Links
Links to websites, self-hosted apps and other cool online things that I use. I'm constantly adding to this as I find new things I consider worth sharing!
- CSS Icon websiteSimple icon set made with pure CSS code, no dependencies, just grab and go.
- Perfect Media Server websiteA handy site for self-hosters that documents the many aspects of building a media server using Free and Open Source Software. I referenced it myself when setting up my current home server.
- CSS Gradient Generator websiteA fantastic and easy-to-use gradient generator for your CSS, made by Josh Comeau. (Whose blog you should also check out.)
- CSS Shadow Palette Generator websiteAnother great tool made by Josh Comeau to generate shadows for CSS.
- Pangolin self-hostedOpen-source, identity-based remote access platform built on WireGuard. Self-hosted alternative to Tailscale and Zero Tier.
- Slashpages websiteA list common pages you can add to your website, usually with a standard root-level slug like /now, /about, or /uses.
- omg.lol serviceFor $20 a year you get a subdomain at omg.lol along with a bunch of services including a simple webpage, an @omg.lol email address, access to the social.lol Mastodon instance, and much more with new things added all the time!
- Racknerd Tracker websiteThis helpful site lists all special sales and regularly priced VPS, hosting and server products offered by RackNerd.
- Mergerfs self-hostedA union filesystem that makes multiple storage devices or filesystems appear as a single unified directory.
- Random Password Generator websiteHandy tool from Bitwarden to quickly generate a random password or passphrase.
- Tailscale serviceA mesh VPN service that makes it easy to connect devices across networks through encrypted WireGuard tunnels.
- Devpicker websiteCollection of tools and online resources for web developers and designers.
- Garage self-hostedSelf-hosted S3-compatible object store. Alternative to MinIO, which is now in maintenance mode.
- Material Design Icons websiteThis is where I get most of my icons, including for this site.
- I Can Haz IP? websiteGo here and get your IP address. No ads, not even any HTML, just the IP. Great for use with curl and wget.
- FileBrower Quantum self-hostedA web-based graphical file browser for Linux servers.
- Gluetun self-hostedVPN client in a container that works with multiple VPN providers.
- Dozzle self-hostedA realtime log viewer for containers, supports Docker and K8s.
- Jellyfin self-hostedA personal media server for your videos, like Plex though with less slick UI, but it's fully open-source with no paid features.
- Plex self-hostedA personal media server that provides a slick Netflix-like frontend for all your videos, automatically grabbing metadata, generating posters, etc. However, Plex is closed-source and they some lock features behind Plex Pass.
- Tautulli self-hostedA web app that you can run alongside your Plex Media Server to monitor activity and track various statistics.
- IT-Tools self-hostedA suite of online tools for developers and IT professionals. Use the website or self-host it as a Docker container.
- Paperless self-hostedA document management system that transforms your physical documents into a searchable online archive so you can keep less paper.
- Jellystats self-hostedA monitoring and statistics app like Tautulli, but for Jellyfin.
- Stirling PDF self-hostedSelf-hosted web app that allows you to perform various operations on PDF files.
- Dockge self-hostedGUI to manage container stacks via Docker Compose, created by the person who made Uptime-Kuma.
- Forgejo self-hostedA self-hosted GitHub alternative. Fork of Gitea.
- Home Assistant self-hostedOpen-source home automation platform that puts local control and privacy first. Usable as a dedicated OS, a Docker container or you can purchase an appliance with it installed.
- Scrutiny self-hostedSelf-hosted S.M.A.R.T. monitoring with historical trends and real-world failure thresholds.
- Cockpit self-hostedA web-based graphical interface for managing Linux servers.
- Kavita self-hostedA self-hosted ebook server and web-based reader with a slick UI.
- Nginx Proxy Manager self-hostedDocker container app that lets you easily manage a reverse proxy through a GUI.
- OpenGist self-hostedA self-hosted pastebin powered by Git, open-source alternative to Github Gist.
- Speedtest Tracker self-hostedSelf-hosted app that runs in Docker which does an Ookla speedtest every hour (though it can be scheduled however you like) and plots it to the chart, so you can see differences in speed and ping over time on pretty graphs.
- Decomposerize websiteThis site does the opposite of Composerize, you paste in a YAML from a Docker Compose file and it gets converted into a Docker Run command.
- Uptime-Kuma self-hostedA self-hosted uptime monitoring solution, free and open source alternative to Uptime Robot.
- Pi-Hole self-hostedSelf-hosted network-wide DNS sinkhole, can block many ads on most devices through the use of community-maintained block lists. This was my first self-hosted app and what got me into self-hosting!
- Coolors websiteUltra-fast and super intuitive color palette generator.
- Composerize websiteThis site lets you paste in a Docker Run command and convert it into YAML syntax for Docker Compose files.
- CSS Filter Generator websiteConvert hex or RGB color codes into CSS filter properties, handy for figuring out how to apply colors to SVGs.
- Rsyncinator websiteUse a GUI to create complex rsync commands then copy & paste it directly into your terminal.
- Font Awesome websiteA good icon library with a decent free selection, but they also have "premium" icon styles that are locked behind a paywall.
- Iconify websiteHosts many different open-source icon sets available to use in your websites and apps.
- PWA Image Generator websiteUpload an image and have it converted into the different sizes and formats necessary for a PWA. Part of the PWA Builder web apps, my most used part for sure.
- PWA Builder websiteA suite of tools to help you build PWAs, from beginning to publishing on an app store, and everything in-between.
- nekoCalc websiteA bunch of useful CSS typography (and also non-webdev) calculators including for golden ratio, px to em or rem (and vice versa), etc.
- JSON to YAML websiteA site that lets you write either JSON or YAML and auto-convert it to the other format.
- SVG Favicon Generator websiteAn upgraded version of Real Favicon Generator that accepts only SVGs, but generates both light and dark theme favicon SVGs from it!
- LayoutIt websiteA set of handy tools for front-end web development. I find their CSS Generator particularly useful!
- Real Favicon Generator websiteA tool that generates favicons from a JPEG, PNG or SVG image you upload.
- UI Goodies websiteA site that brings together the best web design resources in one place.
- Realtime Colors websiteVery cool site that you test different color palettes and see the changes in real time.
- Meta Tags Toolkit websiteGenerate, preview and edit meta tags for your website.
- Crontab Guru websiteA quick and simple editor for cron schedule expressions.
- What is my viewport? websiteShows the viewport of the browser window and updates the size in real time when you resize the window.
- Image Color Picker websiteSite that lets you drag and drop an image to extract the HEX and RGB colors it uses.
- Chmod Calculator websiteCheck boxes to choose Linux permissions and show the numeric value (e.g. 777) or symbolic notation (e.g. rwxrwxrwx) for those permissions.