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Happy new year! Despite being a busy week in software development (35+ new project launches in today's newsletter!), I found the news cycle to be a bit slow (I blame Stranger Things and Indiana's CFB dominance). In lieu of this, enjoy a brief list of resolutions I've made on behalf of the self-hosted community for 2026: - Projects will no longer be named ending in arr or rr
- Projects will no longer be rebranded as The AI <blank> Platform
- Projects will no longer brand themselves as modern or opinionated
- Users will stop the barrage of AI slop accusations at the first sign of emojis
- Users will stop suggesting Linux as a realistic alternative to Windows for non-technical users
- Users will stop referring to Docker containers as dockers
- Users will stop brown-nosing developers with 'appreciation' posts and begin regularly donating to projects instead
- Dan Brown (of BookStack fame) will finally rename his feed aggregation project to something less generic than RSS
If you missed it, I also published a comprehensive list of (almost) every new project launch covered by this newsletter in 2025, as well as a growing list of self-hosted tools that offer year-in-review-styled statistics: Other HighlightsHappy selfh.st/ing! Newswire
Software Updates
- BentoPDF v1.15.1 | PDF: Office/PDF conversion support, improved compression, enhanced image support, new Markdown and text tools, support for ebook and comics, data extraction/AI-ready tools
- Bichon v0.2.0 | Archive: Multi-user support, role-based access control, date-based e-mail fetching, encryption password file support, internationalization, search/UI enhancements
- BudgetBoard v3.1.0 | Budgeting: Localization support, customizable net worth card, updated light/dark themes
- CWA Book Downloader v0.4.0 | Downloads: Config migrated to new settings UI, universal search mode, SOCKS5 proxy support
- FileRise v2.12.0 | File Management: Dual-pane mode, keyboard shortcuts, folder summary pill, modal accessibility helpers
- Findroid v1.0.0 | Media Streaming: Complete interface redesign, media segments API support for skipping intros, outros, and credits
- Jotty v1.15.0 | Note-Taking: Translations, 2FA/SSO support, user and admin audit logs, redesigned settings, skip note creation modal, setting to disable note visibility for admins
- Karakeep v0.30.0 | Read Later: 2025 wrapped feature, PDF archives, unified reader settings, improved metadata extraction, custom user avatars, AI settings customization
- NetBird v0.61.0 | VPN: Fine-grained SSH access controls, automatic client updates
- Postiz v2.11.0 | Social Media: Complete redesign of the post creation modal, WebP image upload support
- Poznote v1.20.0 | Note-Taking: Improved UI to reduce clutter, folder move support, Markdown math rendering
- RomM v4.5.0 | Gaming: Netplay support for playing with friends on the same instance, store multiple notes per game, metadata locale selection
- Rybbit v2.3.0 | Web Analytics: Official API and interactive query builder, revamped user profiles, improved user identification, larger session replay player, SimpleAnalytics/Umami imports
- Streamystats v2.15.0 | Media Streaming: Create private/public watchlists, global search, almost-done series heatmaps, infer watched items
- Termix v1.10.0 | Server Management: Docker container management, RBAC support, SOCKS5 support, terminal highlighting, host notes field, sudo password autofill, sidebar sorting, new languages
- Tracktor v1.1.0 | Vehicles: Comprehensive internationalization, enhanced customization capabilities, improved vehicle management, UI/UX refinements
- XPipe v20.0 | Server Management: AWS system support, SSH key generation, connection tags, reworked jump server config, updated Tailscale integration, split terminals, vault groups
- Zerobyte v0.20.0 | Backups: Custom cron expressions for schedules, rename repositories, increased default timeout, file sizes in explorer
New Software
- aMule Web Controller | Downloads: Real-time web interface for managing aMule
- Anchorr | Requests: Discord bot for requesting media via Jellyseerr with support for notifications
