Step-by-step self-hosting guides generated from real container deployments and Playwright browser captures.
Adminer is a lightweight, full-featured database management tool packaged into a single PHP file. Here is how to deploy Adminer with MariaDB via Docker Compose, explore multi-engine support, execute SQL queries, and inspect relational schemas.
Attic is a modern, self-hosted home inventory system built with Go, Nuxt, and PostgreSQL for tracking personal belongings, nested locations, and collections. Here is how to deploy Attic with Docker Compose, configure automated bootstrap admin credentials, and catalog your household assets.
Audiobookshelf is an open-source, self-hosted streaming server for personal audiobooks and podcasts. Learn how to deploy Audiobookshelf with Docker Compose, organize libraries, scan media, and stream audio across devices.
authentik is an open-source Identity Provider providing unified Single Sign-On across OAuth2/OIDC, SAML, and LDAP without requiring external Redis dependencies. Learn how to deploy authentik 2026.8.5 with Docker Compose, automate administrator bootstrapping, and configure declarative identity blueprints.
Bazarr automates subtitle indexing, downloading, and synchronization for Sonarr and Radarr media libraries. Learn how to deploy Bazarr v1.6.2 with Docker Compose, bootstrap administrator authentication, configure multi-language profiles, and enable subtitle providers.
Chatto is a modern, lightweight team and community chat platform powered by NATS JetStream without external SQL databases or Redis. Learn how to deploy Chatto v0.4.26 with Docker Compose and configure your administrator account via the operator CLI.
One self-hosted container for finding, requesting and organising movies and TV, covering the jobs of several *arr apps. Here is the recorded Docker Compose install of v0.17.0 and the first-run browser setup.
Corgi is a Ghostty-powered terminal multiplexer and agent workspace manager designed to coordinate humans and autonomous AI coding agents like Claude Code and Codex. Here is how to run its sandboxed web simulator with Docker Compose and operate its native CLI daemon.
Dispatcharr is an open-source stream management hub and proxy relay that unifies multiple IPTV playlists, XMLTV guides, and stream profiles with HDHomeRun emulation. Here is how to deploy Dispatcharr v0.33 using Docker Compose, complete the first-run superuser setup, and configure stream relays.
DockFlare automatically converts Docker container labels into Cloudflare Tunnel ingress rules and Zero Trust Access policies. Learn how to deploy DockFlare v3.1.6 with Docker Compose, configure socket proxy security, and manage access groups.
Dockpeek is a fast, zero-database Docker dashboard built with Python, Flask, and Tailwind CSS. Learn how to deploy Dockpeek with Docker Compose, search containers, query free ports, stream live logs, and check for image updates.
Dozzle provides a lightweight, real-time web viewer for Docker container logs with zero database overhead. Here is how to deploy it using Docker Compose, enable web terminal access, and monitor streaming logs.
Farol is an open-source static analysis CLI and GitHub Action that evaluates pull request blast radius and merge risk for TypeScript, Go, and Python. Here is how to install its verified bundle, run its containerized review workbench with Docker Compose, and streamline code reviews with dynamic risk scoring.
Glance is an ultra-lightweight, customizable dashboard that aggregates RSS feeds, subreddits, weather, and server metrics into a single interface. Here is how to deploy it using Docker Compose, configure custom YAML pages, and monitor homelab services.
Grafana is the leading open-source platform for querying, visualizing, and alerting on multi-source metrics, logs, and traces. Learn how to deploy Grafana 13.3.0 with Docker Compose, bootstrap administrator security via the CLI, configure automated API tokens, and visualize synthetic telemetry with built-in TestData.
Grimoire is an open-source, self-hosted media manager and digital codex engineered specifically for tabletop roleplaying game collections. Learn how to deploy Grimoire using Docker Compose to organize rulebooks, battlemaps, ambient audio, and character tokens on your own infrastructure.
Hob is a free, MIT-licensed desktop app that runs open-weight AI models on your own computer. This guide runs the official v0.2.5 Linux AppImage in a disposable Docker container and opens its window in your browser through noVNC. It uses demo mode, so you don't need a GPU or a model download.
Homarr is an open-source, highly customizable dashboard and homelab application portal. Learn how to deploy Homarr v2 with Docker Compose, configure mandatory encryption secrets, integrate Docker container management, and build your dashboard.
