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Three ways to turn a dusty machine into a self-hosted powerhouse. I tested CasaOS, Umbrel, and YunoHost for months — here's who wins and why you probably already know which one fits.
I tested Linkwarden, LinkAce, and Linkding for months to find the best self-hosted bookmark manager. One won for daily use. Another for power users. Here's the honest comparison.
I've used all three reverse proxies extensively. Here's my honest comparison of Caddy, Nginx Proxy Manager, and Traefik — with real configs, gotchas, and a clear winner for different use cases.
Stop letting friends text you what movie they want to watch. Three self-hosted request managers — overseerr, jellyseerr, and the new seerr — compared for Plex, Jellyfin, and Emby users.
I compared Porkbun, Cloudflare, and Namecheap for domain registration. Prices, DNS management, privacy, and hidden fees — one registrar saves you real money.
I tested three self-hosted file sharing tools for months. Pingvin Share is the new hotness, Filebrowser is the reliable workhorse, and Filestash handles the weird edge cases. Here's which one I actually use and why.
I ran both Firefly III and Actual Budget for months to track my personal finances. One is incredibly powerful. The other actually made me want to open it every day. Here's my honest comparison.
I tested both Plausible and Umami for 6 months. Here's which one I kept (and why).
I ran workloads on Hetzner, Vultr, DigitalOcean, Linode, OVH, Contabo and more. Here's which VPS actually delivers for self-hosters — with real pricing and benchmarks.
I deployed the same app on all three. Coolify is polished, CapRover is flexible, Dokku is minimal. Here's my honest pick after using each for months.