Self-hosted and home server

What HN commenters recommend, ranked by distinct recommenders. Under each: what people praise most and the most common caveat, or the strongest quote where there is no summary yet.

1. 1.
   Forgejo · 69 recommenders · 4 warn
   Loved for Easy self-hosting, GitHub-like · Caveat Partial compatibility
2. 2.
   Immich · 50 recommenders · 3 warn
   Loved for Google Photos replacement, Reliability · Caveat Setup and upgrades
3. 3.
   Jellyfin · 48 recommenders · 5 warn
   Loved for Plex alternative, Daily reliability · Caveat Client UX
4. 4.
   GGitea · 32 recommenders · 5 warn
   Loved for Easy, lightweight, CI/CD and Actions · Caveat Corporate control
5. 5.
   Nextcloud · 17 recommenders · 11 warn
   Loved for All-in-one sync, WebDAV backend · Caveat Slow and bloated
6. 6.
   SSearXNG · 16 recommenders
   Loved for AI search backend, Result quality · Caveat Rate limiting
7. 7.
   Docker Compose · 16 recommenders · 3 warn
   Loved for Homelab self-hosting, Local dev stacks · Caveat Silent failures
8. 8.
   Plex · 16 recommenders · 17 warn
   Loved for Easy sharing, Polished apps · Caveat Redesigned apps
9. 9.
   Pi-hole · 15 recommenders · 2 warn
   Loved for Ad blocking, Smart TV control · Caveat DNS-only blocking
10. 10.
    Open WebUI · 12 recommenders · 3 warn
    Loved for ChatGPT replacement, Backend flexibility · Caveat Custom license
11. 11.
    Coolify · 10 recommenders · 1 warns
    Loved for Low hosting cost, Hosted PaaS replacement · Caveat Configuration complexity
12. 12.
    Karakeep · 9 recommenders
    Loved for Self-hosted, open source, Automatic archiving · Caveat Rarely revisited
13. 13.
    Audiobookshelf · 9 recommenders · 1 warns
    Loved for Audiobook server, Self-hosted stack · Caveat Ebook support
14. 14.
    Nitter · 8 recommenders
    Loved for No account needed, Easy self-hosting · Caveat Blocked by X
15. 15.
    Navidrome · 8 recommenders · 1 warns
    Loved for Streaming replacement, Mobile clients · Caveat DIY workflow
16. 16.
    Redlib · 8 recommenders
    Loved for Public instances, Official app alternative · Caveat Read-only
17. 17.
    FreshRSS · 7 recommenders
    Loved for Easy self-hosting, Tool integrations
18. 18.
    qBittorrent · 7 recommenders
    Loved for *arr integration, Homelab staple · Caveat Remote clients
19. 19.
    Gadgetbridge · 7 recommenders
    Loved for Data stays local, Device support · Caveat Android only
20. 20.
    Quadlet · 7 recommenders
    Loved for Systemd integration, Reliability · Caveat No validation
21. 21.
    Wallabag · 6 recommenders
    Loved for E-reader sync, Self-hosted sync · Caveat Text fetching
22. 22.
    AdGuard Home · 6 recommenders
    Loved for Network-wide blocking, Works off-network · Caveat Coarse blocking
23. 23.
    copyparty · 6 recommenders
    Loved for Just works, OPDS ebooks · Caveat Clunky UI
24. 24.
    PeerTube · 6 recommenders · 2 warn
    Loved for Own video platform, Big Tech alternative · Caveat Content discovery
25. 25.
    Dokploy · 5 recommenders
    Loved for Open-source PaaS, Easy deployment
26. 26.
    Invidious · 5 recommenders
    Loved for Escaping doom-scrolling, YouTube frontend · Caveat Slower
27. 27.
    MMonica · 5 recommenders · 2 warn
    Loved for Birthday reminders, The concept · Caveat Project direction
28. 28.
    Decker · 5 recommenders · 1 warns
    Loved for Fun to use, Single HTML file · Caveat Nostalgia project
29. 29.
    ntfy · 5 recommenders · 3 warn
    Loved for Server-to-phone alerts, Device automation · Caveat Battery drain
30. 30.
    Radarr · 4 recommenders
    You punch a request into radarr and after some time it magically appears in Jellyfin.
31. 31.
    Frigate · 4 recommenders
32. 32.
    Docling · 4 recommenders
    I tested docling by giving it the Ronin TTRPG rulebook PDF and it did an astounding job of converting it all into .txt and .md.
33. 33.
    Llinkding · 4 recommenders
    and linkding (which I moved to after using Karakeep)
34. 34.
    OpenCloud · 4 recommenders
    I switched to opencloud.eu, it might have less features but it's just what I needed
35. 35.
    Sonarr · 3 recommenders
    they aren't especially heavy to run and are not fragile
36. 36.
    Prosody · 3 recommenders
    Prosody can run on just about anything and is mostly maintenance-free, give it a try I'd say.
37. 37.
    Seafile · 3 recommenders
    It’s by far the best open source alternative to Google Drive and Google Docs!
38. 38.
    Prowlarr · 3 recommenders
    I use prowlarr and radarr in my hone proxmox setup.
39. 39.
    BirdNET-Go · 3 recommenders
    I run BirdNET-Go as an app on my Home Assistant i7 M710q. I use the GPU-enabled BirdNET model and Perch V2, and it works swimmingly.
40. 40.
    Floci · 3 recommenders
    Check out Floci. It is a self hosted AWS clone with multiple services functional, including S3 and Dynamodb.
41. 41.
    Certbot · 3 recommenders
    You should have used the `--deploy-hook` on certbot.
42. 42.
    Ergo · 3 recommenders
    I used Ergo, enforced TLS, enforced authentication
43. 43.
    BookOrbit · 3 recommenders
    BookOrbit blows it out of the water in terms of functionality. I love that I can have one app that handles books and audiobooks.
44. 44.
    Komodo · 3 recommenders
    wasnt a big fan of coolify but i love https://komo.do/
45. 45.
    cgit · 3 recommenders
    Or you can run cgit as a frontend to your git remote on a server.
46. 46.
    Synapse · 3 recommenders · 1 warns
    I have been using synapse for years with little issue.
47. 47.
    immich-go · 3 recommenders · 1 warns
    Fortunately immich-go can just pick up the import where it left of