Self hosted

JetKVM Mini packs a full KVM-over-IP into a 42mm aluminum shell for $39, shipping October 26, 2026. Its remote access runs through a cloud dashboard and Tailscale - here is what happens when WebRTC gets blocked, and how to open a backup path with a plain SSH tunnel.

Imbue's new open-source personal cloud platform packages containerized self-hosted apps behind one login and one router. It's a genuinely different take on self-hosting, but its own docs admit the networking story isn't solved yet - here's the gap and how to close it today.

Your ISP put you behind Carrier-Grade NAT, so port forwarding is dead. Here is how to reach Home Assistant, Frigate, Zigbee2MQTT, ESPHome and Node-RED from outside the house using an outbound tunnel, including the trusted_proxies settings that Home Assistant needs before it will answer.

git.kernel.org now spends more CPU rendering pages for AI training scrapers than on every git clone and legitimate visit combined. Here's what the numbers say, why proof-of-work challenges like Anubis are winning and losing at the same time, and what it means for anyone running their own infrastructure.

OpenLogi remaps Logitech mice over HID++ with no account, no telemetry, and no 200MB installer. Here's what it does well, what's still rough, and the AI-authorship debate around it.

Cal.com went closed source in April 2026. Here are the open-source, self-hostable Calendly alternatives that took its place - Cal.diy, Easy!Appointments, Tymeslot, Rallly and more - with licenses, versions, and a tested Docker plus Pinggy setup.

GNOME's built-in RDP Remote Login solves unattended access on Wayland. Pair it with a Pinggy TCP tunnel to reach it from anywhere, no VPN or VPS required.

Compare the best open source, self-hostable alternatives to Slack and Discord in 2026 - Rocket.Chat, Mattermost, Zulip, Matrix/Element, Stoat, and Spacebar - with licenses, system requirements, and how to expose your instance with Pinggy.

Meetily picked up 2,500+ GitHub stars in a day with a self-hosted AI meeting assistant. Here's what it does, how the Rust/Whisper/Ollama stack fits together, and how to share a running instance with Pinggy.

VoxCPM2 is a 2B-parameter open-source TTS model with voice cloning, voice design from a text description, and a drop-in OpenAI-compatible API. Here's how to run it on your local GPU and expose it publicly with Pinggy.