Any to-do app that supports recurrence with:

• the next due date based on completion date for things like mowing the lawn, replacing filters, etc.
• annual due dates for things like a spring check-up

I use Vikunja, but I think Donetick would be perfect for your use case! It has a log of task completions and fulfills both bullets above.

But compared to Google and not owning your data? It’s SO much better, not that it’s really a fair comparison.

Sorry your experience has been so bad. I’m using the LinuxServer.io version. I’ve had to run some OCC commands when upgrading and it’s sometimes slow, but for me it syncs my files and does version control + sharing well.

Nextcloud is awesome, you should definitely still use it. It’s really big and has its issues when upgrading, but it’s still one of—if not the—best for file sync and share.

Easy Docker solutions:

• https://hub.docker.com/r/nextcloud/all-in-one
• https://docs.linuxserver.io/images/docker-nextcloud/

My two cents: try it yourself but don’t start using their app store until you’ve gotten a better feel for things. They have some great app store apps, but it makes you dependent on Nextcloud.

Have you considered Kanban apps? All of them should support A+C. I’ve used Wekan and Kanboard. Hope this helps your searching!

Caddy has this feature built-in. It looks nice too.

recipes.local {
	root * /srv
	file_server
}

https://caddyserver.com/docs/caddyfile/directives/file_server

There’s also File Browser.

wg-easy

Agree, highly recommend this and/or Tailscale.

Great list! If you already have the Raspberry Pi devices, great. If you were going to buy some, I would look at thin clients instead. Low-power, cheaper, more powerful, can use real hard drives instead of SD cards or adapters, and x86 instead of ARM. I have an HP T630 I like but I hear good things about the Dell Wyse 5070 too.

I really like Vikunja and use it individually both personally and professionally. It meets all of your criteria except tracking hours. They have a nice demo too: https://try.vikunja.io/.

I was going to say that Finamp doesn’t support offline filtering by artists, but when looking for the open issue I just found out the beta does support this! Awesome!

As others have said, Nextcloud for files/calendar and Tailscale for VPN is your answer.

Nextcloud can be installed in several ways, one of which is Docker Compose. Docker Compose is flexible but requires learning a bit, although you can use it for most self-hosted software.

I have a T630 as well. It’s currently running 26 Docker containers without issue. I love it.

I can share the script on GitHub if anyone is interested. Among other things, it converts funds to their value at the time of the transaction and adds additional transactions to reflect capital gains and losses. This allows Metabase to accurately report net worth over time.

Docker + Caddy (for reverse proxy) fits most use cases IMO. I really like this person’s approach: https://github.com/DoTheEvo/selfhosted-apps-docker. They use Docker networks to avoid unnecessary port mapping - it’s a very clean method.

I really want this too. Neither Actual nor Firefly III support stocks/funds (open issues for Actual and for Firefly III.

I use GnuCash for my transactions, which I manually export from my accounts as QFX files. Although GnuCash has support for tracking fund values and generating reports, I do this with a custom Python script and Metabase instead.

We’ve integrated a new REST API and embedded web server directly into the pihole-FTL binary. This eliminates the need for lighttpd and PHP, reducing the installation footprint and boosting performance.

Very nice!

Stalwart is gaining momentum. I haven’t used it, but it’s worth a look. https://stalw.art/

• Docker: You can practice on your main computer before complicating things with networking.
• How to set up a reverse proxy: DNS, certificates, etc. I recommend Caddy.
• Backups: If you use Docker Volumes, make sure you back those up too and test the backups.

To self-host, you do not need to know how to code.

I host Caddy and Vaultwarden using Docker. The traffic into the reverse proxy, Caddy, works over port 443, not 1808 or 1443. Using the Caddyfile, you can tell Caddy which port to send the traffic over.

Caddy docker-compose.yml

services:
  caddy:
    ports:
      - "80:80"
      - "443:443"

Caddyfile, although there are other ways to do this

*.example.com {
        @vaultwarden host vaultwarden.example.com
        handle @vaultwarden {
                reverse_proxy :11808
        }

Vaultwarden docker-compose.yml

services:
  vaultwarden:
    ports:
      - 11808:80

I think it’s cool you’re trying to find ways to get into this. If the goal is to learn, why not deploy the services on your laptop? They won’t be available when the computer is off of course, but you would still get the full experience. Even a low-spec laptop will be better than a cheap VPS.