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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    1 year 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.

  • sea_stones@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year 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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      1 year 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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    1 year 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.

  • bhavik-chavda@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    If you share purpose, then it will be easier to answer it. Do you want a self-hosted service for yourself or for the product?

    • stappersg@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Yeah, like my car. Most of the time I’m the sole user. It gets me where I want to be.

  • lucaprinaorg@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Everything that you host in your house with spare parts and does not let you pay for a dedicated online VPS

      • McGregorMX@alien.topBEnglish
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        1 year ago

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

      • RandomName01@alien.topBEnglish
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        1 year 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.

  • tyroswork@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year 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.