What things do you self host (or know about) that are fun/interesting/useful to you? I’m thinking of setting up a home server and am looking for things that would be useful or fun for me to run on it. I want to host things that are useful/fun, but not a project itself (I’ve got enough projects), if that makes sense.

Most of the lists I see online are mostly lists of technical projects like docker, kubernetes, grafana, nginx, etc. I see these as infrastructure rather than the interesting project itself. ETA: the infra is important, but not “interesting” in this context as I deal with infra at my day job.

Examples of the type of service I’m looking at: a media server, photos app (to replace Google Photos), game servers, recipe management, home automation… What other things do you know about that are fun/interesting/useful?

Edit: thank you everyone for your awesome responses!

  • Jeena@piefed.jeena.net
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    Here is my list:

    • Open WebUI to have browser access to ollama
    • AUTOMATIC1111 Stable Diffusion Web UI to generate images
    • HomeAssistant to automate my home
    • Immich to backup pictures from family phones and computers and make them accessible like Google Photos
    • PeerTube to store and make accessible family videos
    • PieFed to access the threadyverse
    • Mastodon to do microblogging
    • Uptime Kuma to check that all my services are up and running
    • Synapse Matrix Server for Text, Video and audio chats with family and friends
    • Syncthing to share files