--- title: "All Articles — SelfHostedApp" description: "Full list of every published self-hosting guide, tutorial and opinion piece." canonical_url: https://selfhostedapp.com/blog/ source_url: https://selfhostedapp.com/blog.md total_articles: 32 --- # All Articles 32 articles on self-hosting, organized newest first. Each link points to a clean Markdown version of the article. To fetch every article concatenated into a single file, see https://selfhostedapp.com/llms-full.txt. ## Articles - 2026-06-11: [I Replaced Google Analytics with Plausible and My Site Got Faster](https://selfhostedapp.com/blog/privacy-analytics-with-plausible.md) — Google Analytics was slowing my site down and selling my visitor data. Plausible is privacy-first, lightweight, and self-hosted. [tags: guide, analytics, docker, plausible, privacy] - 2026-06-10: [I Read 50 Blogs a Day Without Opening a Browser. Here Is How.](https://selfhostedapp.com/blog/rss-reader-with-freshrss.md) — I was subscribed to 50 blogs via email. My inbox was chaos. FreshRSS lets me read them all in one clean interface. [tags: guide, docker, rss, freshrss, productivity] - 2026-06-09: [I Created My Own URL Shortener and Ditched Bitly](https://selfhostedapp.com/blog/url-shortener-with-shlink.md) — Bitly is fine until they want $40 a month for custom domains and analytics. Shlink does the same thing on my server for free. [tags: guide, docker, shlink, productivity] - 2026-06-08: [Pi-hole Blocked 25% of My DNS Queries. My Internet Got Faster.](https://selfhostedapp.com/blog/ad-blocking-with-pihole.md) — I installed Pi-hole on a Raspberry Pi. It now blocks ads, trackers, and malware at the network level. Every device in my house is protected. [tags: guide, networking, docker, pi-hole, privacy] - 2026-06-07: [I Built My Own VPN with WireGuard and Headscale. Here Is Why You Should Too.](https://selfhostedapp.com/blog/vpn-with-wireguard-headscale.md) — Tailscale is amazing but depends on their servers. Headscale lets you run the same thing on your own infrastructure. [tags: guide, networking, docker, wireguard, security] - 2026-06-06: [Your Homelab Deserves a Dashboard. Here Is the Best One.](https://selfhostedapp.com/blog/homelab-dashboard-with-homarr.md) — I had 15 services running and kept forgetting which port was which. Homarr gave me a single page to see everything. [tags: guide, docker, homarr, productivity] - 2026-06-05: [I Digitized Every Recipe in My House and Now My Kitchen Talks to My Server](https://selfhostedapp.com/blog/recipe-management-with-mealie.md) — My grandmother's recipes were on handwritten cards. Now they are in a searchable, self-hosted recipe manager I can access from my phone while cooking. [tags: guide, docker, mealie, productivity] - 2026-06-04: [I Replaced Gmail with My Own Email Server (And Survived)](https://selfhostedapp.com/blog/self-hosted-email-with-mailcow.md) — Setting up a mail server is terrifying. You will mess up DNS. You will land in spam folders. And then it will work and you will feel unstoppable. [tags: guide, email, docker, mailcow, advanced] - 2026-06-03: [Google Docs but Private: Why I Self-Host CryptPad](https://selfhostedapp.com/blog/encrypted-docs-with-cryptpad.md) — I stopped editing documents on Google Docs after realizing they train AI on my content. CryptPad is encrypted, collaborative, and self-hosted. [tags: guide, productivity, docker, privacy] - 2026-06-02: [We Replaced Slack with Mattermost and Saved $500 a Year](https://selfhostedapp.com/blog/team-chat-with-mattermost.md) — Slack wanted $12/user/month for the privilege of searching our own messages. Mattermost does everything Slack does on our server. [tags: guide, communication, docker, mattermost, productivity] - 2026-06-01: [I Left GitHub and Hosted My Own Git Server. Here Is How.](https://selfhostedapp.com/blog/self-hosted-git-with-gogs.md) — GitHub is great until you want to own your code. Gogs is the lightest Git server ever written and it runs on a Raspberry Pi with 64MB RAM. [tags: guide, git, docker, gogs, productivity] - 2026-05-30: [I Stopped Paying Calendly $16 a Month and Hosted My Own Scheduler](https://selfhostedapp.com/blog/schedule-meetings-with-calcom.md) — Calendly is convenient. But $16 a month for letting people book time on my calendar? I built the same thing with Cal.com for free. [tags: guide, productivity, docker, cal.com] - 2026-05-29: [Your Self-Hosted Server Will Die. Here Is How You Survive.](https://selfhostedapp.com/blog/backup-strategy-for-self-hosted.md) — I lost 2TB of data because I thought 'it will be fine.' Then I built a backup strategy that actually works. [tags: guide, backup, security, docker] - 2026-05-28: [My House Got Smarter When I Stopped Using Smart Home Cloud Services](https://selfhostedapp.com/blog/home-automation-with-home-assistant.md) — My smart home was dependent on the internet. When the ISP went down, my lights stopped working. Home Assistant fixed that. [tags: guide, home-automation, docker, home-assistant] - 2026-05-27: [I Run My Own ChatGPT on a Mini ITX PC and It Works](https://selfhostedapp.com/blog/run-local-ai-with-ollama.md) — I got tired of paying OpenAI $20 a month and having my conversations on their servers. Now I run local LLMs on my own hardware. [tags: guide, ai, docker, ollama, open-webui] - 2026-05-26: [We Stopped Losing Knowledge and Started Using BookStack](https://selfhostedapp.com/blog/team-wiki-with-bookstack.md) — Our team had documentation scattered everywhere. Google Docs, Notion, Slack messages. BookStack gave us one place to keep everything. [tags: guide, documentation, docker, bookstack, productivity] - 2026-05-25: [I Finally Ditched LastPass and Never Looked Back](https://selfhostedapp.com/blog/self-hosted-passwords-with-vaultwarden.md) — LastPass got breached. Then 1Password raised prices. I built my own password manager with Vaultwarden and it is actually better. [tags: guide, security, docker, vaultwarden, privacy] - 2026-05-24: [I Replaced Zapier with n8n and Saved $600 a Year](https://selfhostedapp.com/blog/automate-everything-with-n8n.md) — Zapier wanted $74 a month for the plan I needed. n8n does the same thing on my server for free. The math was simple. [tags: guide, automation, docker, n8n, productivity] - 2026-05-23: [Syncthing: The Best Way to Sync Files Without a Cloud Server](https://selfhostedapp.com/blog/sync-files-with-syncthing.md) — I needed my files on all my devices. I did not want to pay for Dropbox or trust Google. Syncthing syncs everything peer-to-peer. [tags: guide, sync, docker, privacy] - 2026-05-22: [Your Own Google Drive: Nextcloud All-in-One in 15 Minutes](https://selfhostedapp.com/blog/your-private-cloud-with-nextcloud.md) — I replaced Google Drive, Google Calendar, and Google Docs with one Docker container. My data, my server, my rules. [tags: guide, cloud, docker, nextcloud] - 2026-05-21: [I Ditched Google Photos and Took My 40,000 Photos With Me](https://selfhostedapp.com/blog/ditch-google-photos-with-immich.md) — Google Photos stopped being free. Then they started scanning my images. I left and built something better with Immich. [tags: guide, photos, docker, immich, privacy] - 2026-05-20: [Your Music Collection Deserves Better Than Spotify](https://selfhostedapp.com/blog/self-hosted-music-with-navidrome.md) — I got tired of albums disappearing from Spotify. Navidrome let me take my music back and it sounds better too. [tags: guide, media, music, docker] - 2026-05-19: [Your Media Server on Autopilot: Sonarr, Radarr, and the *arr Stack](https://selfhostedapp.com/blog/automate-media-with-sonarr-radarr.md) — I used to download things manually. Then I automated the entire pipeline and forgot what manual meant. [tags: guide, media, docker, automation] - 2026-05-18: [I Cancelled Netflix and Built My Own. Here Is Exactly How.](https://selfhostedapp.com/blog/build-your-own-netflix-with-jellyfin.md) — Netflix raised their prices again. I left and built a better version with Jellyfin. The only regret is not doing it sooner. [tags: guide, media, docker, jellyfin] - 2026-05-17: [Docker Deep Dive: Networks, Volumes, and Compose Tricks I Wish I Knew Sooner](https://selfhostedapp.com/blog/docker-networks-volumes-compose.md) — I used Docker for two years before I understood networks. Do not be me. [tags: docker, guide, advanced] - 2026-05-16: [Your Self-Hosted Setup Without Monitoring Is Just Hope](https://selfhostedapp.com/blog/monitor-everything-with-uptime-kuma.md) — I thought my services were fine. They were not. Here is how Uptime Kuma saved me from finding out the hard way. [tags: guide, monitoring, docker, beginners] - 2026-05-15: [Your First Reverse Proxy: Stop Using IP:Port Like a Caveman](https://selfhostedapp.com/blog/reverse-proxy-with-caddy.md) — You have services running on random ports. You connect by remembering numbers. There is a better way and it takes five minutes. [tags: guide, networking, docker, caddy] - 2026-05-14: [Stop Typing Docker Commands: Manage Everything with Portainer](https://selfhostedapp.com/blog/manage-docker-with-portainer.md) — I used to live in the terminal. Then I installed Portainer and realized I was just doing things the hard way. [tags: docker, guide, beginners, portainer] - 2026-05-13: [I Put a Server in My Closet and Ditched the Cloud](https://selfhostedapp.com/blog/self-host-on-your-own-hardware.md) — I was paying $60/month for cloud VPS. Now everything runs on an ITX PC in my closet — and Cloudflare Tunnel makes it feel like a datacenter. [tags: guide, networking, hardware, docker] - 2026-05-10: [Getting Started with Self-Hosting: A Beginner's Guide](https://selfhostedapp.com/blog/getting-started-self-hosting.md) — Take control of your digital life. Learn what self-hosting is, why it matters, and how to run your first service in 30 minutes. [tags: guide, beginners, linux] - 2026-05-08: [Docker Compose for Beginners: Run Everything with One Command](https://selfhostedapp.com/blog/docker-compose-for-beginners.md) — Stop installing things manually. Learn how Docker Compose simplifies self-hosting so you can deploy services in seconds. [tags: docker, guide, beginners] - 2026-05-06: [Why Self-Host in 2026: Privacy, Ownership, and the Case for Running Your Own Servers](https://selfhostedapp.com/blog/why-self-host-2026.md) — Cloud services are convenient — but at what cost? Here's why 2026 is the year to take back control of your digital life. 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