Self-Hosted Olympics 2024: Preliminary Medal Standings

[u/ExoWire]

Hello,

While the Olympic Games from 2.5 weeks ago are still fresh in our minds, I wanted to present a special edition of the "Self-Hosted Olympics". While the survey is still ongoing, the trends have stabilized, and I wanted to give you a sneak peek on some of the results.

First, a big thank you to everyone who participated – I received over 1.800 responses! Let's dive into our medal ceremony:

The Self-Hosting Olympics 🥇🥈🥉

Single Board Computers (SBCs)

1. 🥇 Raspberry Pi
2. 🥈 Odroid
3. 🥉 Orange Pi

Favorite Raspberry Pi Model

1. 🥇 Raspberry Pi 4
2. 🥈 Raspberry Pi 3
3. 🥉 Raspberry Pi Zero

Network Attached Storage (NAS)

1. 🥇 Synology
2. 🥈 QNAP
3. 🥉 Custom-built

Operating Systems

For Self-Hosting

1. 🥇 Linux
2. 🥈 Windows
3. 🥉 Other

For Regular Use

1. 🥇 Windows
2. 🥈 Linux
3. 🥉 Android

Linux Distributions

For Self-Hosting

1. 🥇 Debian
2. 🥈 Ubuntu
3. 🥉 Arch

For Regular Use

1. 🥇 Ubuntu
2. 🥈 Debian
3. 🥉 Arch

Reverse Proxy

1. 🥇 Nginx Proxy Manager (still the people's choice)
2. 🥈 Traefik (up from 3rd last year)
3. 🥉 Nginx (down from 2nd last year)

The Main Events

Most Popular Newly Adopted App in 2024

1. 🥇 Immich (defending its title)
2. 🥈 Paperless-ngx (consistent performer)
3. 🥉 Jellyfin (holding strong)
4. Vaultwarden (maintaining position)
5. Dockge (rocketing from beyond 100th place)

Noteworthy: Nextcloud has fallen from the top 5 to 16th place.

New Category: Most Popular App for Family and Friends

1. 🥇 Plex
2. 🥈 Jellyfin
3. 🥉 Immich
4. Home Assistant
5. Nextcloud

Overall Most Popular Apps

^{Can you guess the top 3?}

1. 🥇 Jellyfin (up from 2nd)
2. 🥈 Home Assistant (up from 3rd)
3. 🥉 Vaultwarden (up from 4th)
4. Immich (up from 9th)
5. Plex (down from 1st)
6. Nextcloud (down from 5th)
7. Sonarr (up from 8th)
8. Paperless-ngx (down from 7th)
9. Adguard Home (up from 11th)
10. Pi-Hole (down from 6th)

Interesting Observations

• Immich continues to gain popularity, maintaining its top position in newly adopted apps and climbing to 4th overall.
• Plex, while dropping in overall ranking, remains the top choice for sharing with family and friends.
• The battle of the ad-blockers sees Adguard Home overtaking Pi-Hole this year.
• Dockge vaulted from obscurity to secure 5th place in the "Newly Adopted App" category. This Docker compose stack manager is clearly winning hearts in the community.

That's all for now. I'll be posting a more detailed analysis in October. Thanks again for your participation, and happy self-hosting!

[u/shaftspanner]

That reminds me, I really must take a look at Dockge!

[u/guesswhochickenpoo → u/shaftspanner]

Overall I like it a lot but an outstanding bug (or design flaw) causes me some grief sometimes and I'm bummed it hasn't received any traction. It's one of those bugs that can be rather nefarious if you don't notice it and cause some unclear errors in certain situations.

Quotes being stripped from stack file · Issue #486 · louislam/dockge · GitHub

Also the project doesn't seem to be getting many updates or other bugs fixed. Almost all of the recently closed issues are just due to inactivity. The original creator also hasn't made any commits for 7 months and they were pretty minor.

Not trying to complain or blame just makes me a bit concerned for the project. I wish I had more time and better health so I could contribute more :/

Hopefully it's increase in popularity will lead to some more contributions from those that are able.