Homelab Atlas is a free, MIT-licensed, self-hosted app that lays out homelab diagrams for you and exports them as PNG or SVG. This guide runs the official v0.12.0 release with one Compose file, then walks through the editor, the export privacy filter and the discovery wizard.
Immich is a high-performance self-hosted photo and video management platform with local machine learning, facial recognition, and semantic search. Learn how to deploy Immich v3.3.6 with Docker Compose, bootstrap administrative credentials, upload libraries via the official CLI, and search assets by visual context.
Infisical is an enterprise-grade, open-source security platform that eliminates secret sprawl and configuration drift by centralizing keys and certificates into an envelope-encrypted control plane. Learn how to deploy Infisical with Docker Compose, manage cross-environment secrets in the web console, and inject credentials into apps with the CLI.
Jellyfin is a 100% free, open-source media streaming system that lets you organize and stream movies, TV shows, and music without subscriptions or tracking. Learn how to deploy Jellyfin 12.4.0 with Docker Compose, configure persistent storage, complete first-run setup, and stream media across your homelab.
Kestra is an open-source, event-driven orchestration platform that unifies scheduled data workflows, containerized tasks, and infrastructure automation into declarative YAML. Learn how to deploy Kestra with Docker Compose, execute isolated Python scripts in sibling containers, and manage flows via the web UI and REST API.
LightPost lets you write a post once and send it to Bluesky, Mastodon, X, Threads, LinkedIn and more from your own server. Here is the recorded Docker Compose install of LightPost v0.2.0, running locally with no login and no Dockerfile.
Self-hosted audiobook manager in the *arr style. One Compose file, then point it at your library folder.
Mealie is an open-source, self-hosted recipe manager and meal planner with automated web scraping, natural language ingredient parsing, and shopping lists. Learn how to deploy Mealie with Docker Compose, import recipes by URL, and configure your household cookbook.
Narratarr is an all-in-one audiobook and ebook management server that combines media discovery, automated downloads, and an embedded HTML5 player. Learn how to deploy Narratarr v0.9.4 with Docker Compose, bootstrap administrator accounts, browse 30,000+ free LibriVox titles, and integrate your media stack.
Navidrome is a lightweight, open-source personal music server and Subsonic-compatible streamer written in Go. Here is how to deploy Navidrome using Docker Compose, secure your initial admin onboarding, configure automated library scanning, and stream your collection.
Norish is a self-hosted recipe manager and meal planner for households. Here is the recorded Docker Compose install of 0.25.1-beta, plus first-run setup through to a shared grocery list.
ntfy is an open-source, HTTP-based pub-sub notification service that lets you send push notifications to your phone or desktop using simple curl commands. Here is how to deploy ntfy with Docker Compose, publish priority alerts with interactive buttons, and configure the web UI.
Paperless-ngx is an open-source document management system that transforms physical documents into a searchable digital archive. Learn how to deploy Paperless-ngx using Docker Compose with Valkey, configure automated ingestion with OCR, and navigate the web interface.
Pocket ID is an easy-to-use, OpenID Connect Certified identity provider built exclusively around passwordless passkey authentication. Learn how to deploy Pocket ID with Docker Compose, register WebAuthn passkeys, configure OIDC clients, and manage homelab single sign-on.
Portainer Community Edition provides a centralized web UI and REST API for managing Docker containers, images, volumes, and multi-container Compose stacks. Learn how to deploy Portainer CE 2.45.3 with Docker Compose, automate secure administrator bootstrapping using setup tokens, and manage application stacks.
proc is an open-source, semantic CLI utility written in Rust that simplifies process and port management. Here is how to install its verified standalone binary, run its containerized documentation stack with Docker Compose, and leverage its safety contract in automated shell scripts and AI coding agents.
Prometheus is a CNCF-graduated open-source systems monitoring and alerting toolkit featuring a multi-dimensional time-series data model and PromQL. Learn how to deploy Prometheus v3.15.1 with Docker Compose, configure HTTP basic authentication, pre-validate configurations with promtool, and query metrics.
Prowlarr is a centralized indexer and tracker proxy for Sonarr, Radarr, and the *arr ecosystem that eliminates redundant indexer configuration. Learn how to deploy Prowlarr using Docker Compose, secure owner authentication, add public or private trackers, and automatically sync indexers across downstream PVR apps.
qBittorrent is an ad-free, high-performance BitTorrent client powered by Qt 6 and libtorrent. Learn how to deploy the headless qBittorrent daemon using Docker Compose, pre-seed deterministic owner credentials, configure speed caps, and manage torrent swarms through the Web UI.
