Hello everyone!
I recently switched my Android phone to a custom ROM, and while setting things up, I wanted push notifications without relying on Google. That’s how I discovered UnifiedPush.
Really liking the concept, I decided to rent a small VPS (1 vCPU, 2GB RAM) and started hosting NTFY. So far, it’s been working great. Over time, I’ve added a few more services like FreshRSS and Audiobookshelf.
All of this is just for personal use, so the resource usage is minimal (the whole setup only uses around 500MB of RAM). I really enjoy how much value you can get out of such a small machine.
That brings me to my question:
What other lightweight, self-hostable tools would you recommend? I’m especially interested in small, resource-efficient services that you’ve personally found useful.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions!
MeTube, for when my friends send me a video on a service I don’t use (facebook, instagram, tiktok). It supports a lot of sites.
Any advantages over using Seal for Android? Is it primarily for iPhone users?
Just checked out Seal. My impression:
It uses the same backend as MeTube (yt-dlp), so they have the same capability as far as website support and file formats.
Seal looks like a good option if you don’t have access to your home network or if you don’t have a dedicated machine to host things.
I still prefer MeTube because it’s a web UI that I can access from any machine. I use a VPN to stay connected to my house so I could still use MeTube while away.
MeTube is just a web UI, not a phone app. It is accessible by any device that can see the local IP and port of the host machine.
What’s the flow there? Receive link, copy, open MeTube, paste, download watch?
Tiktok and Instagram links are so frustrating when friends send them.
Yeah, that’s about it. You can watch it directly in the browser as well.
I have never thought of doing this. That’s now going on my server.
Ohh good idea! At some point they stopped sending me videos as I was not able to watch them anyway :( thanks <3