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  • Snippet box Home Lab Dashboard for Code

    Snippet-box: Home Lab Dashboard for Code!

    I love little self-hosted utilities that are great in what they do and can provide tremendous benefits running them in the home lab. I recently discovered one of those cool little self-hosted container images called Snippet-box. Let’s look at Snippet-box…

  • Top 7 low power home server tips

    Top 7 Low Power Home Server Tips and Tricks in 2023

    When you decide to run a home lab, part of the cost that you need to consider comes from the power consumption that you will be paying for when running servers 24x7x365. Let’s look at the top 7 low power…

  • Adguard DNS configuration and monitoring

    Adguard DNS and Adguard Home with Adguardian: Best Web Protection

    When browsing the Internet, you want a secure and reliable connection without being bombarded with unwanted content. That’s where two solutions from Adguard come into play. Adguard DNS is an innovative solution to manage web traffic, block ads, and protect…

  • Headscale Awesome Self hosted Tailscale Control Server

    Headscale: Awesome Self-Hosted Tailscale Control Server

    Networking has undergone significant transformations in recent years, driven by many open-source projects that present new possibilities. If you are a home lab enthusiast, you may host many self-hosted services in your lab. Accessing these services remotely or when traveling…

  • Unraid vs TrueNAS for home labs in 2023

    Unraid vs TrueNAS – Home Lab Comparison in 2023

    There is a debate among many in the storage community and home lab community about two very well known solutions – Unraid vs. TrueNAS. These are both NAS operating systems that bring many features and strengths to the table. They…

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    Top 7 Home Lab Server Tools in 2023

    Lab Gopher is a great tool to find home lab hardware

  • Self-hosted ChatGPT Chatbot UI in Docker

    McKay Wrigley’s open-source ChatGPT UI project as an example of graphical user interfaces for ChatGPT, discuss how to deploy it using Docker. Let’s also see the details on customization options. Table of contentsWhat is ChatGPT?Deploying the ChatGPT UI Using DockerDeploy…

  • Homepage Docker – Customized Home Lab Dashboard for Applications

    Let’s look at Homepage Docker, a project for having a customized home lab dashboard for your self-hosted applications. Table of contentsWhat are Home Lab Dashboards?What is Homepage Docker?Homepage Docker FeaturesSetting Up Your Local Config DirectoryInstalling the Homepage Docker ContainerStep 1:…

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    Excalidraw Whiteboard: Ultimate Docker Self-hosted Home lab Diagramming

    As the popularity of home labs and self-hosted environments grows, enthusiasts and developers need efficient tools to visualize their infrastructure. Excalidraw Whiteboard is a great solution that offers a hand-drawn feel to your diagrams. I have been using Visio for…

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    Heimdall Dashboard: Organize and Access Home Lab Apps

    When you start to amass dozens or even hundreds of services in your home lab, between containers, hosts, networking gear, Kubernetes, and many other services that you want to run or tinker with, keeping up with it all can be…