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What can the 'average Joe' start hosting, that will change their life? (self.selfhosted)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by jaackf to c/selfhosted

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I'm already hosting pihole, but i know there's so much great stuff out there! I want to find some useful things that I can get my hands on. Thanks!

Edit: Thanks all! I've got a lil homelab setup going now with Pihole, Jellyfin, Paperless ngx, Yacht and YT-DL. Going to be looking into it more tomorrow, this is so much fun!

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 year ago (30 children)

And it's so nice having zero dependence on the cloud. If the internet drops out, everything still works, including the mobile app.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (29 children)

Not necessarily, I have devices that are cloud dependent. Locally in NZ there aren't a lot of options, all smart plugs are cloud dependent. Also things like weather integrations will stop working.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It's up to you to make it cloudless, but Home Assistant is the only solution I know of out there that even allows this possibility. I refuse to use anything in my home that requires a third party app or cloud connection (aside from initial pairing so I can flash it with ESPHome or some other local-only firmware). Admittedly it complicates things, but the payoff is so worth it.

[–] remus 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I use Home Assistant as well, but Apple HomeKit (and the new Matter protocol) can also be cloudless I think.

[–] ScoobyDoo27 3 points 1 year ago

Yup, HomeKit can 100% work without internet. It’s a requirement of being HomeKit certified. I block internet access to all my HomeKit devices and they work just fine.

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