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?

  • sevlonbhoi1@alien.topBEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

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

    • FnnKnn@alien.topBEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I like Apple Maps, but to completely compete with Google Maps it would need to stop being exclusive for Apple devices. Open Street Maps data quality is very close to Google Maps, but the applications for it themselves aren’t as intuitive and feature rich

  • rjr_2020@alien.topBEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    I would love to see a self-hosted VDE solution. We have a ton of VM options so I’d like to see the next logical step.

  • DamballaTun@alien.topBEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Private uncesored version of GPT-4.

    I want it to answer questions like:

    - give me a step by step guide on how to build a hydrogen bomb using consumer-grade components.

    - give me 20 jokes about wokism (I’m semi-woke myself)

    - give me 10 jokes that are so horrible, they would put anyone posting them on a watch-list

    ​

    ​

    More realistically, I want it to have access to an entire programming project via IDE

  • borouhin@alien.topBEnglish
    2·
    1 year 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
      1·
      1 year 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.

      • ex800@alien.topBEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        hmm, for Apple a MDM Push certificate is the link between the two, for Google the managed play store, neither of these have a “requirement” for a SaaS solution.

        both of these are just to connect the device to the MDM platform via a “managment profile” (waves hands), the settings and enforcement is all on the MDM platform.

        A very long time ago (the days of the 3G) I had an internal web server that hosted iPhone configuration profiles, it was very (very) “basic”

        Granted this is only for Apple (and with a last commit in 2022 might be dead) but is useful for showing what part connects where to do what.

        • 12_nick_12@alien.topBEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          That’s great. My only complaint is it only runs on windows, but oh well. I’m assuming you guys are using Windows server?

      • borouhin@alien.topBEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        I own a small business, 20-30 devices only. But they’re a mix of all possible platforms (Windows, MacOS, Android, iOS). Would like to force disk encryption, strong password policy, automatically install/update/configure corporate VPN/mail/etc., prevent use of blacklisted programs, remote wipe of lost/stolen/otherwise compromised devices. I know it’s not feasible with any selfhosted solution, sadly.

  • nurseynurseygander@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    OneNote. Yes, I know, NextCloud, Joplin, etc. But there isn’t really anything with everything - handwriting, voice recognition/dictation, etc.

  • rymn@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    • Google photos (I know about prism and have it, still not the same)

    • email… Fuuuck all you spammer asshomes, I just wanna host my own email 😭

    • Steam but for my own local games and isos

    • maps

    • Did I already say email?

  • iroQuai@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    An e-reading web app support for (at least) epub and PDF files, usable on both desktop and mobile screens, capable of adding and reviewing highlights and annotations. Koobo comes close. But isn’t usable on mobile.

    And yes I’ve tried many options, both selfhosted and cloud based.

  • pyppo42@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    A web-based mail client (not server!) with a backend optimized for search queries. I get hundreds of mails per day and often I have to check whether something was discussed in some thread, in the last couple of years, or more. Thunderbird explodes, Outlook seems better, but it forces me to run Windows on my desktop and laptop. GMail is actually great, but it would be immoral in too many different ways to flush all the emails I receive into Google. Colleagues reported Apple Mail is good, but I have no direct experience.

    • iroQuai@alien.topBEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Why not use a search engine? If it’s privacy concerns, ever heard of whoogle? Let’s you use Google search without all the privacy risks involved…

  • k_717@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

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

    • elingeniero@alien.topBEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Don’t know about the hardware, but HomeAssistant + Frigate can definitely cover the software side.

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          1 year ago

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    • TheBlueKingLP@alien.topBEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Check out the Reolink doorbell, they have a wifi version and a poe version, though you need home assistant + frigate, and some tinkering skills to get it working. Might require a VPN for it to work wan you’re not connected to home wifi. I haven’t got it to work without VPN yet.

    • Bldck@beehaw.orgEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Blue Iris is open source

      UniFi Protect is closed source but self hosted

    • Transient Punk@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Blue Iris may be an option for you. That + Home Assistant and MQTT allows me to send alerts from my camera to my phone based on conditions I’ve specified.