Self-Hosting Insights & Guides
Tutorials, comparisons, and best practices for building your self-hosted infrastructure.
The Ultimate Docker Compose Guide for 2026
A comprehensive walkthrough of Docker Compose v2, covering multi-service orchestration, networking, volumes, secrets management, and production-ready patterns for self-hosted applications.
Top 5 Self-Hosted Analytics Tools You Should Know
Privacy-first analytics without sending user data to third parties. We compare Plausible, Umami, Matomo, PostHog, and GoAccess for different use cases.
Building Your First Homelab: A Complete Beginner's Guide
Everything you need to know to set up a homelab from scratch - hardware selection, OS installation, Docker setup, and essential self-hosted services to run.
Set Up a Complete Monitoring Stack with Grafana and Prometheus
Learn how to deploy Grafana, Prometheus, and Node Exporter using Docker Compose for comprehensive infrastructure monitoring with beautiful dashboards.
Security Best Practices for Self-Hosted Applications
Protect your self-hosted services with these essential security measures - from reverse proxy configuration to automated updates, fail2ban, and network segmentation.
Nextcloud vs Seafile: Which File Sync Solution Is Right for You?
An in-depth comparison of the two most popular self-hosted file synchronization platforms, covering features, performance, resource usage, and ease of deployment.