Looking for a self hosted note taking app
So as the title says I am looking for an app to self host where I can take notes in the markdown format as well as take handwritten notes on a mobile app with my samsumg tablet.
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Is there an “Immich for documents”?
Hi all,
I’m looking for a document management system (DMS) for friends, family, and myself. I know about Paperless‑ngx and Papra, and while they look great, I’m worried the learning curve might be too steep for non‑technical users. (So I'm not looking for Paperless-NGX)
The one feature everyone keeps asking for is a simple folder structure. I know Paperless has storage paths, but that’s still too abstract for some of them, they really want a “create folder” button.
# What I’m looking for:
A clean, user‑friendly interface
Doesn't need to be super lightweight, 2-4 cores/4-6GB RAM
Real folders (or something that behaves like them)
OCR is a must, I want to search documents by words inside them
Multi‑user support with private spaces (users shouldn’t see each other’s documents)
Optional: share a document via link
Files stored on an NFS share
Ideally documents stay unmodified on disk (I don’t care about the folder structure on the NAS)
For context:
I run Immich for photos, and everyone loves it. I’m basically looking for “Immich, but for documents.”
Any recommendations?
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What's the best Jellyfin Linux client with control support?
I love my jellyfin, but using the webui on devices like Steamdeck or a console-like PC build is not really good.
Have you got any suggestion for clients that have UI and a control scheme suitable for this usecase?
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What happened to KitchenOwl?
I just noticed the Github Repo is gone: https://github.com/TomBursch/kitchenowl
His account too: https://github.com/TomBursch
And so is the website: https://kitchenowl.org/
The app is still available: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tombursch.kitchenowl&hl=gsw and was updated just 2 days ago.
u/T0mxD, any insight?
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Giving back: simple ways to support the self-hosted projects you rely on
Hi everyone 👋,
Maintainer of NetAlertX (network monitoring + notifications) here.
> This is a bit self-serving, but applies to any self-hosted / FOSS project you use and like.
You do not have to donate or to contribute to FOSS projects with code to help improving them. You can contribute with a little bit of your time or knowledge.
Most projects don’t fail from lack of code, they fail from lack of feedback, visibility, and burnout.
Here are a few ideas:
- Help improving the documentation (text, typos, use cases, screenshots - all this makes things better)
- Share your favorite project on socials
- Write a blog post, or a how-to set-up guide
- Write how it helped you to achieve something fun or interesting to simplify your personal or work life
- Help with the translation effort (e.g. there are lots of projects on Weblate, no git knowledge needed)
- Running a nightly or dev build to test for bugs before they make it to the production release
- Report bugs and features with sufficient detail and care (super important to ease everyone's maintenance burden and minimize back-and-forth)
These things genuinely make a huge difference for maintainers and the community.
If you do want to help NetAlertX specifically, here are a few quick links:
- Help translate NAX in Weblate
- Help testing the dev versions
- Review the docs
- Social sharing
Also interested in hearing what are some other ways you’ve contributed to projects you use?
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My selfhosted pack
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PSA: Update to Jellyfin 10.11.7 immediately (Critical Security Fixes)
The Jellyfin team just dropped v10.11.7 and the patch notes contain a pretty heavy warning. It’s listed as a minor release, but the devs have explicitly stated:
"WARNING: This release contains several extremely important security fixes. These vulnerabilities will be disclosed in 14 days as per our security policy. Users of all versions prior to 10.11.7 are advised to upgrade immediately."
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How to make your own VPN to avoid the UK government's Orwellian future
I know it is very difficult to stop people using a VPN, but if the individual VPN companies fold I want to make sure I have a safe backup.
Can anyone tell me a step by step guide to make my own VPN for privacy and to access sites that the UK considers bad (which probably includes half the internet by next year), plus a shopping list of items if needed.
I am not a tech genius, nor do I want to do anything heinous on the internet, so a fairly simple VPN will do me just fine. any help towards this would be very much appreciated!
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Overwhelmed with options, how to decide the stack correctly?
