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I think everybody on here is constantly keeping an eye out for what to host next. Sometimes you spinup something which chugs along nicely but sometimes you find out you've been missing out.

For me it's not very refreshing or new: Paperless-ngx. Never thought I would add all my administration to it. But it's great. I probably can't find the thing I need, but I should have a record of every mail or letter I've gotten. Close second is Wanderer. But I would like to have a little bit more features like adding recorded routes to view speed and compare with previous walks. But that's not what it is intended for.

What is that service for you?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 hours ago

I think there one I never expected would be Kitchenowl. Shopping list, recipe list, planner for food, expenses... very useful for a joined household.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago

n8n

thought it was overkill. now does tons of things.wouldnt wanna live without it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 hours ago

Self hosted Librespeed. Just so usefull to know if I or my ISP screwed up!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 18 hours ago

Been using anytype.io (self-hosted) for a month now and it has been amazing.

Using it as a journal, bookmark manager, general note taking, etc...

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I host Immich, Jellyfin , readeef, and open-webui for myself. From those, Immich is definitely the unlikely hero of the bunch

[–] [email protected] 4 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

IIRC immich is like a google photos replacement. I use nextcloud for that on android but it's not so simple on ios. How's immich for ios, do uploads work automatically in the background? How's performance?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 hours ago

Background backup works mostly ok. There are times where I need to go to the backup view for it to get going, but those are not that common. The performance is excellent so far

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Immich, SearXNG, FreshRSS

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Actual Budget a selfhosting budget software. It helps me keep track of my finances

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 hours ago

Yeah I left the massively overpriced closed source YNAB and Actual is actually better.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

That looks nice. Added it to my list to look at. Thanks.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Joplin.

Ive been paying for Workflowy and honestly, I've reached my limit of cost vs value.

I needed a way to do more than just bullets, like Evernote without the bloat, or OneNote/Notes without the megacorp, something I can export and read 100 years from now.

I was surprised how often I use it, and slowly weening off of Workflowy.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

I love Joplin on the PC, but i hate the phone app. I don't want to do markdown on ny phone.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Never knew I needed? Another vote for Paperless-ngx. I still feel like I'm living in the future using it. The trick I've found was initially setting up a good document naming & management convention & following it religiously for every document. The search function is fantastic at narrowing down results. Used in conjunction with specific coloured tags I can immediately see what I need from search results.

Fired up Immich recently. Amazing. Will be donating as I like their stance.

I also enjoy Linkwarden. Switched from the also excellent Hoarder as I prefer the UI.

Most used? Nextcloud with Joplin.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

@[email protected] funnily enough, I switched from Linkwarden to Hoarder. I like the smart lists. Just bookmark everything, check it later.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

I've been eyeing that. Using linkding for 'functional' sites & linkwarden for articles at the moment.
I like linkding a lot, but am too lazy to tag things properly.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 day ago (2 children)

That's easily Home Assistant. It got me into the whole home automation stuff and I have gradually included more and more parts into it - including some health related stuff. It really makes my family's life easier and helps us organizing it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Are you able to provide a few quick examples? I have it installed but don't know what to do with it really.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 hours ago

The easiest thing: We use a motion sensor to automatically turn on the light for the stairs. You wouldn't need Home Assistant for that, but with a little more configuration you can adjust the light levels and colour temperature based on the time of day (not as disturbing at night). We have two rooms which have problems with humidity in one a fan is automatically turned on (basic) in the other a dehumidifier is triggered based on the outside and inside temperature because there are large windows which are producing a lot of condensation otherwise. Now the really specific stuff: My daughter has Diabetes and we need to manage her blood glucose levels. There are alarms but ideally you would act before they are triggered. So we hooked her blood glucose levels to a light in our bedroom which turns on at night if her levels are getting out of bounds at night. That way she isn't woken by the alarm, but by one of us and can go back to sleep mich quicker.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

You've got a good point with Home Assistant. I have automations setup so that I barely have to do anything manually. So I almoat forget that Home Assistant runs quite a lot in my home. And especially in the beginning it was nice to setup but not really needed. Know it is needed.

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