FreedomBox Reviews and Details

Social recommendations and mentions

• Cloud in a Bottle: making self-hosting accessible to everyone

  You mean like this? https://freedombox.org/ It’s been around since 2010. - Source: Hacker News / 30 days ago

• Why I self host my servers (and what I've recently learned)

  Freedom Box is(was?) a pretty good system for making self hosting things accessible and easy. A couple of clicks was usually all it took. https://freedombox.org/. - Source: Hacker News / about 2 years ago

• Dual system case, cooling 4-port 10G ethernet

  I'm trying to plan a server build & want two systems, preferably in one box, a firewall & a server with enough oomph for freedombox, a personal git repository, mastodon, & a few other things. Https://freedombox.org/ Https://joinmastodon.org/. Source: over 3 years ago

• Railroad: Single-user, selfhosted blog for I2P for Linux and Windows

  Is it possible to use this with Freedombox? I use a Raspberry Pi as my i2p router, the Pi Runs Freedombox but it doesn't have a GUI installed, I just connect to it from other devices. How would I use the editor for example? Source: over 3 years ago

• What are some common things that are overlooked when it comes to privacy?

  Instead of commercial cloud-services, try something like Tailscale or ZeroTier for VPN across your devices, and run a https://freedombox.org/ on that network. The lesser but still decent option is to use client-side encrypted services like Proton Calendar and SpiderOak cloud backups. Source: over 3 years ago

• My Health Record: after 12 years and more than $2bn, hardly anyone is using digital service

  Yeah, if I still lived in Oz I’d be running a [freedom box)(https://freedombox.org/). It galls me that we have to treat the government as an Orwellian malevolent stalker. Source: over 4 years ago

• Do you think large companies like google, Facebook, or Twitter should be allowed to “police” content posted to them? Why?

  I would like to see a federated system, such as ActivityPub where everyone hosted their own instances on their FreedomBoxes. Moderation would be something you opt into, where competing services would scrape the web and do their own categorizations, and you can choose what you want to see and what you don't. Even without the moderation system, ActivityPub allows you to choose which servers your instance... Source: over 4 years ago

• Start Self Hosting

  Nobody is talking about the freedombox? https://freedombox.org/. - Source: Hacker News / over 4 years ago

• Porn sites will be legally required to verify users’ age

  Is now the time to spruik Freedombox? Source: over 4 years ago

• My self-hosting infrastructure, fully automated

  > There are 19 stacks in this repository. 19 pieces of software that require their own maintenance, JUST TO RUN YOUR APPLICATIONS! There's tools like Yunohost [0] that can save a lot of work and are focused on making the subsequent maintenance burden easier too. There's an application catalogue [1] with a lot of popular self-hosted apps to choose from and new ones being packaged all the time. I haven't used it... - Source: Hacker News / over 4 years ago

• Self-Hosting Dozens of Web Applications and Services on a Single Server

  There's projects like Yunohost [0] and Freedombox [1] that aim to make all this easier for the average person. Interested to hear about more such software projects. [0] https://yunohost.org [1] https://freedombox.org. - Source: Hacker News / almost 5 years ago

• Ask HN: Any better alternatives to Google Workspace for a family of five

  I wanted to say FreedomBox, but they have Email support planned but not there yet. The idea is interesting though, and it could serve other needs for your small group. https://freedombox.org/. - Source: Hacker News / almost 5 years ago

• I'm looking for a free file host for TOR, preferably on an onion domain, that allows you to share things like PDF files and things for other people.

  Consider setting up a Freedombox, you can host the file and share your own private onion URL for others to access it. Source: almost 5 years ago

• Which option do I have more privacy?

  So what you'll want, is self-hosted Tor Onion Services where possible. Look into https://freedombox.org/ that makes a lot of it quite easy. Source: almost 5 years ago

• Easy Photo Storage

  I understand that they offer a pre-configured system with updates however I still think they are overpriced. For comparison the FreedomBox is a very similar free software distribution and plug-n-play hardware is sold by Olimex. A Pioneer-FreedomBox-HSK + a 512 GB SSD sets you back 140 € which is closer to the price of the components. Source: about 5 years ago

• Pressure on Queensland police to sack officer who leaked address of domestic violence victim

  You’re being downvoted, but you have a point. Everyone in Australia needs one of these. Source: about 5 years ago

• What else can I do to secure my online identity?

  Https://freedombox.org/ is a really interesting distro in what it can accomplish. Personally I'm running a Tor relay node to help others, and a CalDav Onion Service that allows me to sync TODOs and calendars across my devices without Google, even when I'm not at home. It can do a bunch of other things like run Matrix or Mumble server (murmur) too. Source: about 5 years ago

• Ask HN: Is there a viable method for small-time hosting from home?

  I've always wanted to try them: https://freedombox.org. - Source: Hacker News / about 5 years ago

• Search Engines

  I've recently set up a Freedombox server on a Raspberry Pi that I can access from anywhere with its own private onion URL. Finding it really useful so far, especially the ability to use Searx as a private search engine. Source: about 5 years ago

• The MAGA-targeted “Freedom Phone” has a breathtaking amount of red flags

  Depending on what you are looking for specifically, you may want to investigate https://freedombox.org/ It is Free/libre and open source software, so it can be audited, and it does have a VPN and is also a TOR relay by default. Source: about 5 years ago

• Internet in a Box

  This makes me think of Freedombox (https://freedombox.org/). Are they related / can these be merged? - Source: Hacker News / over 5 years ago