Projects

What is vaultwarden? # vaultwarden ia a alternative server implementation of the Bitwarden Client API, written in Rust and compatible with official Bitwarden clients, perfect for self-hosted deployment where running the official resource-heavy service might not be ideal.

What is wikijs? # Wiki.js is a powerful, modern, and open-source wiki application built on Node.js. It is designed to be the central knowledge base for your home lab or professional projects, replacing traditional, clunky wiki platforms with a sleek, intuitive interface.

What is webtop? # webtop is a awesome mini linux env I can use as a secure remote web-client for my home network.

What is uptime-kuma? # uptime-kuma is a neat little web monitoring application. Lotta dope things right out of the box, very gui / user friendly. Pretty much just add the stack, update the dir for config - and it works. Integrates with discord webhooks, great easy status page and dashboard.

What is qBittorrent? # qBittorrent is a awesome, simple app that allows you to use classic QBittorrent in a docker container. I use QBittorrent because I can set it up with a VPN that only connects via the container directly. Effectively separating it from the rest of my network and allowing me to continue as normal while it is downloading. It will automatically stop the network if the VPN is not functioning correctly.

What is Portainer? # Portainer is a lightweight, powerful container management platform that provides a graphical user interface (GUI) to manage your Docker, Docker Swarm, and Kubernetes environments. It essentially sits on top of your container runtime, allowing you to control complex infrastructure without needing to master the command line.

What is nginx-proxy-manager? # Nginx-proxy-manager is a simplified GUI for handling an nginx server configuration. Nginx is a reverse proxy server.

What is mkdocs? # MkDocs is a fast, simple, and extensible static site generator geared specifically toward building project documentation. It relies heavily on Markdown files, which makes it incredibly accessible for developers who want to write docs as easily as they write code.

What is linkstacks? # Linkstacks is a nice little linktr.ee clone that allows you to set up a simple link page. It can also be expanded to add multiple users and you can host multiple people’s pages with their own user accounts and everything.

What is jellyseer? # Jellyseerr is a free, open-source, and highly intuitive media request management tool designed for the Jellyfin (and Plex/Emby) ecosystem. It essentially acts as a “gateway” between your users and your media server.

What is jellyfin? # Jellyfin is a media server. I like it because its simple, free, doesnt require online accounts and lets you serve up your movies, tv shows and music. Is very similar to apps like Plex and Emby. You can manage your media and auto download things like episode names, artwork etc. Has plugin support and is basically trying to be a better open source version of Plex. It has apps/support for android, google tvs, firestick, iphone etc.

What is homepage? # homepage is an open-source, highly customizable, and static site-based dashboard designed to organize your self-hosted services into a beautiful, central hub.

What is homarr? # homarr is a nice little dashboard app that can be used to organize your homelab with a simple webpage interface. Great for Quick links, updates on weather, time, seeing if a server is down, monitoring your webcams or torrents, etc.

What is Frigate? # Frigate is a complete and local NVR designed for Home Assistant with AI object detection. Uses OpenCV and Tensorflow to perform realtime object detection locally for IP cameras.

Whats is code-server? # code-server is a self-hosted instance of Visual Studio Code that runs on a remote server and is accessible directly through your web browser. It effectively turns any machine with a CPU and RAM into a fully functional cloud-based development environment.

What is Audiobookshelf? # Audiobookshelf is a self-hosted, open-source server designed to manage and stream your personal audiobook and podcast collections. It acts as a private, web-based alternative to services like Audible, giving you full control over your media files. Key features include:

What is Pterodactyl? # Pterodactyl is a free, open-source game server management panel built with PHP, React, and Go. Designed with security in mind, Pterodactyl runs all game servers in isolated Docker containers while exposing a beautiful and intuitive UI to end users.

NAS build and some tips and tricks to get things working with your docker containers

The Pi-hole is a DNS sinkhole that protects your devices from unwanted content, without installing any client-side software. Useful for blocking ad services at a DNS level. It uses a list of known ad services stored on github, can add your own. It can also operate as a internal dns router and dhcp server.

IP Address # An Internet Protocol address (IP) address is a numerical label assigned to each device connected to a computer network that uses the Internet Protocol for communication. Think of it like a street address for your computer on the internet. It’s how devices find each other and exchange information.

What is Docker? # Docker is an awesome platform that anyone hoping to get into software / development or any homelab-er should become familiar with. Docker is a platform designed to help developers build, share, and run container applications. The most important aspect to docker is its ability to be implemented in version control via simple config files. This allowing a team of people to share a code base working in the same environments consistently.

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