@j24

111: pfSense Makes no Sense

Self-Hosted

We break down the state of the pfSense changes and the red flags we see. Plus, we're joined by Wolfgang from Wolfgang's channel to dig into his homelab and much more. Special Guest: Wolfgang.


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110: Google Photos Replacement

That man behind the Google Photos killer joins us to chat about the latest release of Immich. Plus, Alex's first impressions of 45Homelab's HL15. Special Guests: Alex Tran and Brent Gervais.


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109: Alex’s Backups Disaster

How we almost lost valuable data this week, and a Chat with Doug and Mitch about their new home lab server. 


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108: Year of Voice: A Bigger Deal Than You Think

Home Assistant's founder, Paulus Schoutsen, shares details about the Year of Voice, recent legal actions from Mazda, and the results of a recent third-party audit.
Plus, our recommended Nextcloud setup, converting dumb devices into smart ones with ESPHome, and more. Special Guests: Brent Gervais, Listener Jeff, and Paulus Schoutsen.


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107: Laptop Dumpster Diving

With a dose of pragmatism and optimism, we chat about making the best out of old hardware and where we draw the line and buy new. 
Plus, getting practical about your home media setup, bringing Spook into Home Assistant, and more. Special Guest: Brent Gervais.


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Discover new software and hardware to get the best out of your network, control smart devices, and secure your data on cloud services. Self-Hosted is a chat show between Chris and Alex two long-time "self-hosters" who share their lessons and take you along for the journey as they learn new ones.
 A Jupiter Broadcasting podcast showcasing free and open source technologies you can host yourself.

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@techalorian

Chris Fisher

Alex Kretzschmar

Wolfgang

Brent Gervais

Alex Tran

Paulus Schoutsen

Listener Jeff

Our thoughts on two recent Plex crackdowns, why the Apple TV just got a lot better, how home Assistant could improve 10 years in, and much more. 


106: The Plex Situation Just got Worse

Alex sits down with the lead developer of mergerfs to get an update on the project, Chris has a button-pushing breakthrough and more. Special Guest: Antonio Musumeci.


105: Sleeper Storage Technology

Antonio Musumeci

Alex does a significant overhaul of his website and unpacks a new GitHub action workflow. Chris finally achieves complete local voice control of his network, we complain about the state of domain name sellers, and more. 


104: Name-Not-So-Cheap

A few tools to build your own Way Back Machine, we check in with the "Year of Voice" and more. 


103: Archiving the Internet

Alex shares a suite of self-hosted apps that replace Reddit. Chris is struggling with Jellyfin, and we discuss where NixOS is killing it and where we think it falls down. 


102: NixOS is a bit Flakey

The advantages of Federating a local and remote Nextcloud, Chris replaces Google Home Hub's photo powers and the new docker-compose feature that will change Alex's entire setup. Special Guest: Brent Gervais.


101: Joining the Federation

We cover our must-have self-hosted apps, reflect on the state of Self-Hosting now, and discuss what's new in Proxmox 8. 


100: Our Essential Apps

100: Our Essentials Apps

We dive into Lemmy, a self-hosted Reddit alternative. Plus, a couple of easy-to-deploy tools that make life better. 


99: Lemmy at em!

We chat with 45Drives about their ambitions to build a home-lab server that bridges the gap between enterprise-level servers and consumer-grade NAS products. And more. 


98: The One with 45Drives

Alex tempts Chris with his Obsidian ways, our thoughts on Drobo going bankrupt, and Photoprism adding paid tiers. Plus, the slick suite of tools you'll want to run on your LAN. 


97: Tempted by the Fruit of Another

Why Chris needs ANOTHER Home Assistant instance and a major breakthrough for self-hosters. Special Guest: Brent Gervais.


96: Outdoor Home Assistant

We debate if users learned their lesson from the Docker Hub drama, and the silent self-hosting winner going from strength to strength. Proxmox gets some big updates.
Plus, our thoughts on the state of self-hostable AI tools. 


