Hacker News with Generative AI: Self-Hosting

Self-hosting is having a moment (arstechnica.com)
Self-hosting is having a moment, even if it's hard to define exactly what it is.
Ask HN: Pros and cons of offering a self-hosted version of your SaaS? (ycombinator.com)
I'm working on a SaaS product that simplifies credential collection for businesses. I'm debating whether to offer a self-hosted version alongside our cloud offering.
Show HN: Hyprsqrl – open-source revolut you can self-host (live iban/sepa/ACH) (github.com/different-ai)
Get Paid. Pay Bills. Make Money Work.
Audiobookshelf: Self-hosted audiobook and podcast server (audiobookshelf.org)
Self-Hosted RSS with FreshRSS, Docker, and Tailscale (mann.blog)
I absolutely loved Google Reader. It was my home page and the way I started every morning with news feeds and updates. When Google unceremoniously killed the project in 2013 it upset the way I interacted with the internet.
Show HN: Self-Hosted HTTPS Tunnel in 300 LoC with Go, Caddy, and Cloudflare (nexo.sh)
TL;DR: I built a lightweight, self-hosted HTTP tunnel that turns localhost into a public HTTPS URL. No paid plans, no secret black boxes. Just one Go binary, Caddy with wildcard TLS, and a $0/month Oracle Cloud VM. GitHub repo
Show HN: Wiredoor – Securely expose private services (wiredoor.net)
Wiredoor is a self-hosted ingress-as-a-service platform that lets you route internet traffic to internal apps, IoT, Kubernetes and more using a reverse VPN powered by WireGuard.
Show HN: Homerun Desktop: Self-hosting for professionals with deadlines (gethomerun.app)
Host and access local apps from any device.
Owning my own data, part 1: Integrating a self-hosted calendar solution (emilygorcenski.com)
The first part of what I hope to be an ongoing series about repatriating and owning my own data and tech. In this post, I describe how I integrated my own self-hosted calendar solution.
An open source, self-hosted implementation of the Tailscale control server (github.com/juanfont)
Self-Hosting like it's 2025 (kiranet.org)
In recent years, self-hosting has emerged as a popular alternative to data-collecting, big-brother services.
Ask HN: Do you still self-host a blog? What's your publishing stack? (ycombinator.com)
Question says it all - I'm curious what the state of the art is for a community like HN (that, intuitively, wouldn't just start an eg. Substack).
Vitodeploy: Self hosted Laravel Forge alternative (vitodeploy.com)
I threw away Audible's app, and now I self-host my audiobooks (arstechnica.com)
We’re an audiobook family at House Hutchinson, and at any given moment my wife or I are probably listening to one while puttering around.
Celebrating 8 years of self-hosting Mail-in-a-Box – nilsnh.no (nilsnh.no)
One fateful weekend I decided to try and self-host my e-mail. Now over eight years later I have to commend the Mail-in-a-Box (MiaB) project, its main author @JoshData and the community around it. Thanks for the eight years so far and here’s to eight years more, and beyond!
Linux Prepper Podcast – Audience Feedback on Self-Hosting (james.network)
Self-Hosting a Firefox Sync Server (diego.dev)
After switching from Firefox to LibreWolf, I became interested in the idea of self-hosting my own Firefox Sync server.
Ente: Self Host the Google Photos Alternative and Own Your Privacy (developer-friendly.blog)
In the recent few years, I keep seeing people being more aware of their privacy and taking it into their own hands.
Jellyfin: The Free Software Media System (jellyfin.org)
Jellyfin is the volunteer-built media solution that puts you in control of your media.
Show HN: CLI tool that makes your app self-hostable in one command (kagehq.com)
Kage is powerful CLI tool that transforms your web applications into self-hostable solutions in minutes.
Show HN: Meelo, self-hosted music server for collectors and music maniacs (github.com/Arthi-chaud)
Welcome! Meelo is a self-hosted music server and web app. It works similarly to Plex, Jellyfin, Koel and Black Candy, but focuses on flexibility, browsing and listening experiences. Actually, Meelo is designed for music collectors. What does it mean? Scroll down to see our killer features ⤵️
Forgejo: A self-hosted lightweight software forge (forgejo.org)
Forgejo is a self-hosted lightweight software forge.
Forgejo v10.0 – self-hosted lightweight software forge (forgejo.org)
Forgejo v10.0 was released 16 January 2025.
403ing AI Crawlers (coryd.dev)
Now that I'm self-hosting this site and the associated infrastructure, the public facing part of the site (where you're reading this) is served via a boring old Linux/Apache/PHP stack. Which means I had to write an .htaccess file.
Personal Mail Server on OpenBSD (2019) (nicolascarpi.github.io)
It’s time to host your email yourself!
Featbit: Enterprise-level feature flag platform that you can self-host (github.com/featbit)
Fast WYSIWYG tool for building and self-hosting professional documentation sites (tiledocs.com)
Create professional documentation websites with our no-code online editor
Building a Self-Hostable Product (fusionauth.io)
In this article, you’ll learn about the architecture, business model, and software design choices necessary to create a self-hostable developer tool.
Zero to Prod in C – Creating Server and Hosting (brightprogrammer.in)
I recently started looking into self-hosting, and after spending two almost sleepless nights, I finally have a solution to self host any service and link it to an endpoint with your domain name.
Hoarder: Self-hostable bookmark-everything app (github.com/hoarder-app)
A self-hostable bookmark-everything app (links, notes and images) with AI-based automatic tagging and full text search