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What are your favorite low-footprint self-hosted services? (sopuli.xyz)
submitted 3 weeks ago by tofu_oligarch@sopuli.xyz to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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Hello everyone!

I recently switched my Android phone to a custom ROM, and while setting things up, I wanted push notifications without relying on Google. That’s how I discovered UnifiedPush.

Really liking the concept, I decided to rent a small VPS (1 vCPU, 2GB RAM) and started hosting NTFY. So far, it's been working great. Over time, I’ve added a few more services like FreshRSS and Audiobookshelf.

All of this is just for personal use, so the resource usage is minimal (the whole setup only uses around 500MB of RAM). I really enjoy how much value you can get out of such a small machine.

That brings me to my question:

What other lightweight, self-hostable tools would you recommend? I’m especially interested in small, resource-efficient services that you’ve personally found useful.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions!

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[-] ApocolypticGopher@infosec.pub 2 points 3 weeks ago

Small static websites. You can get surprisingly performant and easily managed websites if you don't actually need the overhead of common frameworks. For instance giving your kid a real domain they can update and show to their friends.

On the slightly more resource intensive side, OpnSense has been a game changer for me.

[-] confusedpuppy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 weeks ago

For blogs I found two interesting projects that are super minimal. BashWrite uses only bash and sed commands but it seems to be no longer under development.

Another bash script that seems to have more development activity is BSSG. This one requires a markdown processor such as cmark or pandoc but it's still quite minimal.

I love minimalism and writing scripts so these two projects really interest me.

[-] ApocolypticGopher@infosec.pub 2 points 3 weeks ago

Well now you've got me trying BSSG :p

[-] Pika@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 weeks ago

I'm in the process of switching from ipfire to opnsense myself.

I hate how bloaty opnsense is at first glance but it has so much more control so once I copy my current config I'll be leaving ipfire in the dust.

[-] ApocolypticGopher@infosec.pub 1 points 3 weeks ago

Nice. Haven't tried IpFire but gonna give it a look. Been on OpnSense for a couple years now and have been enjoying it.

[-] poVoq@slrpnk.net -1 points 3 weeks ago

I think you will be back at Ipfire soon. OPNsense is a confusing mess and while IPfire certainly has its issues, at least it is easy to understand and it does what it is supposed to.

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