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.

  • 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

  • Jwiggins0123456789@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    We have Plex running a lot most days between my large cache of FLAC music and TV/Movies in the evenings.

    I also feel the pain of having to exclude the spouse from my AD blocking devices as it annoys her.

    The family has been using Kavita a lot for all our ebook collection and I can lock down things for my younger readers nicely.

  • 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.

  • seidler2547@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Home Assistant and LMS (Logitech Media Server) are the two things that are permanently displayed on the hallway touchscreen and they are used all the time by everyone in our household. There are more things like Seafile and E-Mail that are being used heavily, but HA and LMS are the most “visible”.

    • 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.

  • bufandatl@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Awareness of security and vulnerabilities.

    Hosting anything is easy doing it secure is the hard part.