Let’s keep it simple. I’m sure most of us are proud of Docker CPU cycles charted in Grafana via Prometheus, but I’m talking about the house as a whole.

My personal favorite is turning out to be Mealie.

I self-host a bunch of things for my personal use, but Mealie definitely takes the cake in terms of benefitting the entire household. I like the meal planner and the ability to hit the supermarket once to get all the necessary groceries for the week (I’ve never been able to achieve this before). I don’t think there is anything in my stack that even compares with the benefits my house gets of out Mealie.

My runner up would have to be any of the self-hosted media players (Plex, Jellyfin, etc.), but we also have Netflix and a bunch of streaming services, so not that impactful. Home Assistant would also be a close runner up, but it only provides great benefits for me, not the rest of the house. I think Immich will be on this list shortly, when it matures a bit more (are we able to import existing photos yet?)

  • KalistoCA@alien.topBEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    I was going to say … someone who knows what to do when it all comes crashing down …

  • -quakeguy-@alien.topBEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Caddy. A reverse proxy / web server with automated LE certs that is easier than this does not exist.

    • puckpuckgo@alien.topOPBEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Why did you choose Caddy instead of Traefik or Nginx? I’m on Nginx, but wondering if I’m missing out on anything.

      • -quakeguy-@alien.topBEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        1. Automated certs (from 2 different CAs, not just LE) are baked in and require ZERO configuration.

        2. Configuration simplicity, most of my proxied services take 3 lines total each.

  • DannyVFilms@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Cloudflare Tunnels. Let’s you take anything fun you find at home and use it anywhere. Opened the doors for Home Assistant, immich, and more!

    • Redditburd@alien.topBEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Tried Immich and immediately uninstalled it after a number of problems. My photos are too valuable to be screwing around.

  • Jonteponte71@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Some kind of photo management and backup system. I never went the Google Photos route and am now very happy with using Synology Photos and doing backups of my entire diigital life with Synology Hyperbackup. Works great even when NOT exposing it to the internet.

    And of course Jellyfin for media streaming.

  • Revexious@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Hasura

    I have separate db instances for all my containers, and having a graphql I can hit on all the databases is nice for integrations

  • apperrault@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    I like Mealie too, just installed it the other day. I also found a companion app for Android that add it to the Share-with button so if you are browsing a recipe on your phone, you can share it to Mealie and it will import it for you.