Imagine if you only had to log in once to access all your services - from the wiki to the cloud. And all self-hosted. Welcome to Authentik, the modern open source tool for single sign-on (SSO) and identity management! What is Single Sign-On (SSO) and Identity Management? Read more...
Smart home meets digital organization - on your own server If you use Home Assistant for your smart home and Paperless-NGX for digital document management, you can create a real automation powerhouse by combining them. In this article, I'll show you how to combine the two tools in a meaningful way. Read more...
Mountains of paper are annoying. Whether it's invoices, contracts or insurance policies - everything piles up at some point. But don't worry: with Paperless-NGX, you can not only digitize your documents, but also manage them smartly and find them again at lightning speed. And the best thing? You have full control over your data - locally, securely and open source. In this Read more...
Do you have an extensive collection of retro and modern games? With RomM you can manage all your games and emulators centrally and even share them with friends. As an open source project, RomM gives you full control over your data and a variety of features to enhance your gaming experience. There is even a demo site Read more...
If you want to keep your Homelab under control without messing around with complex tools like Prometheus or Grafana, Beszel is for you. This streamlined monitoring tool gives you everything you need - from system metrics to Docker statistics and configurable alerts - all with a minimal footprint. Read more...
The digital landscape has changed dramatically in recent years. Privacy scandals, rising subscription costs for cloud services and increasing restrictions from big tech companies have led many people to look for alternatives. At the same time, internet connections have become faster and more affordable, hardware is more powerful and self-hosting guides are more accessible. Thanks to these developments Read more...
Imagine always knowing exactly who is in which room of your home - and all automatically. With Home Assistant, an ESP32 and BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) tracking, you can achieve precise room presence detection. In this blog article, I explain step by step how you can do this with the Read more...
Wallos is an open source web application designed to manage personal subscriptions and expenses. It offers features such as subscription tracking, category management, multi-currency support with exchange rate integration and privacy protection. Users can also benefit from customizable categories, mobile accessibility and various notification methods. Wallos enables easy management of expenses and Read more...
Docker has revolutionized the way developers develop, test and deploy software. In this article, we compare two basic tools that are used when using Docker: Docker Run and Docker Compose. We use Portainer and Docker Networks as examples to illustrate their application and Read more...
In this blog article, I will show you how to set up an Ubuntu Virtual Machine (VM) with Docker and all the essential tools. This comprehensive guide will walk you through the entire process, from installing the VM to setting up Docker and installing the necessary tools for your development work or Read more...
