Self-host your digital life. Guides, tutorials, and tools.https://selfhostedapp.com/https://selfhostedapp.com/blog/privacy-analytics-with-plausible/https://selfhostedapp.com/blog/privacy-analytics-with-plausible/Google Analytics was slowing my site down and selling my visitor data. Plausible is privacy-first, lightweight, and self-hosted.Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTguideanalyticsdockerplausibleprivacytroyskhttps://selfhostedapp.com/blog/rss-reader-with-freshrss/https://selfhostedapp.com/blog/rss-reader-with-freshrss/I was subscribed to 50 blogs via email. My inbox was chaos. FreshRSS lets me read them all in one clean interface.Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTguidedockerrssfreshrssproductivitytroyskhttps://selfhostedapp.com/blog/url-shortener-with-shlink/https://selfhostedapp.com/blog/url-shortener-with-shlink/Bitly is fine until they want $40 a month for custom domains and analytics. Shlink does the same thing on my server for free.Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTguidedockershlinkproductivitytroyskhttps://selfhostedapp.com/blog/ad-blocking-with-pihole/https://selfhostedapp.com/blog/ad-blocking-with-pihole/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.Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTguidenetworkingdockerpi-holeprivacytroyskhttps://selfhostedapp.com/blog/vpn-with-wireguard-headscale/https://selfhostedapp.com/blog/vpn-with-wireguard-headscale/Tailscale is amazing but depends on their servers. Headscale lets you run the same thing on your own infrastructure.Sun, 07 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTguidenetworkingdockerwireguardsecuritytroyskhttps://selfhostedapp.com/blog/homelab-dashboard-with-homarr/https://selfhostedapp.com/blog/homelab-dashboard-with-homarr/I had 15 services running and kept forgetting which port was which. Homarr gave me a single page to see everything.Sat, 06 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTguidedockerhomarrproductivitytroyskhttps://selfhostedapp.com/blog/recipe-management-with-mealie/https://selfhostedapp.com/blog/recipe-management-with-mealie/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.Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTguidedockermealieproductivitytroyskhttps://selfhostedapp.com/blog/self-hosted-email-with-mailcow/https://selfhostedapp.com/blog/self-hosted-email-with-mailcow/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.Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTguideemaildockermailcowadvancedtroyskhttps://selfhostedapp.com/blog/encrypted-docs-with-cryptpad/https://selfhostedapp.com/blog/encrypted-docs-with-cryptpad/I stopped editing documents on Google Docs after realizing they train AI on my content. 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Learn what self-hosting is, why it matters, and how to run your first service in 30 minutes.Sun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTguidebeginnerslinuxtroyskhttps://selfhostedapp.com/blog/docker-compose-for-beginners/https://selfhostedapp.com/blog/docker-compose-for-beginners/Stop installing things manually. Learn how Docker Compose simplifies self-hosting so you can deploy services in seconds.Fri, 08 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTdockerguidebeginnerstroyskhttps://selfhostedapp.com/blog/why-self-host-2026/https://selfhostedapp.com/blog/why-self-host-2026/Cloud services are convenient — but at what cost? Here's why 2026 is the year to take back control of your digital life.Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTopinionprivacycloudtroysk