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What are your favorite low-footprint self-hosted services? (sopuli.xyz)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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Hello everyone!

I recently switched my Android phone to a custom ROM, and while setting things up, I wanted push notifications without relying on Google. That’s how I discovered UnifiedPush.

Really liking the concept, I decided to rent a small VPS (1 vCPU, 2GB RAM) and started hosting NTFY. So far, it's been working great. Over time, I’ve added a few more services like FreshRSS and Audiobookshelf.

All of this is just for personal use, so the resource usage is minimal (the whole setup only uses around 500MB of RAM). I really enjoy how much value you can get out of such a small machine.

That brings me to my question:

What other lightweight, self-hostable tools would you recommend? I’m especially interested in small, resource-efficient services that you’ve personally found useful.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions!

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[–] 36 points 6 months ago (7 children)

MeTube, for when my friends send me a video on a service I don't use (facebook, instagram, tiktok). It supports a lot of sites.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (1 child)

    Any advantages over using Seal for Android? Is it primarily for iPhone users?

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago

    Just checked out Seal. My impression:

    It uses the same backend as MeTube (yt-dlp), so they have the same capability as far as website support and file formats.

    Seal looks like a good option if you don't have access to your home network or if you don't have a dedicated machine to host things.

    I still prefer MeTube because it's a web UI that I can access from any machine. I use a VPN to stay connected to my house so I could still use MeTube while away.

    Is it primarily for iPhone users?

    MeTube is just a web UI, not a phone app. It is accessible by any device that can see the local IP and port of the host machine.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    I have metube configured to download into a directory that jellyfin watches as a library, organized in folders by the channel name and then prefixed with the publish date. It works so insanely well and it makes it so easy to watch videos with friends.

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