Hi! New member here.
Yesterday I’ve made a purchase of second hand SFF office PC, that I want to repurpose for home server / central unit for everything digital related.
I’m so fed up with subscription models, not owning anything anymore, being “dependant” on feature changes on third-party services, that decided to go full selfhosted.
I’ve configured Debian 13, Docker, all dependencies, so far no major issues with the “linux experience” so far, I think the biggest challenge I have in front of me is setting up SSL certificates (that many apps require to function propertly, like nextcloud).
However, with all the hype and everything running flawlessly, checking the possibilities and what else can put on the server, I feel overwhelmed (or lets call it FOMO) on what apps should I “main” on my setup. For example there are a lot of task management apps, and of course each person will recommend the ones they are familiar with.
I don’t know if there is any platform that “rate” or compare different selfhosted solutions, the only things I found are very long lists of apps with short description and a link to its homepage, but how one go and say “this will be my endgame” or is this an try and replace scenario to test whatever one hear about?
To be honest I don’t want to touch much my setup once it’s working as expected, tinkering is ok but I want it to be hustlefree as possible.
Let me know if theres any recommendation on that!
Thanks in advance!
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Lightwhale 3.0.0 released
Hi, there!
Sorry to mess up your Easter holiday plans, but I've just released Lightwhale 3.0.0 and I really think you should clear your calendar and try it out! =)
It's a minimalistic Linux that requires no installation or maintenance, just live-boot straight into a working Docker Engine. The system is immutable so it's quite resilient to both malicious and unintentional modifications. And because of its low resource requirements it brings new life to old machines.
Lightwhale fits super well in a hobby homelab where spare time is precious, but really in any server environment where you would much rather focus on the services than babysitting the underlying operating system.
And how does it compare to other immutable OSes like X, Y or Z? No idea, never tried them, sorry.
I've made a fresh new project webpage with an easy to follow getting started guide.
Anyway, end of service announcement, thanks for reading, happy holidays =)
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Will my i5 4th gen be ok long term? Should I upgrade?
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Selfhosted Spotify web relay?
I'm trying to solve a strange network block against Spotify. It's one of these deals where it's not outright blocked, but some of the underlying domains involved in the services are, so I need to find a solution that involves relaying it across a selfhosted web player.
Any ideas? I found Mopidy and Icecast and am considering going that route, but I also found a thread about that 10 years ago so that feels a little dated, possibly.
Any tips would be appreciated.
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that.
I guess that's all for today! We're off for a long April break, so the next major release will likely be in the end of April or the beginning of May. Still plenty of ideas to implement, lots of bugs to squash!
If you like our work, you can support us on https://www.patreon.com/freika or https://ko-fi.com/freika, or, you know, just spread the word :) We'll be happy anyway.
Our links one more time:
Github: https://github.com/Freika/dawarich
Website: https://dawarich.app/
iOS app: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/dawarich/id6739544999
Android app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zeitflow.dawarich
Bis nächstes Mal, Leute!
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Self-hosting online courses recommendations ?
EDIT : I would like to learn about self-hosting, not self-host online courses !
Hi everybody,
I am new to self-hosting and I would like to educate myself via online courses.
Do you know this two ?
\- Coursera : Linux Networking - Basics and Beyond
\- Udemy : Self-Hosting with Docker & Linux: Run Your Own Services
I'm on fedora and I would like to use mostly open source services.
I really want to understand what am I doing instead of following step-by-step tutorials.
Do you have any other recommendations?
Thanks a lot
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I built RSPlayer – an open-source headless music server in Rust
Been working on this for a few years. RSPlayer is a headless music server that runs on any Linux machine — NAS, home server, Raspberry Pi, x86_64 desktop, whatever. You control it from any browser.
The web UI is fully responsive so it works great on phone too.
