This hasn’t been asked in a while, and I really loved reading the last discussion so I’m hoping to kick it off again and see what has changed!

What I’d like to know is:

- What specific products do you wish you could host on your own infrastructure, but the product does not offer such a deployment method

- Do you or would you use the product without being able to self-host? I.E. In its current state

- Do you think your employer, if any, holds the same opinions?

  • amarao_san@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    ChatGPT. I want it to have full access to my mail, contacts, photos, videos, git repositories, and I want to be sure it’s not leaving my premises not matter what. I want to say ‘find my letter to my former boss where I was talking about infra’, and it find the letter where is no word ‘boss’, ‘infra’, or ‘former’, and it is the letter I was searching.

  • borouhin@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Any MDM solution. All self-hosted options that were available (onemdm, flyve) are dead. I’m my own employer, so we definitely agree everything should be self-hosted :)

    • sarosan@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Sadly, there will never be a truly self-hosted solution given how the devices in question rely on Google, Samsung, Microsoft or Apple servers to be active and available on initial enrollment. The control plane can be on-prem, but the actual enforcement is done through built-in management APIs that depend on external services.

      That said, I created my own zero-cost MDM solution by leveraging Android Enterprise APIs along with Samsung Knox. There’s no pretty UI though - everything is done through API calls using Postman. Enrollment is achieved by scanning a QR code on the device’s first boot. I’m managing ~450 Samsung tablets and a dozen mobile phones using this approach.

      • J-B02@alien.topBEnglish
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        11 months ago

        I use the self hosted ManageEngine MDM at work and really like it

    • thecomputerguy7@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      There was TacticalRMM but there was some controversy around a crypto miner baked into a private installer. Thought of trying it in my isolated network, but can’t decide how I feel about it.

      • BMT-TEAM@alien.topBEnglish
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        11 months ago

        Organic Maps

        We are using it for managing 250-300 devices (Win Desktop, Win Server, MacOS, Linux based Server and Desktop). So far we love it (no mote TeamViewer and Anydesk since it’s using MeshCentral). What is missing (as a major component) - reporting. Still you can create/build your own reporting since there is a good API. Reporting is almost there (crossing fingers)

  • k_717@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    An alternative to ring, wish I could self host the video recordings from the doorbell camera.

  • Acayukes@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Self-hosted alternative to Google Street View (with the ability to upload own street views of course).

  • sevlonbhoi1@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Google maps alternative that’s as good as Google maps. Its the only service left that has kept me from degoogling 100%

  • I_Arman@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Something like Steam. I’ve got a bunch of old games and other software, CDs, floppy images, etc., with registration keys and so forth (sometimes multiples), as well as newer stuff I got through Humble Bundle, or even various free/open source games, servers, etc., but installing them can be a pain. I’d like something that could host the files, list the games, and install them on a whim, along with self-hosted “cloud” storage so I can switch between computers easily. I already use Steam, of course, but it doesn’t host my old games, at least not without paying them for the privilege. My boss… Would probably be interested, actually. Not business related, but still.

    • seniorducker@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      There was something released a while back similar to what you’re after. It had a funny name, I think it was crack pipe and then they changed it due to well the name of it but I can’t for the life of me remember what it was

      • Alfagun74@alien.topBEnglish
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        11 months ago

        Hi, GameVault developer here. Can confirm. It’s exactly what you are looking for.

        • PhReeKun@alien.topBEnglish
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          11 months ago

          Could I use a MariaDB for this? Already have one setup with backups etc, would rather use that, than also setup a postgres with backups

  • Girgoo@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Want to selfhost AI assistent with that can work with my desktop OS.

  • Ronbruins@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    A proper inventory system. Homebox still too limited and others are to complex or too much asset management focused.