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SparkleShare, a self-hosted GDrive, OneDrive, Dropbox alternative

Published: 12. June 2018  •  selfhost

In this tutorial, we look at SparkleShare, a self-hosted, instant, and secure file synchronization service.

Install a self-hosted Git server with Gitea

Published: 10. June 2018  •  Updated: 3. February 2022  •  selfhost

In this tutorial, I show you how to self-host a Git server with Gitea

Sending emails from your Linux server

Published: 16. June 2018  •  linux, selfhost

In this tutorial, I present two ways to send emails from your self-hosted Linux server: relaying through a third-party SMTP provider and running a send-only Exim4 server.

First configuration steps on a new VPS server

Published: 10. June 2018  •  linux, selfhost

Initial configuration steps after renting a new VPS server

TileServerGL, a self-hosted map tile server with OpenStreetMap data

Published: 10. July 2018  •  Updated: 6. March 2026  •  selfhost

In this article, I show you how to self-host TileServerGL, an open-source tile server

Self-host Seafile

Published: 4. February 2019  •  Updated: 3. September 2025  •  selfhost

How to self-host Seafile, an open-source file sync and share software, on a VPS with Docker

Self-host a Docker registry server on Ubuntu

Published: 8. May 2020  •  selfhost

How to install Docker and a Docker registry server on Ubuntu

Self-host Plausible, open-source web analytics tool

Published: 30. January 2022  •  selfhost

In this article, I show you how to install Plausible Analytics, a self-hosted, open-source website analytics application.

Self-Host Bitwarden Lite on Debian 13

Published: 5. March 2026  •  selfhost

In this blog post, I share a production-ready approach to self-hosting Bitwarden Lite on Debian 13 using Docker.