What it does:
Parametric EQ and DSP built-in (no paid tier)
EBU R128 loudness normalization — runs in the background automatically, no manual tagging
Synchronized lyrics via LRCLIB
Local browser playback mode (stream directly to the browser tab)
12 visualizer styles, 10+ themes
FLAC, DSD, APE, MP3, AAC, OGG, WAV, AIFF, CAF
Keyboard shortcuts for everything
Home Assistant integration
Demo: https://rsplayer.dlj.freemyip.com/
One-line install: bash <(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ljufa/rsplayer/master/install.sh)
GitHub: https://github.com/ljufa/rsplayer
Hardware/DIY integrations (GPIO DAC control, custom firmware) are optional extras, not required for normal use. Happy to answer questions.
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Its time for PDF
So, I ve pretty much covered all the bases with my self hosting services.
The only thing Im really missing is to be able to lightly-edit (as in, perhaps remove some text, or replace it) PDF files. My prerquisit is simple: to never have to pay for such basic editing.
Searching what self hosting has to offer on this front, I bumped into StirlingPDF, Bento PDF and PdfDing. I tried Stirling really quickly with docker compose and immediately bumped into silly stuff like logging in from a windows machine was buggy at the time of testing and I couldnt log in into my own self hosted Stirling. Dumped it all together.
So, Im curious if the community has a "must have" suggestion for pdf editing. Thanks.
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If i try to turn a phone/Tablet into a home server using termux. Can I then still use that device as a normal phone/tablet?
Can I still use that device normally like a normal phone/tablet or is that device now forever stuck in doing its job at just being a server?
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Good recipe self hosted app
Hello I started cooking and I kinda enjoy it but my memory is not that good nowadays so I wanted to know if there is a great app that could be self hosted on docker and with a great Android app
Do you guys have a recommandations ?
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Next DNS -> Pihole, adguard home, technitium?
Curious if anyone else has made this switch? I found a post from 2 months ago and it seems most folks who already had NextDNS just stuck with them.
I run 2 big blocklists, and it has blocked several hundred thousand queries this past 3 months(about 21% of total). Honestly I havent noticed a change in advertisements...but I've been running client level ad blocking for over a decade before this. I mostly just think its saving me some telemetry and tracking. (All for the privacy!)
I recently got a custom router so I was able to route all home traffic through them. I also have tail scale too for when I'm out and about. ADDING one of the other 3 seems redundant, replacing it seems it will save me $1.99/ month and gain me some privacy as I essentially have a possible MITM attack vector + DNS meta data that could be captured.
I'm all for self hosting, and also have been working on reclaiming digital privacy (while beefing security as well). I see the appeal there, though it seems I'd need 2 redundant setups so I don't back myself into an "its always DNS" situation. Uptime is extremely important.
If you made the change...why?
If you didn't...why?
Any thoughts?
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Media scraper gallery-dl is moving to codeberg after receiving a DMCA notice, claiming that its circumvention.
https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/discussions/9304
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Nomad Mk3: Offline, Open-source, low-power self-hosted media server
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Octelium v0.29 - A Modern, Self-Hosted, FOSS Unified Alternative to Teleport, ngrok, Tailscale, Cloudflare Zero Trust/Access/Tunnel and remote access VPNs, now with Web Console for Management and Real-Time Monitoring, SIEM, DNS/TLS Management, SCIM, Encryption at Rest.
https://github.com/octelium/octelium
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Remote work setup (Linux → Mac, multi-monitor) — NoMachine not working, alternatives?
Hi everyone, and thanks in advance for any help.
I have two laptops: a company Linux laptop and a personal MacBook Pro. The Linux machine works great, but the battery is terrible, so I’d prefer not to carry it around. My idea is to leave it in the office and work remotely from the Mac.
For context: I often work from different locations with different monitor setups. Due to company policy, I can’t use my personal laptop directly for work, but I *can* connect remotely. To make the Linux machine always accessible, I already have a tunnel set up through a VPS.
What I’m trying to achieve is basically using the Linux machine remotely from my Mac, ideally with a virtual display / multi-monitor setup so it feels like I’m working locally.
I’ve tried NoMachine (free version), but I just couldn’t get it working properly. I’ve tested several configurations and nothing really worked well.
So I have a few questions:
* Has anyone set up something similar successfully?
* Is it worth paying for the NoMachine premium version?
* Are there better alternatives for this use case (multi-monitor remote Linux desktop)?
Any advice or experience would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks a lot!
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Devourer 2.0 - A self hosted client / server combination for books, manga and comics.
Devourer 2.0 - Now with less Node.js.
So, I started this project way back when simply to read my own collection on my iPad. I made it public, and whilst there wasn't much traction - there were a few people using it. Then Booklore came along and all traction died. I still personally used Devourer but didn't actively publish to it because Booklore seemed to be a solid project and I didn't want to take away from what they were doing.
During this time, I started rewriting the server in Go - simply because packaging Node.js executables requires a sacrificing a goat to the dark one and praying for luck. Eventually, what happened to Booklore... happened... and I decided to clean up my little project and publish a new version.
Now, you may be asking - what does Devourer do? I'm too lazy to type a new blurb so I'm just going to copy and paste it from the site.
Devourer is an open source reader / server platform that makes it easy to read your manga and books across multiple platforms.
With support for remote libraries via the Devourer Server; as well as Google Drive, Dropbox and other providers - you're able to read your manga from anywhere.
You can download files or entire series to your device to take with you on the move and not rely on mobile internet when the urge to read strikes!
The Devourer server application is available for Windows, Linux and Mac; whilst the client is available for Windows, Linux, MacOS, iOS and Android.
I'm more than happy to listen to feature requests, hopefully there'll be a little bit more traction and I'll get some good ideas.
Now, to give a little bit of further context about me. I'm not a vibe coder, I'm a Technology Director for a Professional Services firm who worked my way up from associate developer to Principal Engineer and beyond; slowly but surely over time. I've got nothing against AI when it comes to feeding it error logs or asking it to "plz scaffold me some unit tests"; or utilising it with proper guardrails and governance (as a part of my day job)... but I just like coding. Sometimes I might use it as a sounding board to go "I have this dumb idea, let's talk"; but that's about as far as it goes.
Note: Mobile clients are in test builds as there wasn't much demand the first time around, though it may be time to finally publish them. The server includes a bundled client as well.
Site: https://devourer.dev/
Server: https://github.com/ethereal-squirrel/devourer-reader-server
Client: https://github.com/ethereal-squirrel/devourer-reader-client
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Super Productivity v18 - automations, zen theme, better mobile, and more reliable sync
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Is anyone else having issues with Stirling-PDF recently?
I’ve been using Stirling-PDF for a long time and I’ve really liked it for its simplicity and the fact that it runs locally.
However, recently it feels like it’s not working as smoothly and reliably as it used to.
For example:
When I try to merge PDFs, instead of creating a new output file, it sometimes overwrites one of the original PDFs without any warning.
When I try to split a PDF (for example into two parts), only one part gets saved, and again there’s no warning or error message.
I don’t remember these issues happening before, so it’s making me question the reliability a bit.
Is anyone else experiencing similar issues, or is it just me?
Also:
Are there any good self-hosted / local alternatives you’d recommend?
Or is there a known fix or workaround for these problems?
Would really appreciate hearing about others’ experiences
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How to turn anything into a router
https://nbailey.ca/post/router/
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Dawarich 1.6.0 — now with more Immich flavor!
Long time no see huh? I mean the last update was about a month ago, but I couldn't wait till summer to share new exiting stuff that we built into Dawarich in last four weeks.
As always, Dawarich is your favorite free open-source self-hostable alternative to Google Timeline. Now with the official apps for both iOS and Android.
Github: https://github.com/Freika/dawarich
Website: https://dawarich.app/
So! More screenshots than text this time.
First of all, I introduced TONS of fixes. Super happy about it, turned 180+ open issues on Github into 120. Seeing new contributors, too — thank you my dear people, your help is highly appreciated and always welcome! The only thing — if you want to contribute, take a moment to reach me on our Discord server to make sure I'm not working already on something you'd like to change. This happened before. Thank you!
