Let’s keep it simple. I’m sure most of us are proud of Docker CPU cycles charted in Grafana via Prometheus, but I’m talking about the house as a whole.

My personal favorite is turning out to be Mealie.

I self-host a bunch of things for my personal use, but Mealie definitely takes the cake in terms of benefitting the entire household. I like the meal planner and the ability to hit the supermarket once to get all the necessary groceries for the week (I’ve never been able to achieve this before). I don’t think there is anything in my stack that even compares with the benefits my house gets of out Mealie.

My runner up would have to be any of the self-hosted media players (Plex, Jellyfin, etc.), but we also have Netflix and a bunch of streaming services, so not that impactful. Home Assistant would also be a close runner up, but it only provides great benefits for me, not the rest of the house. I think Immich will be on this list shortly, when it matures a bit more (are we able to import existing photos yet?)

  • -quakeguy-@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Caddy. A reverse proxy / web server with automated LE certs that is easier than this does not exist.

    • puckpuckgo@alien.topOPBEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Why did you choose Caddy instead of Traefik or Nginx? I’m on Nginx, but wondering if I’m missing out on anything.

      • -quakeguy-@alien.topBEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        1. Automated certs (from 2 different CAs, not just LE) are baked in and require ZERO configuration.

        2. Configuration simplicity, most of my proxied services take 3 lines total each.

  • seidler2547@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Home Assistant and LMS (Logitech Media Server) are the two things that are permanently displayed on the hallway touchscreen and they are used all the time by everyone in our household. There are more things like Seafile and E-Mail that are being used heavily, but HA and LMS are the most “visible”.

  • Jonteponte71@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Some kind of photo management and backup system. I never went the Google Photos route and am now very happy with using Synology Photos and doing backups of my entire diigital life with Synology Hyperbackup. Works great even when NOT exposing it to the internet.

    And of course Jellyfin for media streaming.

  • Anon_8675309@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Ad blocking at the network.

    Backups. Make sure everyone knows iCloud, etc, are syncs and not backups.

  • apperrault@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    I like Mealie too, just installed it the other day. I also found a companion app for Android that add it to the Share-with button so if you are browsing a recipe on your phone, you can share it to Mealie and it will import it for you.

  • Extremist_Enterprise@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Vaultwarden for me and my gf. No more compromises on password length and the peace of mind of having everything stored on your machine

    • SnooPets20@alien.topBEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Whenever I counter a site that’s like “no more than 15 characters and no special characters” I cringe heavily.