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The self-hosted applications we have tested and written guides for. Each entry links to a working compose file, the real errors we hit, and the settings worth changing.

JellyfinOpen-source media server for your own movie and TV library, with hardware transcoding on Intel iGPU.Movies & TV
Local AI (complete guide)Run a real language model on your own hardware: what your box can handle and how to get started.AI & LLM
AI & LLM guidesllama.cpp, Ollama, LM Studio, GGUF and Open WebUI — every local AI setup, tested in the lab.AI & LLM
NavidromeSelf-hosted music server. Streams your own MP3/FLAC library to any device.Music & media
MinifluxThe fastest self-hosted RSS reader. A single Go binary plus a database.Productivity
DokuWikiA wiki that stores every page as a plain-text file. No database, no lock-in.Knowledge

More software guides are on the way. When a service is tested and written up, it appears here with a full guide.