Radarr is an open-source movie collection manager and smart PVR for Usenet and BitTorrent users. Here is how to deploy Radarr v6 using Docker Compose, set up persistent storage, configure first-run authentication, and track your first movie.
RdtClient is a self-hosted download manager and API proxy that routes torrent and Usenet traffic through premium debrid cloud providers while emulating qBittorrent for Sonarr and Radarr. Learn how to deploy RdtClient v2.0.143.0 with Docker Compose, complete first-run authentication, map storage paths, and integrate automated media managers.
Sablier stops containers nobody is using and starts them again on the next request. Here is the recorded Docker Compose install of Sablier 1.19.1, with a demo app that wakes from cold in about four seconds.
Seerr is a modern request management and media discovery platform that lets users browse and request movies and TV shows for Jellyfin, Plex, and Emby without accessing server infrastructure. Learn how to deploy Seerr with Docker Compose, bootstrap the initial administrator account, and automate media requests.
Sonarr is an open-source smart PVR that automates tracking, downloading, and organizing television series. Here is how to deploy Sonarr v4 using Docker Compose, configure storage paths, and manage your first show.
SparkyFitness is a privacy-first, self-hosted health and fitness platform that unifies nutrition, workout logging, and biometric tracking. Learn how to deploy SparkyFitness using Docker Compose and PostgreSQL to keep your health data on your own hardware.
Speedtest Tracker is a self-hosted monitoring suite that continuously benchmarks your internet connection speed, ping, and packet loss using the official Ookla Speedtest CLI. Learn how to deploy Speedtest Tracker v1.15.1-ls180 with Docker Compose, configure automated cron schedules, secure the administrative panel, and integrate programmatic REST API tokens.
Syncthing is an open-source, continuous peer-to-peer file synchronization system that synchronizes files directly across devices without middleman clouds. Learn how to deploy Syncthing with Docker Compose, configure folders, secure the management interface, and verify peer connectivity.
Tautulli is an open-source observability and analytics platform for Plex Media Server that tracks stream activity, decodes transcode bottlenecks, and sends real-time alerts. Learn how to deploy Tautulli using Docker Compose, navigate the analytics dashboard, and manage configurations with the REST API.
Termcraft is an open-source 2D sandbox survival game written in Rust that renders in ANSI truecolor terminal half-blocks and runs in the browser via WebAssembly. Here is how to deploy its headless co-op server and WebAssembly client using Docker Compose.
ThinkRail is an open-source agentic IDE incubator project from JetBrains that pairs autonomous AI coding agents with living architecture specs, isolated git worktrees, and a full visual web workbench. Here is how to deploy ThinkRail v0.3.0 in an isolated Docker Compose container, navigate the workbench interface, and configure model providers and MCP tools.
Tinyauth is a lightweight, single-binary OpenID Certified™ identity provider and forward-authentication middleware for Docker homelabs. Learn how to deploy Tinyauth behind Traefik to protect any self-hosted web service with single-sign-on and identity headers.
Tracearr is a modern, unified telemetry, stream analytics, and security management platform for Plex, Jellyfin, and Emby media servers featuring self-hosted vector stream maps and automated trust scoring. Learn how to deploy Tracearr with Docker Compose, TimescaleDB, and Redis, connect your media servers, and monitor playback across your homelab.
Traefik is an open-source, modern reverse proxy and edge router that automatically discovers services and configures routing rules on the fly from Docker labels. Here is how to deploy Traefik v3 with Docker Compose, route a containerized microservice without static config files, and inspect live traffic in the web dashboard.
TREK is an open-source, offline-first collaborative travel planner featuring interactive maps, day-by-day itineraries, booking management, and multi-currency cost sharing. Here is how to deploy TREK v5.0.1 using Docker Compose with hardened container isolation and complete first-run setup.
Umami is an open-source, privacy-first web analytics platform that provides full data ownership without cookie consent banners. Learn how to deploy Umami with Docker Compose and PostgreSQL, configure your tracking snippet, and monitor real-time traffic.
Vaultwarden is an open-source, lightweight implementation of the Bitwarden Client API written in Rust. Learn how to deploy Vaultwarden with Docker Compose and Caddy HTTPS, configure Web Vault secrets, and manage users.
One-command multi-container Compose files (Full *arr Stack, Prometheus + Grafana + ntfy Monitoring, and Homelab Auth) plus new verified deploys once a week.
