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I just recently started playing around with an old pc as my homeserver and am curious of any recommendations for lesser known self hostable foss software that you would recommend

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[–] vandrw@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Here are a few I like:

Jellyfin - a media server software that allows you to organize and stream your personal media collection.
NextCloud - a self-hosted file sync and sharing platform. Not as good as Google Drive (of course), but it can do the job.
Bitwarden (with a Rust-written alternative named vaultwarden) - a password manager for storing and autofilling login credentials.
Matrix - an open network for secure, decentralized communication. WhatsApp, but in the Fediverse.
PiHole - a DNS sinkhole that blocks ads and other unwanted content.
Mycroft - an open-source voice assistant. You can make your own Google Home with it.
OctoPrint - web interface that allows you to control 3D printers. Pretty handy if you have one!
Gitea - a lightweight self-hostable GitHub
Home Assistant - an open-source home automation platform. Can integrate a lot of other things in your house, including some of the things I mentioned above.
The X-arr initiative - a collection of tools for managing and organizing media libraries. Pretty good if you deploy your own media server:
- Sonarr - Select TV shows and it will automatically download episodes for you.
- Radarr -> movies
- Lidarr -> music