didn't spend whole day on that issue) and generates on the fly. So viewing larger directory is... rubbish. Videos don't play as nice not to say they don't even have thumbnails. How great was HN when it suggested me https://photoprism.app/ - and it really just works! And my photos can be viewed finally. I still use nextcloud just for sync and photoprism just has directory mounted as readonly. Someone suggested https://photostructure.com/ - it looks decent, haven't tried out.

#File Management #Photo & Video #Open Source 21 social mentions
PhotoPrism.app Landing Page
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PhotoPrism.app

PhotoPrism® is an AI-Powered Photos App for the Decentralized Web. It makes use of the latest technologies to tag and find pictures automatically without getting in your way. You can run it at home, on a private server, or in the cloud.
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Freemium
> - photos: NextCloud If you don't mind horrible experience viewing photos/videos via nextcloud, go on. In my case this was unusable. Thumbnails not pregenerated even after trying (Yeah, didn't spend whole day on that issue) and generates on the fly. So viewing larger directory is... rubbish. Videos don't play as nice not to say they don't even have thumbnails. How great was HN when it suggested me https://photoprism.app/ - and it really just works! And my photos can be viewed finally. I still use nextcloud just for sync and photoprism just has directory mounted as readonly. Someone suggested https://photostructure.com/ - it looks decent, haven't tried out.

#Open Source #Photo Organization #Automated Tagging 153 social mentions
Umbrel Landing Page
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Umbrel

Run your personal server on a Raspberry Pi or Ubuntu/Debian, self-host open source apps like Nextcloud, Matrix, and Bitcoin node, and take full control of your data. For free.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Linux #Operating Systems #Linux Distribution 50 social mentions
KubeSail Landing Page
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KubeSail

From Developer to Business Owner, in minutes Launch software for customers, on-demand with KubeSail Platform
Pricing:
- Freemium
- Free Trial
- $7.0 / Monthly (1 Core CPU, 2048MB RAM, 32GB SSD, Free SSL & Custom Domains)
#Cloud Hosting #DevOps Tools #Developer Tools 5 social mentions
Yggdrasil Landing Page
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Yggdrasil

A proof-of-concept scalable IPv6 meshnet, featuring end-to-end encryption, a unique spanning tree...
Pricing:
- Open Source
PowerDNS[2] with admin[3] and smallstep[4] are the cherry on top. [1] https://yggdrasil-network.github.io/ [2] https://www.powerdns.com/ [3] https://github.com/PowerDNS-Admin/PowerDNS-Admin [4] https://smallstep.com/.

#VPN #Cloud VPN #Security 53 social mentions