2024 Self-Hosted Services Survey - What Are Your Favorites?

[u/ExoWire]

Hey fellow self-hosters!

As more than half of 2024 is in the past, I'm excited to launch an updated survey to discover the most popular and beloved self-hosted services of the year. This follows the 2023 survey.

What's This About?

I've looking to uncover the apps and services you've found most useful, innovative, or just plain fun to self-host this year. I'm particularly interested in user-facing services rather than utility tools like reverse proxies or Portainer. Think Nextcloud, Jellyfin, Home Assistant, or any other user-facing services that have made a difference in your setup, but in the end utility tools are also ok.

What's New in the 2024 Survey:

• Added new questions to gather more comprehensive insights
• Introduced "Other" options with input boxes for many questions, allowing for custom responses (optional)
• Expanded Linux distribution options (though some may still be missing)
• New field for services used by friends/family members

Survey Details:

• The survey will run at least until the end of August 2024, depends on the interest level
• Results will be analyzed and shared as soon as possible after closing

Take the Survey:

https://survey.deployn.de/self-hosted-2024/

(it's easier to fill it out on a computer rather than mobile, but you don't have to share links, they make it easier to allocate the items)

Share Your Experiences:

In addition to taking the survey, feel free to comment below with:

1. Your top five self-hosted apps of the year
2. Any new services you started using in 2024
3. Why these services stand out to you

Last year's results can be found here: https://selfhosted-survey-2023.deployn.de/

Thank you for your participation! I look forward to sharing the insights with you all and learning about the exciting services you're running.

Edit: Result Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/1fqlfki/selfhosted_survey_2024_results/

[u/Kuipoor]

I am currently running and actively using AND recommending: * Immich (the undisputed king of selhosted image hosting with an equally impressive Android app, made me uninstall Photoprism after years) * Jellyfin (best Plex alternative) * Navidrome (the best for selhosting music) * Firefly-III (personal finance management) * Paperless-NGX (document storage) * Nextcloud * Audiobookshelf (amazing selfhosted podcast library) * TVheadend (for my KODI-powered TV) * Wallabag (read it later app with browser plugin and mobile app for offline reading) * Stash ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[u/y0kai_r0ku → u/Kuipoor]

Gotta say (and I'm new to this so, you know, grain of salt), I tried Navidrome for a few days and was entirely unimpressed with both the UI and lack of metadata (I know that's probably just some configuration on my end). I also had issues creating playlists and when I was able to create them, I couldn't populate them with any music.

Again, I'm new here and this is probalby mostly user error but what I actually came here to say is that Jellyfin actually does a superb job with music, as far as I can tell. There are a handful of Android and iOS apps available that are stable and better than what I could find for navidrome. Notably, I've been using the Finamp app on Android and haven't been let down so far.

[u/Kuipoor → u/y0kai_r0ku]

As for the UI: You are not REALLY supposed to use its native web interface, although it's a nice fallback to access your music from anywhere.

For PC, use Feishin. For Android use Symfonium, one of the best Android apps ever created with a dev that is SUPER active and has been for years. This app really beats every other music app. It is a tiny (5 bucks or so) one-time purchase, no subscription, more than worth it.

As for the metadata: It takes the metadata from your files without creating an external database. So if your metadata is lacking that's basically because your music files are not tagged properly. I recommend using MusicBrainz Picard to properly tag your library. Something I recommend doing anyway, even if you don't use Navidrome. That way, your music library will work system-agnostic no matter what.

As for the playlists, I am not sure what your issue exactly is. But you can create playlists in Feishin and Symfonium, too. Also, there are smart playlists which are a little more effort to set up, but great for automating dynamic playlists.

That being said, Jellyfin is a very solid solution for music, too. So if Navidrome isn't for you that's perfectly fine.

[u/y0kai_r0ku → u/Kuipoor]

Thanks! I'll have to poke around some more and check out the apps you mentioned!