- Ariami | Music Streaming: Cross-platform self-hosted music app
- Audiio | Music Streaming: Privacy-first music streaming platform
- Cartero | Content Aggregation: Content aggregation and distribution service
- Classifarr | *arr: Intelligent media classification based on predefined rules and historical corrections
- Dashlet | Dashboard: Clean, modular dashboard for self-hosted services
- Doppelganger | Automation: Developer-focused browser automation and extraction tool
- Episeerr | *arr: Smart episode management for Sonarr
- EPUB BookPrep | Books: Stateless web tool for preparing clean, standards-compliant EPUB metadata
- Flix | Media Streaming: Plex-powered artwork screensaver for Android TV
- Homescreen Hero | Media Streaming: Plex home screen management via automatically rotating collections
- Inkheart | PDF: PDF library indexer and reader
- Invoice Builder | Accounting: Offline invoicing and quotes for freelancers and small businesses
- JDownloader Shell | Downloads: Control and manage JDownloader from a terminal
- Keeper | Calendar: Simple calendar syncing tool
- Kopia Alternate UI | Frontend: Alternative frontend for Kopia
- Lidify | Music Streaming: Music streaming with vibe matching and weekly discovery
- Low Tide | Downloads: Single-node web app for managing media downloads
- neTV | IPTV: Minimal web interface for IPTV streams
- Nimbus | Dashboard: Customizable homelab dashboard
- NodeCast TV | IPTV: Modern, web-based IPTV player
- NovaRadio | Internet Radio: Content management system for internet radio stations with AzuraCast integration
- Pepperminto | Support / Ticketing: Community-maintained fork of the Peppermint (issue management and help desk solution)
- Plex Wrapped | Year-in-Review: Personalized year-in-review experience for Plex users
- qBittorrent Telegram Bot | Downloads: Lightweight Telegram bot for reporting qBittorrent download statuses
- qbitwebui | Frontend: Lightweight web interface for qBittorrent
- Rivulet | Media Streaming: Native tvOS video streaming app for Plex with live TV support
- Rockstar Newswire Tracker | News: Track the latest Rockstar Games Newswire updates and post updates to Discord or local RSS
- Safebucket | File Sharing: Secure file sharing platform with support for cloud storage
- Shelfarr | Audiobooks: Audiobook cleanup tool with support for Audiobookshelf
- Sonorium | Ambient Sounds: Ambient soundscape mixer for Home Assistant
- Sortifyr | Music: Web app for organizing and automating Spotify playlists
- Sportarr | *arr: Sports PVR for Usenet and torrents
- SubTUI | Music Streaming: Lightweight terminal music player for Subsonic-compatible servers
- Tome | Books: Book tracking web app with Calibre database integration
- Voux | Web Analytics: View counter for blogs and websites
- Yubal | Downloads: YouTube Music album downloader with Spotify metadata auto-tagging
- Zenex CMS | Content Management: Minimal content management system inspired by Zenblog
Recently Discovered
- Atlas | Networking: Network discovery, visualization, and monitoring
- Nginx UI | Frontend: Yet another NGINX web interface
- Surmai | Travel: Personal and family travel organizer
- Tracearr | Media Streaming: Streaming access manager for Plex, Jellyfin, and Emby
Project Updates
Compose Craft | Deployment
License: Fair Core 1.0 --> MIT
Cr*nMaster | Task Scheduling
License: None --> AGPL-3.0
RSSHub | RSS
License: MIT --> AGPL-3.0
Content SpotlightMeet Tugtainer, a self-hosted platform for monitoring and managing Docker image updates. With Tugtainer, users are given a minimal web interface with a list of running containers and the ability to automatically (scheduled) or manually trigger update checks (with the option to only apply them to individual containers). Features include support for remote hosts, socket proxy support, Crontab scheduling, notifications, per-container configuration, private registries, and image pruning. Tugtainer can be easily deployed via Docker and requires a separate agent when deploying across remote machines.
Links: Source Code Videos and PodcastsCommand Line CornerUse id -u to display your user's numeric ID from the command line: $ id -u
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