Hi guys,

What services do you think have the best return of investment? Where is it truly worth it to selfhost?

Cheers

  • hdddanbrown@alien.topBEnglish
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    9 months ago

    Apparently some people consider their own time absolutely worthless because they see time spent setting something up, learning things, not as a investment.

    I somehow doubt that OP was asking specifically about a financial investment.

      • RandomName01@alien.topBEnglish
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        9 months ago

        IMO they’re currently about as good, but they still serve slightly different purposes; Immich doesn’t fully support existing libraries because they don’t support nested albums, and PhotoPrism doesn’t have a native official app and therefore only supports sync through 3rd party apps.

        One thing that is relevant to mention is that Immich uses OpenStreetMap in a way that isn’t kosher, and while they’re receptive to changing that, it clearly isn’t a priority to them. It doesn’t reflect too positively on them that they’d essentially abuse another (far more important) FLOSS project like that, while PhotoPrism has made it a priority to avoid such issues.

      • McGregorMX@alien.topBEnglish
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        9 months ago

        I tried it, It’s the closest to Google photos, and that helps with the wife approval.

  • Cybasura@alien.topBEnglish
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    9 months ago

    The simplest but the most useful: Samba file server

    Well, file servers in general, paired up with a VPN server and you have a literal multi-year use right there

  • tyroswork@alien.topBEnglish
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    9 months ago

    1. Pi-hole

    2. Torrent client (any) + related automation for scraping/moving media

    Nothing else comes close, these two are essential for any selfhosted enthusiast.

  • user01401@alien.topBEnglish
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    9 months ago

    Domoticz for home automation

    cloudflared for remote access

    apcupsd for UPS automation

  • noriakisana_@alien.topBEnglish
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    9 months ago

    Nextcloud.

    Automatic Mobile photo uploads and calendar (with apps), where you are more independent from other companies. Your data are also private.

  • ECANErkDog@alien.topBEnglish
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    9 months ago

    PBS is very bare bones, and requires a lot of manual CLI setup and config, and it can only receive ZFS Snapshots or bare files. At that point, ProxMox already has replication functions built in and then there’s rclone to send it anywhere you want not just the PBS setup.

  • sea_stones@alien.topBEnglish
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    9 months ago

    The big one for me will always be Navidrome (and the various *sonic forks before) because I have access to my music collection, and don’t have to pay a subscription.

    Vaultwarden I’ll give another +1, especially after fighting keeping KeePass synced across devices. Plus I have control over it.

    I’m sure throwing my torrent client helps because it’s on a box that’s always on and my computer can be turned off if we’re talking cost of electricity. Or just general wear and tear on hardware.

    • Billy_Whisky@alien.topBEnglish
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      9 months ago

      where do you buy all of your music? Because if u dont, airsonic isn’t saving u money - it’s piracy.

  • CameronDev@programming.devEnglish
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    9 months ago

    Seafile. I can get 1TB of cloud storage for the cost of a raspi and a 1tb disk. Can pay that off within a year easily.