Let’s keep it simple. I’m sure most of us are proud of Docker CPU cycles charted in Grafana via Prometheus, but I’m talking about the house as a whole.

My personal favorite is turning out to be Mealie.

I self-host a bunch of things for my personal use, but Mealie definitely takes the cake in terms of benefitting the entire household. I like the meal planner and the ability to hit the supermarket once to get all the necessary groceries for the week (I’ve never been able to achieve this before). I don’t think there is anything in my stack that even compares with the benefits my house gets of out Mealie.

My runner up would have to be any of the self-hosted media players (Plex, Jellyfin, etc.), but we also have Netflix and a bunch of streaming services, so not that impactful. Home Assistant would also be a close runner up, but it only provides great benefits for me, not the rest of the house. I think Immich will be on this list shortly, when it matures a bit more (are we able to import existing photos yet?)

  • KalistoCA@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    I was going to say … someone who knows what to do when it all comes crashing down …

  • -quakeguy-@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Caddy. A reverse proxy / web server with automated LE certs that is easier than this does not exist.

    • puckpuckgo@alien.topOPBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Why did you choose Caddy instead of Traefik or Nginx? I’m on Nginx, but wondering if I’m missing out on anything.

      • -quakeguy-@alien.topBEnglish
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        11 months ago

        1. Automated certs (from 2 different CAs, not just LE) are baked in and require ZERO configuration.

        2. Configuration simplicity, most of my proxied services take 3 lines total each.

  • Steve_1st@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Home Assistant

    Definitely the best next step

    It’s amazing how simple automations with some cheap ir motion sensors and self hosted tracking phones to see who is home /no one home to save energy on lights and heating

    Add the internet DVR *arr + jellyfin stack and you have a true smart home

  • Extremist_Enterprise@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Vaultwarden for me and my gf. No more compromises on password length and the peace of mind of having everything stored on your machine

    • SnooPets20@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Whenever I counter a site that’s like “no more than 15 characters and no special characters” I cringe heavily.

  • bufandatl@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    11 months ago

    Awareness of security and vulnerabilities.

    Hosting anything is easy doing it secure is the hard part.

  • ozzeruk82@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    11 months ago

    Homer - as your dashboard with links to everything you host. My wife has it bookmarked and from there can access anything else we host.

  • apperrault@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    I like Mealie too, just installed it the other day. I also found a companion app for Android that add it to the Share-with button so if you are browsing a recipe on your phone, you can share it to Mealie and it will import it for you.

  • fisheess89@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    The wife (or whoever does the cooking and shopping) is actually so organized that he/she uses an app to plan everything?! My wife wouldn’t even have her windows desktop tidy.

    Sorry off topic. I haven’t found one that’s impactful for the whole family. The most important might be the photo backup app (currently synology photos, might be immich later on), but I just configure it for my wife so that she forgets about it and the backup runs silently in the background. I recently retired an old synology nas to my parents and configured it for them too.