Category: Self-Hosted Applications
Containerized media streaming (Jellyfin), home automation (Home Assistant), *Arr suite, and self-hosted tools.
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Production Photo & Video Management: Deploying Immich with ML Acceleration on OpenZFS
Deploy Immich as a self-hosted Google Photos replacement on TrueNAS SCALE / Linux. Complete Docker Compose stack with Valkey, PostgreSQL pgvector, hardware ML inference, and OpenZFS dataset tiering.
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The Zero-Paper Household: Automated OCR, Tagging & Archiving with Paperless-ngx
Deploy Paperless-ngx to transform physical mail, receipts, and bills into a searchable, automated digital archive. Complete Docker Compose stack with PostgreSQL, Valkey, and consumption directory pipelines.
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AI-Powered Video Surveillance: Frigate NVR with Google Coral TPU & WebRTC
Legacy video motion detection tools trigger endless false alarms whenever trees sway, clouds shift, or bugs fly near the camera lens. Modern local surveillance relies on Frigate NVR paired with…
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Homelab Status Dashboards: Modern Service Portals with Homepage and Dashy
As self-hosted services multiply across multiple servers, remembering arbitrary port numbers and subdomains becomes unmanageable for homelab administrators and family members. Modern homelabs deploy declarative, real-time application dashboards such as…
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Smart Home Infrastructure: Containerized Home Assistant, Zigbee2MQTT, and Matter
Proprietary cloud-locked smart home hubs present privacy concerns, vendor lock-in, and service outages when external internet access drops. The modern standard is an entirely local, self-hosted smart home core powered…
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Modern Multi-Room Audio: Running Lyrion Music Server (LMS) in Docker
For dedicated audiophiles and homelab builders, the Logitech Media Server (formerly SqueezeCenter, now actively maintained as Lyrion Music Server / LMS) remains one of the finest, most responsive open-source multi-room…
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Modern Media Streaming: Jellyfin on Docker with Intel QuickSync & NVIDIA Hardware Transcoding
Dedicated Home Theater PCs (HTPCs) connected directly to living room displays with IR remotes are a relic of the past. Modern media distribution relies on centralized network streaming using Jellyfin.…