I’m already hosting pihole, but i know there’s so much great stuff out there! I want to find some useful things that I can get my hands on. Thanks!

Edit: Thanks all! I’ve got a lil homelab setup going now with Pihole, Jellyfin, Paperless ngx, Yacht and YT-DL. Going to be looking into it more tomorrow, this is so much fun!

  • KNova@links.dartboard.socialEnglish
    81·
    1 year ago

    For me it’s 100% Nextcloud. It was a pain to get working at first (and I’m dreading the day it breaks, if that happens). But it is so much more than just a self-hosted Dropbox solution:

    • Maps
    • Calendar
    • Email
    • Markdown editor (I’m using this to try and replace Google Drive for collaborative document editing with my friends; most of what we need can be achieved with Markdown formatting)
    • I haven’t tried it but there is a Talk plugin that allows for video conferencing in browser;
    • a bunch of other stuff I’ve never played with like mind maps, PDF conversion, music player, etc.
    • DengueDucky@lemmy.mlEnglish
      12·
      1 year ago

      My experience has been that Nextcloud can do 1000 different things, and it sucks at all of them.

      • Entropy@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Been using nextcloud for about 5 years, right now I use it for storing files and nothing else, and it still kinda sucks at that.

        Gonna use paperless for any documents I have in NC, after that there won’t be much left in there, just some old dot files. Maybe I’ll get rid of it entirely

      • plo@feddit.nlEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        I tried setting up nextcloud. Just ended up creating a samba share instead.

      • please_lemmy_out@lemmy.worldEnglish
        0·
        1 year ago

        That’s a little harsh but I definitely agree it doesn’t tend to offer a better or equal alternative to any free options available. You’re giving up a certain level of ease of use.

    • Bilb!@lem.monsterEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Yes, Nextcloud. It’s not perfect, but it has made my life easier for the last few years