My Privacy-First App Stack
The self-hosted apps I am using to protect my privacy and offer some digital sovereignty from the enshitified platforms.
- XCP-ng: A high-performance, enterprise-grade virtualization platform based on Xen. It provides a turnkey open-source solution to host and manage all your virtual machines.
- Proxmox VE: A complete open-source platform for enterprise virtualization that tightly integrates KVM hypervisor and LXC containers, giving you a powerful web interface to manage your lab.
- FreshRSS: A self-hostable RSS feed aggregator that allows you to keep up with news and blogs without being tracked by centralized platforms or algorithms.
- SearXNG: A privacy-respecting metasearch engine that aggregates results from various search services while stripping out all tracking data and cookies.
- OpenWebUI + Ollama: A pairing that allows you to run powerful Large Language Models (LLMs) entirely locally on your own hardware for private AI assistance.
- Home Assistant: An open-source home automation platform that prioritizes local control, ensuring your smart home data never leaves your network.
- Immich: A high-performance photo (and video) backup & management solution that features local AI-powered facial recognition and organization.
- Kasm Workspaces: A container streaming platform that provides “disposable” browser and desktop sessions to keep your primary OS isolated from web tracking.
- IT-Tools: A comprehensive collection of handy online tools for developers (like formatters and decoders) that you can run locally to protect sensitive code or data.
- UniFi Protect: A professional-grade camera security system that records locally, has no subscription, and can use but does not require the cloud to use.
- NetBird: A zero-trust overlay network built on WireGuard that allows you to securely connect your devices without opening any firewall ports.
- Syncthing: A continuous file synchronization program that syncs files between devices in real time using peer-to-peer encryption.
- Joplin: An open-source note-taking and to-do application that supports end-to-end encryption and syncs via your own self-hosted storage.
- RustDesk: A full-featured remote desktop application designed for self-hosting. It allows you to maintain full control of your data and remote connections without relying on third-party relay servers.