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Comprehensive guides for replacing SaaS with self-hosted open source alternatives. Take control of your data, save money, and learn along the way.
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Self-Hosting Plausible Analytics: A Privacy-Friendly Google Analytics Alternative
A complete guide to self-hosting Plausible Analytics as a lightweight, privacy-respecting replacement for Google Analytics. Covers setup, features, costs, and trade-offs.
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Self-Hosting Nextcloud: The Complete Google Drive & Dropbox Replacement
How to replace Google Drive, Dropbox, and iCloud with Nextcloud — a self-hosted file sync, calendar, contacts, and collaboration platform. Covers setup, apps, performance tuning, and honest trade-offs.
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Self-Hosting Git with Gitea: A Lightweight GitHub Alternative
A practical guide to self-hosting Gitea as a GitHub/GitLab alternative. Covers features, resource usage, CI/CD with Gitea Actions, migration from GitHub, and when self-hosted git actually makes sense.
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Setting Up WireGuard: The Modern Self-Hosted VPN
A practical guide to setting up WireGuard as a self-hosted VPN. Covers server setup, client configuration, common use cases, and comparison with OpenVPN and commercial VPN services.
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Immich: The Self-Hosted Google Photos Replacement That Actually Works
A hands-on guide to Immich, the self-hosted photo and video management platform. Covers installation, mobile backup, face recognition, sharing, and how it compares to Google Photos and Apple Photos.
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Home Assistant: The Open Source Smart Home Hub That Replaces Everything
A practical guide to Home Assistant for self-hosting your smart home. Covers installation, device compatibility, automations, dashboards, and why it beats vendor-specific apps.
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Self-Hosted Email in 2026: Your Options from Practical to Paranoid
A realistic guide to self-hosting email. We cover the major options — Stalwart, Maddy, Mail-in-a-Box, mailcow — their trade-offs, and when you should just use a paid provider.
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Replacing Notion with a Self-Hosted Alternative: AppFlowy, AFFiNE, and Outline Compared
A detailed comparison of the top self-hosted Notion alternatives — AppFlowy, AFFiNE, and Outline. Features, setup, trade-offs, and honest recommendations.
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Self-Hosted Uptime Monitoring: Uptime Kuma, Gatus, and Statping-ng Compared
Compare the best self-hosted uptime monitoring tools. We cover Uptime Kuma, Gatus, and Statping-ng — with setup guides, feature comparisons, and honest trade-offs.
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Self-Hosting Vaultwarden: Run Your Own Bitwarden-Compatible Password Manager
Complete guide to self-hosting Vaultwarden — a lightweight Bitwarden-compatible password manager. Covers setup, security hardening, backups, and comparison with Bitwarden's official server.