Self-Hosted HA Reverse Geocoding
Wire local Nominatim into Home Assistant for reverse geocoding without leaking GPS coords to Google or Mapbox. Privacy-respecting smart home in 30 lines.
Tag: self-hosting
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Photo Libraries Without Google Lookups
Stop letting Google see where every photo was taken. Immich geocodes locally by default; PhotoPrism sends fuzzed coordinates to its own hosted service.
Photon Deep Dive: Search That Forgives
Nominatim is great until your users typo. Photon adds OpenSearch-backed fuzzy geocoding on top of OSM data, here's when to deploy both, side by side.
Nominatim vs Photon vs Pelias
Three self-hosted geocoders, very different tradeoffs. Pick Nominatim, Photon, or Pelias for your project without spending a weekend benchmarking.
Nominatim Diff Replication
Imported OSM data goes stale fast. Run pyosmium and Nominatim's diff replication pipeline so your geocoder stays accurate without re-importing planet.
osm2pgsql Tuning for Modest Hardware
Stop watching osm2pgsql crawl. Tune flex output, slim mode, --cache, and Postgres for OSM imports on hardware that isn't a hyperscaler.
OSM Imports: Planet vs Regional
Don't download 88GB of planet.osm if you only need one country. Comparing Geofabrik, BBBike, and osmium-extract for clean, sane OSM imports.
Nominatim: Self-Hosted Geocoding
Stop paying the geocoding tax. Self-host Nominatim on Docker with an OpenStreetMap regional extract and own your address lookups end to end.
Stoat vs Fluxer: Self-Hosting Costs
Stoat runs 16 containers and Fluxer runs 25. I read both Compose files line by line, and found the bigger stack is the easier one to actually self-host.
Email Aliasing: SimpleLogin vs addy.io
SimpleLogin vs addy.io compared on verified September 2026 pricing, free-tier limits, and what self-hosting each one actually costs you in moving parts.
Discord Alternatives That Actually Work
Discord's age checks sent people looking for exits. Stoat, Fluxer, Matrix and Mumble compared on features, hosting, and whether your community follows.
Tor Hidden Services for Self-Hosters
Run a Tor v3 onion service for your self-hosted apps. Working torrc and Compose config, client authorization, vanity addresses, and the opsec that doxxes you.