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All technical deep dives, system architectures, and AI breakdowns, ordered by date.
Self-Hosting & Open SourceSearXNG is an open-source, privacy-respecting metasearch engine that aggregates queries across 70+ upstream search providers, stripping trackers, IP addresses, and profiling cookies for humans and AI agents alike.
Self-Hosting & Open SourceOpen WebUI is the premier open-source ChatGPT alternative and local AI orchestration hub, delivering native Ollama/vLLM integration, document RAG vector pipelines, web search, code execution, and multi-user RBAC in a unified container.
Self-Hosting & Open SourceVaultwarden is an ultra-lightweight, Rust-powered Bitwarden API implementation that provides zero-knowledge end-to-end encrypted password management, organizations, and Passkeys under 30MB of RAM.
Self-Hosting & Open SourceJellyfin is the 100% free software, zero-telemetry media streaming server that replaces Plex, delivering unrestricted hardware acceleration (Intel QSV, NVENC, VAAPI) and multi-screen apps with zero subscription paywalls.
Self-Hosting & Open SourceStirling-PDF is an open-source, locally hosted web application delivering over 50 powerful PDF manipulation, OCR, conversion, and security tools with zero external telemetry and strictly ephemeral file processing.
Self-Hosting & Open SourceDockge is an elegant, reactive self-hosted Docker Compose stack manager created by the author of Uptime Kuma, featuring visual two-way YAML editing, interactive WebSocket terminals, and clean filesystem persistence.
Self-Hosting & Open SourcePaperless-ngx is a production-grade, self-hosted document management system that transforms paper clutter into a searchable digital archive using high-accuracy OCR, automated machine learning classification, and full-text search.
Self-Hosting & Open SourceUptime Kuma is a feature-rich, self-hosted monitoring tool that delivers sub-second WebSocket updates for HTTP(s), TCP, Ping, DNS, and Docker containers alongside gorgeous public status pages and 90+ notification dispatchers.
Self-Hosting & Open SourceImmich is a high-performance, self-hosted photo and video backup solution offering native mobile apps, automated background sync, local on-device facial recognition, and CLIP-based semantic search without cloud dependencies.
Self-Hosting & Open SourceLAN Orangutan is an open-source, lightweight homelab network discovery and visualization dashboard combining automated Nmap scanning, port monitoring, and Tailscale mesh metadata in a single Docker container.
Self-Hosting & Open SourceODS (Open Data Server) is an open-source, all-in-one local AI platform that turns any workstation or homelab server into a full-featured AI appliance integrating LLM inference, RAG vector pipelines, voice synthesis, and multi-agent workflows.
Self-Hosting & Open SourceHaven is an open-source, lightweight community chat platform and Discord alternative designed for 100% self-hosted deployment, delivering structured text channels, WebRTC voice rooms, and zero telemetry.