95: Docker U-Turn 

Chris integrates full home power monitoring into Home Assistant, while Alex tames the AI and rushes to replace Dark Sky. Special Guest: Brent Gervais.


94: Full Power

Alex goes all in on Rootless Podman, Chris is saving his Nextcloud install from disaster, and a special guest joins us. Special Guest: Alex Ellis.


93: The Podman Perspective

Alex Ellis

Find out why Alex ripped out everything installed last episode and is starting fresh with new gear, wires, and a new goal. Special Guest: Brent Gervais.


92: Rip it all Out

Alex has been swapping hardware and standing-up services. It's a network rebuild episode and more! 


91: Total Network Rebuild

Alex has major Proxmox problems. What happened, and the fix for now. Plus, the real downside to Wifi cameras and the batch of network gear on the way. 


90: Proxmox ClusterF

Join us for the surprising conclusion to our month-long challenge. Special Guests: Brent Gervais and Catherine Kretzschmar.


89: Jellyfans

Catherine Kretzschmar

Alex dives deep to find out if Kubernetes is overkill for the home and finds solutions to simplify things. And Chris has a new firmware that turns his favorite network cameras up to 11.
Plus an update on Jellyfin January. 


88: Great Scott!

We kick off our Jellyfin January challenge and invite you to join us. Plus, Chris has some new hardware and our thoughts on the trouble at the Matrix foundation. Special Guest: Brent Gervais.


87: Jellyfin January

What disgusted Alex about Disqus, and how he replaced it with a Self-Hosted solution, a hot HDHomeRun tip, and an update on Chris' hunt for the perfect notes app. 


86: Disqus-ting Tracking

Wendell from Level One Techs joins us to catch up on low-power hardware, his home automation setup, and thoughts on so much more. Special Guest: Wendell Wilson.


85: Wendell's Hot Pi

We're chatting about workstation builds for a home NAS with Joe Ressington this week. Chris chews on the news of the Evernote buyout and his challenges with Zigbee. Special Guest: Joe Resington.


84: Hidden NAS

Joe Resington

Sometimes your best upgrades are unplanned;  Chris just got his Home Assistant Yellow fully deployed. 


83: Unintended Upgrades

Alex gives Roon Labs whole home audio a try but discovers a critical design flaw while Chris checks out his new ODROID-H3+ and plans his next epic build. 


82: Roon Ready Ruh-Roh

Chris' Raspberry Pi server is dead, and Alex has a few ideas for his next build. Special Guest: Brent Gervais.


81: The Badger Stack

Alex is replacing his Chromecast and Google Nest Mini with an open-source solution, and why we’re all getting a little hyped about Matter. Special Guest: Brent Gervais.


80: Solving Whole Home Audio

We've made some changes since the last episode, and share why we have doubled down on Self-Hosting as much as possible. 
Plus, Chris tries out Immich, a high-performance Google Photos alternative. 


79: Google is a Hostile Actor

We learned some really hard lessons this week, and reflect. Then Chris finds the perfect temperature sensor, and Alex finds a beautiful media discovery app. 


78: We Should Know Better

What is it like to live with another man's automations? Brent spills all.
Plus, Chris tries out a few more Shelly devices and reports back. Special Guest: Brent Gervais.


77: Automations Gone Wrong

Alex runs us through his new and improved off-site backup setup, and Chris is trying out some Shelly devices. 


76: Solid as a Rock

Our thoughts on the new Works with Home Assistant program, some changes to Alex's off-site backup server, and a million bits of great feedback. 


75: In-Flight Changes

Our guest this week has more Raspberry Pis than anyone we've ever met. We get insights into all the projects he used them for, what's worked great, and what's not worked at all. Special Guest: Jscar_Hawk.


74: A Pi For Every Problem

Jscar_Hawk

A special episode today as TechnoTim joins Alex to discuss everything Kubernetes and HomeLab. The #100DaysOfHomeLab initiative from Tim is just getting started, find out what it’s all about in today's episode. Special Guest: Techno Tim.


