Tag: open source

Two FreeBSD firewall distros, one bitter fork. pfSense vs OPNsense in 2026 — which one to pick for your home lab, and why the licensing drama still matters.

ModSecurity 3 is end-of-life and Coraza is the open-source successor — Go-native, faster, and friendlier. Here's the migration story and what actually changes.

Appwrite is an open-source Firebase alternative you can self-host — databases, auth, storage, and functions without vendor lock-in.

BookStack uses a strict book/chapter hierarchy; Wiki.js is a linked web of pages. Both run in Docker with LDAP/SSO — pick the right one for your homelab.

LLaMA, Mistral, Falcon, GPT — the LLM landscape is crowded. Compare model families, sizes, licensing, and what each is actually good for.

Self-host Nextcloud in Docker with persistent storage and a reverse proxy — your own Google Drive without the Google.

LiteLLM proxies every LLM — local or cloud — behind one OpenAI-compatible endpoint. Pair it with vLLM for GPU-backed serving and ditch the SDK sprawl.

MinIO Community Edition was archived April 25, 2026. Here's why Garage (AGPL, Rust, NLnet-funded) is the right self-hosted S3 replacement and how to migrate.

NocoDB wraps any SQL database in a spreadsheet UI — self-host an Airtable alternative on top of MySQL, PostgreSQL, or SQLite with Docker.

Scan your containers and dependency trees with trivy, grype, syft, and osv-scanner. Generate SBOMs and catch CVEs before a supply chain attack catches you.

Self-hosting a ChatGPT alternative? Open WebUI owns local Ollama models; LibreChat handles Claude, GPT, Gemini, and more. Setup, RAG, and trade-offs compared.

Piper vs Coqui TTS compared: speed, voice quality, Docker setup, and Home Assistant integration. Run offline neural TTS on your own hardware, no cloud fees.