Services

This page shows all the services I have installed on my VPS, and why I have installed them.

Forgejo

I have an account on Codeberg, but there I have to include a licence for each project. So I installed Forgejo on the server. That way, I can upload whatever I want without getting a warning from the administrators/moderators.

FTRSS

Some news feeds that support RSS do not allow you to read the entire news item directly in the RSS reader. With FTRSS (Full-Text RSS), you can, which is really nice.

Unfortunately, the developers now require you to pay for the service, which was previously completely free to install and use. However, I use an older version (3.8) that was released in 2017. It still works perfectly today. But because of this, I am not linking to the project.

GoToSocial

This service is one of the most important ones, as it allows me to participate in a social network (Fediverse). However, because GoToSocial does not currently support relays (may be available in 2025), I have temporarily reactivated my account on Fosstodon.

Jitsi Meet

Ever since I deleted my Discord account at the beginning of the pandemic, I have missed having group video calls with friends and other people. I used Jitsi Meet (https://jitsi.org/jitsi-meet/) for a few meetings with the municipality at the beginning of the pandemic, using the official server. Since then, I've always wanted a server that can handle a lot of people via Jitsi Meet, and now I have that option.

It works perfectly, and I love it! The only thing missing is people to talk to. It happens, but not as often as I would like.

Joplin

Joplin is also one of the services that is important to me. I write down all kinds of ‘stuff’ that I can think of or that I need to write down before a meeting or something similar.

linkding

Having a service that allows you to add, organise, manage and search for your bookmarks is something everyone who frequently surfs the web should have. I used to have Raindrop.io, but I wanted to break free from their closed system (CSS (Closed Source Software)).

I tried keeping everything locally, but then I couldn't access my bookmarks on other devices. I tried LinkWarden, but didn't like the look and how my bookmarks were listed. So I tried linkding and fell in love almost immediately. The search engine is also one of the best I've used in a FOSS project!

It's the perfect combination with the linkding extension.

MAZANOKE

I wanted an online service that would allow me to easily compress images for faster and more secure sharing. After several years of searching, I found MAZANOKE via selfh.st.

Miniflux

When you want to keep up with what's happening around the world from several different news sites, RSS is the way to go. Otherwise, it's very tedious to visit each website individually. That's why I have Miniflux installed on the server and use Miniflutt to read the RSS feed on my phone.

Mumble

Who doesn't need VoIP software that is simple, secure and allows you to quickly start talking to someone? The only thing I miss with Mumble, however, is the ability to let others connect to your server via a web browser, just like with Jitsi Meet.

Opengist

Opengist allows me to easily share a code snippet for simple sharing of my solutions, but also to temporarily show what problems I am having in a web project.

Owncast

I use Owncast when I want others to watch me play, and let them hear the sound. I use OBS Studio for this, but the current settings cause more lag during streaming. Frames per second (fps) can drop by 20-30 fps. Not good.

PeerTube

PeerTube (https://joinpeertube.org) is the only service I haven't installed with Docker. I use it to show videos I have created, mainly my cycling adventures, while all my files are stored on a server that I manage myself.

Plausible

I don't like analytical services if they store personal information about you. Plausible never does that. Keeping track of which pages have received the most visits, from which country, from which device, and so on, is just interesting.

Pingvin Share

When I need to share files with someone, I do so via Pingvin Share. However, the developer of the project has temporarily or permanently stopped developing the service due to lack of time. Nevertheless, Pingvin Share is an incredibly good service that just works.

Piped

I am extremely tired of Google's endless inventions about how they should control what videos you see, when you see them, and how you see them.

First, I tried using youtube-local, which I really liked. But I wanted to use the service when I'm not at home, which turned out to be tricky to set up. I installed Invidious, but that service didn't always work and was also often slow. I liked piped.video and finally installed Piped on my own server.

Readeck

Readeck is a ‘read later’ service that downloads articles you want to read later to your own server, which is really cool. If there are any changes to the article, or if the writer deletes it or whatever, I can still read it from what was in the article when I saved it.

SearxNG

Qwant exists, as does DuckDuckGo, but combining these two with Google, Bing, Yahoo, Wikipedia, and more—perfection! And that's exactly what SearxNG does.

Snappymail

I use Thunderbird on my computers, but I also want to access my email when travelling, regardless of the device I'm using. That's where snappymail comes in.

Snikket

Ever since the 2000s, I've wanted to have my own chat service. But creating one using XMPP is not easy. And when Hund recommended Snikket in 2022/2023, I was immediately interested. I tested the service via his server and liked it so much that I installed Snikket on my own server.

Now I'm trying to switch to it completely, as I'm tired of Telegram. I only use Telegram and Snikket at the moment, and I'm working on deleting my account from Telegram, but unfortunately it's an incredibly slow process.

Many people don't like to ‘downgrade’ to the MSN era. Appearance is apparently the be-all and end-all for far too many people.

Shotshare

When sharing images on a forum, for example, imgur is usually the obvious choice. But it is CSS (Closed Source Software). You never know what is happening in the background, what they are logging and doing.

Shotshare (https://github.com/mdshack/shotshare) works in the same way as Imgur, but your personal data is kept safe. I use Shotshare to share images in forums, but also in chats that are not encrypted and/or via chat services that cannot be trusted (such as Bottled).

Vaultwarden

The third service is important to me, if not the most important! Organising your login details and being able to access them from any device is a real joy. I initially had an account with Bitwarden (https://bitwarden.com) and paid annually to unlock more features and support the project. However, I appreciate the concept of self-installation, so I installed Vaultwarden (https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden).