Uptime Kuma
A self-hosted status page that watches your sites and alerts you the moment one goes down.
Apps
Apps worth running
Nine open source apps that make a first server genuinely useful — each with a written-for-this-site setup guide that starts from localhost-only access.
New here? Follow the beginner roadmap — the apps below are step three, after your server is secured. Not sure where to start? Read the order I'd install them in.
Nginx Proxy Manager
A friendly web UI for routing domains to your containers, with automatic SSL certificates.
Coolify
An open source platform that turns your server into a private app platform — Git push to deploy.
Immich
Self-hosted photo and video backup with mobile apps — your camera roll, on your server.
Vaultwarden
Your own password manager server. Works with the official Bitwarden apps and uses about 50 MB of RAM.
Nextcloud
Files, calendars and contacts that sync like Dropbox, installed the official All-in-One way.
Paperless-ngx
Scan it, forget it, find it in three seconds. A searchable archive for your paperwork.
Jellyfin
Your own Netflix-style media server: free, open source, apps for every screen.
Home Assistant
The open source brain for your smart home. Best run at home, reachable from anywhere.
How these guides work
Localhost-first
Every guide binds the app's web UI to 127.0.0.1 and shows you in over an SSH tunnel — nothing public until you decide it should be.
Honest links
"Repository" goes to the project's actual source. "Setup guide" comes back here. Everything else links to the official docs, labeled as such.
Updates & backups built in
Each guide ends with the same two questions every running app demands: how do I update it, and how do I back it up?