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Useful apps to self-host (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I am setting up my NAS right now, and I need some suggestions for apps that I can run on my NAS or self-host.

I have seen some online articles, but they are too confusing because they list too many apps for each category.
I want backup apps for iOS, Android, Mac and Windows. (It would be great if they could back up automatically).
I want to sync my calendars and contacts.
I want to download media like TV shows and movies. (And music, too). “Of course, only legal obtained from the internet cough.”
I want apps that let me access my data from anywhere.
I saw this cool thing where you could use a Raspberry Pi to access your NAS bios from your PC.

Os - Unraid

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[–] erre 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I think it depends on your clients. If you're using Roku, you can skip Jellyfin..sadly.

[+] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

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[–] erre 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Still gotta pay for guide data iirc. Has that changed?

An update for the Roku app was released 5 days ago which massively improves it (finally an OSD!). It's getting there.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

I use zap2xml or whatever it is. Simple script and crontab job and it's worked without issue for near two years now I guess (since I initially configured it.) All free. I'm in the States so not sure if it's location dependent or not.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Well not better, just cheaper.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

Never used Plex, but if being open source is a feature Jellyfin is better than Plex.

Not requiring an external authentication server is the biggest drawback of Plex. I don't want Plex to have my watch history and info about my media library.

With Findroid supporting the intro skip plugin I'm fine since I don't need many platforms.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago

And Android TV, it's gotten better, but generally still sucks.

I use Jellyfin because it's FOSS, private, and it's also written in a tech stack I'm very familiar with.not because it's better than flex, because it really isn't.