If you've run Home Assistant for any length of time, you've almost certainly built your smart home on Zigbee. It's been the dependable default for years: cheap devices, solid local control, and a mature mesh that just works. But the ground has shifted. Matter…
Minecraft is a popular sandbox video game that allows players to build and explore virtual worlds made of blocks. While many players enjoy the official Minecraft Realms service, self-hosting your own Minecraft Bedrock server gives you complete control over your gaming environment, including custom settings, mods, and the ability…
Introduction Umami is a free and open source web analytics solution that provides a simple, fast, and privacy-focused alternative to Google Analytics. You can self-host Umami on your own infrastructure using Docker, giving you complete control over your website analytics data without compromising your visitors' privacy. The…
Introduction Nebula-Sync is a free and open source tool designed to synchronize the configuration of multiple Pi-hole v6.x instances. If you run multiple Pi-hole servers in your network for redundancy or different locations, Nebula-Sync ensures they all stay in sync automatically. You can choose between…
Introduction WireGuard is a modern Virtual Private Network (VPN) server that allows you to securely route your data between your Android, iPhone, Linux, Windows, or macOS computer. In this guide, I will walk you through installing and configuring the WireGuard server and creating your first client configuration file. Prerequisites You…
This guide will help you get started with Podman and Quadlet in a simple, non-technical way. Scroll down for templates for .container, .network, and .env files. Did you know? You can use Cockpit or Portainer with Podman for easier container management. What is Quadlet? Quadlet is a way to…
First, you definitely should not have to do this to your device, but I like to tinker... I've had a ZimeCube for about three weeks now and I'm a big fan of the device. I've had a 4 bay QNAP TS-453A for many…
Introduction Gotify is a free and open source project that lets you control your data and communicate via a REST-API and a web socket. You can download, self host, or use Docker to run Gotify on different platforms and devices. The Docker Compose File --- services: gotify: image: docker.io/…