Why I still self host my servers (and what I've recently learned)

Self-Host & Tech Independence: The Joy of Building Your Own

Why I self-host my websites, newsletter, and homelab—and the satisfaction that comes from building and using your own digital tools.

Get Started With Self-Hosting

Taking ownership of your data and services

Self-host an Organization | Bitwarden

This article will walk you through starting an organization on your self-hosted server.

Self-Host and Tech Independence: The Joy of Building Your Own | Hacker News

Self-hosting doesn’t mean you have to buy hardware. After a few years, low-end machines are borderline unusable with Windows, but they are still plenty strong for a Linux server. It’s quite likely you or a friend has an old laptop laying around, which can be repurposed. I’ve done this with an i3 from 2011 [1] for two users, and in 2025 I have no signs that I need an upgrade.

Self Hosting In Roomy

An ultra quick outline of what self-hosting Roomy looks like.

awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted

A list of Free Software network services and web applications which can be hosted on your own servers

Self-Hosting Guide to Alternatives: Notion

Self-hosted alternatives for the popular collaboration platform

A newbie's guide to self-hosting with YunoHost

Here is a 5-part guide about how to get started self-hosting essential internet services with the YunoHost system

Servers with Personality · Caolan

By which, I mean: a server I can point to. Not just an anonymous virtual machine but a physical device that somebody cares for.

Self-host Bitwarden | Bitwarden

Customers wishing to self-host a Bitwarden server for their organization or personal use have a variety of deployment options, including options for the server and infrastructure Bitwarden is deployed on, the database used by the server, and the certificate used by the server.

Aaron Boodman on Twitter / X

There is this tension in dev tooling right now: Lots of people want to self-host, and not depend on a service. Lots of people also want the vibes of open source - being part of an open development community, having the code, etc.But builders still need to make a living...— Aaron Boodman (@aboodman) January 23, 2024

Self-hosting - AT Protocol

Self-hosting a Bluesky PDS means running your own Personal Data Server that is capable of federating with the wider ATProto network.

mycrab.space — Own your internet. Stop renting it.

Self-host 200+ apps on your own machine with a permanent .mycrab.space address. ZeroConf. No VPS. No port forwarding.

Account hosts

Where your account lives.

peedee.es - atmospheric hosting

Managed Personal Data Server hosting on your own domain. We handle provisioning, storage and upgrades - you handle the posting and/or community.