Background
As we come to rely more the Cloud, or digital services hosted on someone else's computer, we must consider how this affects our personal privacy and security. The rise of the digital licensing and encryption have eroded our right to access things we own.
Open-source software solutions can help put us back in control of our digital experiences. By joining these open collaborative communities, we can include our diverse voices throughout their growth process.
We have a right to privacy and should be in control of our digital ecosystem.
DescriptionOverview
We will be creating a personal home server that can be used to host our own cloud applications. ThisThese can rangebe fromservices you host for yourself, your family, your community or even for a cloudsmall platform to manage your digital life, to media procurement and remote streaming server.business.
Through this guide, you can explore open-source alternatives to many of the cloud services you're already familiar with. There are so many self-hosted cloud services to choose from, including your own:
- Personal cloud and office suite for managing your files, contacts and calendars.
- Multimedia streaming server with automated downloads and always up-to-date metadata from open repositories.
- Professional platform for building a community and gathering feedback
- Personal blog for connecting with your friends and family.
Many self-hosted services focus on modern and responsive web application interfaces that run in your browser. This means you can securely access your self-hosted services from any computing device. Many also support desktop and mobile apps built for your operating system.
By self-hosting Organizr, or other tools like it, we can create a homepage that keeps all of our services accessible in one place.
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Most of these self-hosted services focus on creating a modern and responsive web application interface that can be accesses through your browser. Many others support desktop and mobile apps built for your operating system.
By self-hosting Organizr, or other tools like it, we can create a homepage that keeps all of our services accessible in one place.
Requirements
In order to host your own server from home, there are some hardware and services you may need.
Computer
Router
Internet Access
VPN
Domain Name
Creator
I am a designer, developer and information scientist who grew up with open source technologies.
This library was created to advocate for technological freedom, equal access and transformative social justice.