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This hasn't been asked in a while, and I really loved reading the last discussion so I'm hoping to kick it off again and see what has changed!

What I'd like to know is:

- What specific products do you wish you could host on your own infrastructure, but the product does not offer such a deployment method

- Do you or would you use the product without being able to self-host? I.E. In its current state

- Do you think your employer, if any, holds the same opinions?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Google maps alternative that's as good as Google maps. Its the only service left that has kept me from degoogling 100%

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Any MDM solution. All self-hosted options that were available (onemdm, flyve) are dead. I'm my own employer, so we definitely agree everything should be self-hosted :)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

What does MDM stand for?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Any priority features of the MDM and how many devices managed total?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I own a small business, 20-30 devices only. But they're a mix of all possible platforms (Windows, MacOS, Android, iOS). Would like to force disk encryption, strong password policy, automatically install/update/configure corporate VPN/mail/etc., prevent use of blacklisted programs, remote wipe of lost/stolen/otherwise compromised devices. I know it's not feasible with any selfhosted solution, sadly.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I would love to see a self-hosted VDE solution. We have a ton of VM options so I'd like to see the next logical step.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Private uncesored version of GPT-4.

I want it to answer questions like:

- give me a step by step guide on how to build a hydrogen bomb using consumer-grade components.

- give me 20 jokes about wokism (I'm semi-woke myself)

- give me 10 jokes that are so horrible, they would put anyone posting them on a watch-list

More realistically, I want it to have access to an entire programming project via IDE

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I'd love a replacement for AppSheet using BaseRow.

[–] sorghum 1 points 1 year ago

I'd love to see what I could do with things I need GPS accuracy for geofencing like robot lawn mowing or keeping dogs inside my yard without a fence. Specifically reporting to me via push notifications when something is wrong or dog has left the yard.

I know of no such solution without a subscription at least for the dog fence. Last I looked at robot lawn mowers was Open Mower. I don't know how much that project has grown.

My employer wouldn't care, self hosting has become a hobby.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (4 children)

a budgeting app with ease of use for desktop and mobile

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Actual is amazing, and works on both Desktop and Mobile

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Doesn’t support multiple currencies which is a non-starter for some

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It's not self-hosted but have you tried Buckets? It's pretty good and only needs a one time payment (lifetime) for full features.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

firefly iii

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This hasn't been asked for a while

This is quite a similar question from two days ago.

This question was also part of a survey this month.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I see this post more open to company selfhosting, whereas the post you mentioned focuses on homelabs. I've got both homelab and company servers, and the selfhosted needs differ a lot.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

A good RMM solution with scripting options. Ie. Labtech, etc.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Take a look at simple-help

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

There was TacticalRMM but there was some controversy around a crypto miner baked into a private installer. Thought of trying it in my isolated network, but can’t decide how I feel about it.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (7 children)

An alternative to ring, wish I could self host the video recordings from the doorbell camera.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Don't know about the hardware, but HomeAssistant + Frigate can definitely cover the software side.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

UniFi does doorbells, cameras, and self hosted NVR.

Pricey though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

UniFi Protect is proprietary, would be nice if a FOSS alternative existed.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Moonfire is great. Very simple and effective.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

OpenIPC for reflashing CCTV OEM firmware

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Maps with turn by turn directions.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Two for me

Fleetio - with a family member who collects cars and farm vehicles, things like Hammond are not of much use, points if it can integrate withe Traccar

GreatPetCare (Previously PawPrint) given its now free after its sale, we are now the product. Plus it has lost useability IMHO since its change

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

An embedded system flasher station. Connect on mini PC desk with multiple ports, flash the embedded systems from any device. A vscode extension would be nice too.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Agreed. I like sentry, but requiring 8gb of ram minimum is a bit much for small home servers.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sports Organization Management. The only ones I have seen have not had many updates lately, zuluru and doubleheader.

I was able to get zuluru to run via docker but had to really play with it and use older docker images for mysql and its php base image as the repo's docker compose file relied on latest tags. It has a lot of nice features for managing a team org but its UI is rather simple/dated. https://github.com/Zuluru/Zuluru3

Have not gotten doubleheader up yet but plan to try soon but its repo has not been updated for almost 3yrs. https://github.com/harisjlatif/doubleheader

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

This is definitely something I figured there would be more self hosted options for, but after searching around, you have a point. Those seem to be the best options and still are lacking/ unstable.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

OneNote. Yes, I know, NextCloud, Joplin, etc. But there isn’t really anything with everything - handwriting, voice recognition/dictation, etc.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I would love a local Alexa clone.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Want to selfhost AI assistent with that can work with my desktop OS.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

As it has been stated before, I miss a good selfhosted mobile MDM. Maybe one day, Fleet will be able to do that!

This is a nice, but I also would love to see a digital music marketing tool (like linkfire, amplify, where you can presave your music to Spotify/Apple Music,...). There is literally no project for that (yet).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Something like Steam. I've got a bunch of old games and other software, CDs, floppy images, etc., with registration keys and so forth (sometimes multiples), as well as newer stuff I got through Humble Bundle, or even various free/open source games, servers, etc., but installing them can be a pain. I'd like something that could host the files, list the games, and install them on a whim, along with self-hosted "cloud" storage so I can switch between computers easily. I already use Steam, of course, but it doesn't host my old games, at least not without paying them for the privilege. My boss... Would probably be interested, actually. Not business related, but still.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (6 children)

There was something released a while back similar to what you're after. It had a funny name, I think it was crack pipe and then they changed it due to well the name of it but I can't for the life of me remember what it was

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Push notifications on my phone.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Push notifications on my phone.

ntfy?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

A proper inventory system. Homebox still too limited and others are to complex or too much asset management focused.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

What you really mean is de-google 100%, and that's impossible.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Something better than RedMine.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Email, without facing all those problems of ending on a spam list and being blacklisted.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago
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