73: 100 Days of HomeLab

Techno Tim

A quick-fire round of projects this week, your feedback, and a discussion about the future of Self-Hosting. 


72: First Account is Free

Alex has found the perfect tool to bring your recipe management into the future. Plus, a convenient trick for scripts with passwords, dying hard drives, and the killer new Proxmox feature. 


71: Recipe for Success

Alex replaces another Google service; we point the community spotlight at FuzzyMistborn plus your feedback! Special Guests: Brent Gervais and FuzzyMistborn.


70: Plausible Deniability

FuzzyMistborn

Alex shares some handy tools, and some old friends join us for a special edition of the show. Special Guests: Brent Gervais and chzbacon.


69: Get Off My Lawn, The Robot's Got It

chzbacon

We chat about Wyze's recent real bad, no-good security news, why Plex Discover has potential but hasn't impressed us yet, and a brief tour of Alex's home network setup. Special Guest: Wes Payne.


68: Unwyze Choices

Why Chris is moving away from using Containers, Alex's new project, and some great follow-up. 


67: The No Container Theory

We look back at our favorite moments from the last ten years of the Raspberry Pi, why you might want to start considering one, and where we want to see the platform evolve. 


66: Mmm. Pi.

Alex gives the new TrueNAS SCALE a go and hits a snag. 
Plus the future Home Assistant update that has Chris so concerned he might stop updating forever. 


65: Failing at Scale

Sometimes we get a bit carried away; we dial it back and share some self-hosting long-timer insights.
Plus the networked way to Retro game, and more. 


64: Analysis Paralysis

Alex has a new high-quality self-hosted music setup, and Chris solves complicated Internet problems. 


63: Pulling the Rug Out

Alex got some new devices for Christmas, and we set off to figure out how to integrate them into his network.
And Brent's tale of giving the gift of Jellyfin. Special Guest: Brent Gervais.


62: Succumbing to the Ecosystem

Some old friends of JB join Alex to discuss 3D printing. Special Guests: chzbacon and Drew DeVore.


61: That First Layer Squish

Recent AWS outages sent Alex on a hunt to find more self-hosted alternatives, and Chris digs into the latest Home Assistant release.
Plus a frenzy of your excellent feedback and questions. 


60: Someone Else's Computer

We try out a couple of very popular Docker GUI's and report back, and discuss our biggest Self-Hosted regrets. 


59: I Tried to Love Portainer

This week we unlock the "Pi"tential of the Compute Module 4 and turn it into a dual gigabit router and Jellyfin server. 
How far can we push it?
Plus, Alex shares his thoughts on the state of mobile operating systems and the challenges they are imposing on DIYers. 


58: Pi Server Upgrade

Troubleshooting goes very wrong for Alex, and he puts his backups to the ultimate test.
Plus, monitoring your freezer in Home Assistant, building a self-hosted Notion alternative, and more. 


57: Alex Deletes it All

Local self-hosted video capture with AI object detection just got easy. Morgan joins us to detail his Frigate setup and its optional tight integration with Home Assistant. 
Plus, our new favorite up time monitoring tool and an easy way to add Tailscale and other apps to OPNsense with community plugins. Special Guest: Morgan Peterman.


56: Feeling Wyze

Morgan Peterman

A lot is changing in Home Assistant land, and it's almost all for the better; we break down the essential items. Chris gets wired about energy monitoring and shares his journey to get incorrectly formatted power stats working in Home Assistant's new Energy dashboard.
Plus, off-line YouTube backup, backing up iCloud photos, Tailscale feedback, and more. 


55: Home Assistant Turns Amber

Alex is abroad and uses the opportunity to build out not one but two ultimate self-hosted off-site servers. We share the hardware, software, and networking details.
Plus, how Chris built a Nest-type thermostat using parts he already had. 


54: Ultimate Off-Site Setup

We chat with Matt from Adventurous Way about the home automations that have improved his quality of life, the clever way he manages their off-grid rig, and the new smart home project he's just kicking off. Special Guest: Matt from Adventurous Way.