So, the screenshots.
I've updated general looks and feels of Dawarich! To me, it looks better, feels better and overall more solid now. New directory on my SSD: "Design System", haha. Our mobile apps will be updated soon, too.
https://preview.redd.it/bcbkuxtmj6sg1.png?width=3456&format=png&auto=webp&s=cbd9902671df685509c8c5962d877a57ae453d94
User management is a lot more convenient now.
https://preview.redd.it/7buyq7xoj6sg1.png?width=3456&format=png&auto=webp&s=2c1fde3d70f2ef87fbeae6d101088c07254100e7
Demo data is back! Now it's not mandatory, but an option on the onboarding modal window. Easily deletable, too.
https://preview.redd.it/ovi96qqqj6sg1.png?width=3456&format=png&auto=webp&s=041a95bf4a277da41d39805fbe8722ce5412df4c
Family members can now share not just the last known point with each other, but also their location history, i.e. routes. Full privacy awareness, each family member configures what they're sharing. You can also now send a location sharing request to your family members.
https://preview.redd.it/bws7jv4tj6sg1.png?width=3456&format=png&auto=webp&s=a8c42c2f0c5d23ba8a230b9bc8c0aaf50e538f21
You can mass-confirm or mass-decline visits now. No screenshot, trust me, the buttons are there.
GPS noise filtering feature is a thing! By default, points with negative speed (known marker from som 3rd party mobile clients) and detected by internal heuristics ass are marked as anomaly points and now shown on the map and not considered when Route layer is being drawn (all on Map V2). We'll see if it works well and if so, such points will not be saved in the DB at all in the future. You can still enable Anomalies points layer to see them on the map.
In the Map V2 settings, you can now enable and disable certain layers on the map. God bless vector maps!
https://preview.redd.it/4vdi2q4wj6sg1.png?width=3456&format=png&auto=webp&s=a9225845a81dfccf7aa9667415ccb5f20df0dcdf
New tool to make digital nomads happy: Days per country. In Map V2 -> Settings -> Tools -> Days/Country you'll find a modal window showing a heatmap and data showing how many days you've spent in which country. Neat'o if you need this for your tax residency.
https://preview.redd.it/yw9pc1xxj6sg1.png?width=3456&format=png&auto=webp&s=c68f14bf10bd7de25ee179dd72862aabeb77bbb9
Two-Factor Authentication. No screenshots, just go to Settings -> Two-Factor Authentication and configure it.
And last but oh so long asked for! You can now use Dawarich to provide geodata to your Immich photos. How awesome is that? Make sure your Immich API key has asset.update permission, go to Map V2 Settings -> Tools -> Enrich Photos and finally do it! I was actually surprised how many pictures I have with no geodata. I mean, that's the point of photographing using a smartphone, is it not? Anyway, it's solved now.
More info on the feature is in the docs: https://dawarich.app/docs/features/enrich-photos
https://preview.redd.it/axuqxj12k6sg1.png?width=3456&format=png&auto=webp&s=3e09d1b695b500fb538806e4b93a39eeff6f9a90
I know, it's a mess on the map, don't mind
Opinion on Cryptomator on non-selfhosted cloud storage
I've been using Cryptomator for encrypting personal data and backups in combination with onedrive for a while now. Reasons for this is the availability without thinking too much about protecting from the outside but well.. also being more careful with cloud services. It's working reliable for me but would be curious what your opinion is on this.
I've already started using self hosted Immich and a few other things along with Wireguard but I yet feel it difficult to switch completely with this cloud hosting.
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Thinking about moving to VPS server in Netherlands for EU projects
I host a few small web apps and personal projects from home, but my bandwidth and uptime are limiting me. Considering a VPS server in Netherlands to handle them better and make my services faster for friends and family in Europe.
Has anyone here made the switch? How did you choose the right provider? Any advice on migrating without losing all your configurations would be really appreciated.
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