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Today I set up my old laptop as a Debian server, hosting Immich (for photos), Nextcloud (for files), and Radicale (for calendar). It was surprisingly easy to do so after looking at the documentation and watching a couple videos online! Tomorrow I might try hosting something like Linkwarden or Karakeep.

What else should I self-host, aside from HA (I don’t have a smart home), Calibre (physical books are my jam), and Jellyfin (I don’t watch too many movies + don’t have a significant DVD/Blu-ray collection)?

I would like to keep my laptop confined to my local network since I don’t trust it to be secure enough against the internet.

edit: I forgot, I’m also hosting Tailscale so I can access my local network remotely!

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[–] DownByLaw@sh.itjust.works 52 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)
[–] TheTrueColonel@lemmynsfw.com 6 points 9 hours ago

As someone who works in security, I don't personally recommend self hosting your password manager unless you're planning on never opening it up outside your network or you're willing to be on top of all potential security issues. These are your account credentials we're talking about. You WANT them safe, and the people paid to make sure they stay secure are likely going to do a better job than you.

[–] sbeak@sopuli.xyz 2 points 17 hours ago

That’s a big list. I already use joplin, but never knew you could self-host syncing! I’ll do that then :D

[–] zeroIncentive@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Why not Jellyfin for music? I’m curious as I run plex and Plexamp myself but have been considering switching over to Jellyfin for media.

[–] pory@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

I use Navidrome for music because Jellyfin's Android TV client still can't handle playlist lengths above 300 songs.

[–] RmDebArc_5@feddit.org 1 points 14 hours ago

Jellyfin is quite capable for music, however Navidrome has a much better client ecosystem. Personally I use the Finamp beta on mobile as it does everything I want and is quite stable, but if you want Android auto/apple carplay you will have to use a client that isn’t as reliable or proprietary (paid.

[–] jake@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I use Jellyfin for movies and TV shows, but never tried for music because I already had Navidrome set up. It is so good, really one of my all-time favourite pieces of software. It greatly repays a well-tagged collection, relying on embedded metadata only. Not sure how Jellyfin works here, maybe there is some ability to scrape album info from online sources (?), but I believe it's pretty strict about directory structure (one folder per album), which Navidrome doesn't care about.

[–] DownByLaw@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

I’ve set up navidrome a long time ago, way before I’ve started using Jellyfin. And it just runs like a charm paired with some great clients for the subsonic ecosystem. So honestly it never even occurred to me to use Jellyfin for music.