53: Adventurous Build

Matt from Adventurous Way

We report back on our DeGoogle challenge and read your top Google Alternative apps and services.
Plus, a new way to locally capture network cameras, our reaction to Kobol pulling the plug, and more. Special Guest: Brent Gervais.


52: Navigating DeGoogling

We discuss the ramifications of Apple's local photo scanning announcement on your privacy, why everything seems to be a subscription these days, and a new challenge for the show. Special Guest: Brent Gervais.


51: Apple's Rotten Scanning

We discuss Chris's latest wall-mounted tablet solution for Home Assistant and several scripts to pimp your Plex setup.
Join us for a very special birthday episode as we celebrate our 50th. 


50: Perfect Plex Setup

Updates gone wrong, surprise hardware failures, and flooding out all our electronics in a single go. We've got a lot to catch you up on. 


49: Update Roulette

Tuya shocks us by announcing native Home Assistant support, we have an update on a smart doorbell Ring alternative, and we tell all about how PiKVM just leveled up in awesome. Special Guest: Morgan Peterman.


48: A Solution Looking for a Problem

We take a look at a self-hosted TeamViewer alternative, give you our take on some Home Assistant drama and discuss the effects of a new crypto coin on hard drive prices. 


47: Whose License Is It Anyway?

We'll share how we deployed a painless, Self-Hosted Pastebin replacement, and what we like the most about it.
Plus Chris enters the "No Change Zone" with a Project Off-Grid Update. 


46: Pastebin Alternative

Join us for a chat with Paulus, the founder of Home Assistant, as we look to the project's future, hardware devices, new standards, and more. Special Guest: Paulus Schoutsen.


45: The Future of Home Assistant

Plex announces some big plans that make us a little nervous, Alex solves Chris's tablet performance woes, and we chat about Prometheus.
Plus, our thoughts on Duplicati alternatives and more. 


44: Plex Skeptics

Alex has a new trick for local and remote backups, and shares his thoughts on Synology's DS series NAS.
Plus Chris' master plan to save everyone's batteries. 


43: A New Solution for Backups

A record is broken, a life goal is achieved, and why we are going long on Linksys. Special Guest: Jake Howard 🍊.


42: Don't Panic

Jake Howard 🍊

Special guest Jeff Geerling tells us how he got 16 drives connected to one Pi. 
Plus his thoughts on automation, self-hosting, and more. Special Guest: Jeff Geerling.


41: The One with Jeff Geerling

Jeff Geerling

We react to Home Assistant password shaming us and then reflect on the OVH fire while attempting to solve a "growing" cloud problem. 


40: Password Shaming

Our favorite LastPass alternative, why more boxes might be better than one, and we confess to an undying love. 


39: We run Arch BTW

Alex shocks Chris with his latest project, then lays down some quick-fire picks.
Plus what's wrong with OPNsense's Wireguard setup? 


38: Crouching Pi, Hidden Server

We discuss recent Home Assistant security news, and how we think the project could improve. 
Plus a bunch of follow up, emails, and more!
Note: This episode was recorded before the recent second Home Assistant vulnerability 


37: Security Growing Pains

Our favorite Google Docs killer with markdown support has a big update. We explain how we host it and why we love it.
Plus Chris reviews the Home Assistant Blue. 


36: Google Docs Replacement

Alex reveals the culmination of five years of work into the Perfect Media Server.
And we respond to a ton of feedback. 


35: The Perfect Media Server

Chris discovers a networking miracle, Alex has been playing with electrics, and we review the Wyze Cam 3. 


34: Take Powerline Seriously

Alex puts the fantastic-looking, ARM-powered NAS known as the Helios64 to the test.
Plus feedback, and more. 


33: Helios64 Review

With rage in our hearts, we proclaim a Self-Hosted Google Photos replacement, and the only way to self-host your email.
Plus our tips to manage and stream audiobooks. 


32: Google Turning the Screw

We have a philosophical debate on cloud vs local and Alex experiences full-blown Americana this Halloween.
Plus how Chris built the most reliable and high-performance mobile internet setup possible in his RV. 
