Open-source home cloud OS allows you to run Docker applications without coding (opens in new tab)

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sneak4y ago· 9 in thread

Self-host your own stuff! Join us on centralized, logged-forever, not-end-to-end-encrypted Discord to chat about it!

I do this for my open-source self-hosted project. The reality is that Discord provides a good experience, with good controls for a community, in a way that's friendly and easy to access for many. Additionally it saves me the hassle of hosting something.

I don't see it that differently to using GitHub for hosting the code. In terms of privacy at least it's fairly clear to users, wanting to chat, that their data and content will be owned by discord. Users have the choice to enter the chat or not, it's not required to browse the website or use the software.

sneak4y ago

Anything web-based is easy to access for many. I wasn't suggesting IRC, just avoiding corporate spyware (the same reason we self-host).

Using GitHub is also bad, for similar reasons, even leaving aside the fact that Microsoft provides services to those who operate concentration camps.

Gitea, Mattermost, and Discourse (not Discord), all self-hosted, will serve your community better in the long run.

ranger_danger4y ago

github is not privacy-friendly either.

cfjgvjh4y ago

I get what you're saying, but since Discord is often used for technical/community support, it probably is a low-friction way for people new to the homeserver stuff to get help and learn more. I know many of my normie friends would never use IRC, even if it was E2E encrypted and kept no logs.

pmontra4y ago

My experience with Discord is that I hate to search for past content on it. I had to do it a couple of times because Google / Stackoverflow didn't return anything but burying the solution to a problem in a chat doesn't look good. IRC had the same problem. For some reason Slack is a bit better at it, maybe because I only use Slack for customers' projects so I know what to expect.

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agentdrtran4y ago

a decentralized, unlogged, e2ee chat system nobody uses is worse.

ori_b4y ago

Hence the suggestion to remedy the lack of use by using them.

zaptheimpaler4y ago

Does chatting on a discord somehow push all your local cloud photos and files to the internet? No? Yeah, its not a big deal. Discord is by far the best chat tool today.

ranger_danger4y ago

also blindly install with curl | bash

ClumsyPilot4y ago· 1 in thread

This is cool, but I've seen a few projects in similar theme, and it has not been obvious to someone who is new to self-hosting what are the pros and cons of this, trueNas, NextCloud, unraid, openmedia vault

ronnier4y ago

Unraid is closed source. That’s fine, it’s an amazing product and I’m happy to pay for it. But they are increasingly adding cloud bits to it. Like a profile required to sign into when activating the product. More cloud features are on the way. I’m fine paying subscription fee. But I don’t want my home server cloud connected.

Havoc4y ago

Oh wow - wasn't expecting to see this on HN.

Icewhale is doing a custom dev board - zimaboard - and this is their sideproject as best as I can tell. Think they may have gotten bored halfway through waiting for chip shortage to go away.

remisharrock4y ago

I installed the alternative https://yunohost.org/ and I'm very happy with it, but now I want to try this one!

pengaru4y ago

https://freedomboxfoundation.org/

butz4y ago

Are there any measures that might prevent users from installing docker applications containing malware, e.g. mining scripts? It is very important to at least communicate risks to users in coding-less solutions.

ocdtrekkie4y ago

Always glad to see more entries in the "home server" space. I definitely wouldn't agree there aren't any out there already, but every new one opens up the practice to more people.

questiondev4y ago

that looks really nice, might have to spin one up

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sneak4y ago· 9 in thread

Self-host your own stuff! Join us on centralized, logged-forever, not-end-to-end-encrypted Discord to chat about it!

ssddanbrown4y ago

sneak4y ago

Anything web-based is easy to access for many. I wasn't suggesting IRC, just avoiding corporate spyware (the same reason we self-host).

Using GitHub is also bad, for similar reasons, even leaving aside the fact that Microsoft provides services to those who operate concentration camps.

Gitea, Mattermost, and Discourse (not Discord), all self-hosted, will serve your community better in the long run.

ranger_danger4y ago

github is not privacy-friendly either.

cfjgvjh4y ago

pmontra4y ago

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agentdrtran4y ago

a decentralized, unlogged, e2ee chat system nobody uses is worse.

ori_b4y ago

Hence the suggestion to remedy the lack of use by using them.

zaptheimpaler4y ago

Does chatting on a discord somehow push all your local cloud photos and files to the internet? No? Yeah, its not a big deal. Discord is by far the best chat tool today.

ranger_danger4y ago

also blindly install with curl | bash

ClumsyPilot4y ago· 1 in thread

ronnier4y ago

Havoc4y ago

Oh wow - wasn't expecting to see this on HN.

Icewhale is doing a custom dev board - zimaboard - and this is their sideproject as best as I can tell. Think they may have gotten bored halfway through waiting for chip shortage to go away.

remisharrock4y ago

I installed the alternative https://yunohost.org/ and I'm very happy with it, but now I want to try this one!

pengaru4y ago

https://freedomboxfoundation.org/

butz4y ago

ocdtrekkie4y ago

Always glad to see more entries in the "home server" space. I definitely wouldn't agree there aren't any out there already, but every new one opens up the practice to more people.

questiondev4y ago

that looks really nice, might have to spin one up

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