I've used Yunohost in the past. It's quite a decent tool for beginners looking to host their own apps, and it comes with pretty much all you need in order to get started. You simply choose the app you want from a big list and you're walked through a short installation. No real technical knowledge needed. It also provides a free dns/tunneling service so you can access a local server over public net.
That being said, it doesn't always work. Installation took several attempts. For whatever reason, the installer would fail on a fresh drive. Certain apps would break, or not start. Also, if you operate behind a network without total control, you probably won't be able to access some of the features. The documentation for deploying your own apps I found confusing, personally.
Worst of all, it's locked into a single version of a single distribution in Debian 11. And the install of the OS must be pristine. You cannot install on any Debian-derivatives or other versions.
So, it's good, but not quite great. I found a more refined alternative in caprover, so it's worth checking that one out, and I have gained more technical knowledge over the years leading to less of a reliance on such tools.
Been struggling with self-hosting a few things on my ubuntu server for a few years now, but after switching to yunohost my life was mad much easier. Basically any popular app can be installed via a few clicks in the graphical interface, from mastodon instances to minecraft servers. 10/10 would install again.
I've used Yunohost in the past. It's quite a decent tool for beginners looking to host their own apps, and it comes with pretty much all you need in order to get started. You simply choose the app you want from a big list and you're walked through a short installation. No real technical knowledge needed. It also provides a free dns/tunneling service so you can access a local server over public net.
That being said, it doesn't always work. Installation took several attempts. For whatever reason, the installer would fail on a fresh drive. Certain apps would break, or not start. Also, if you operate behind a network without total control, you probably won't be able to access some of the features. The documentation for deploying your own apps I found confusing, personally.
Worst of all, it's locked into a single version of a single distribution in Debian 11. And the install of the OS must be pristine. You cannot install on any Debian-derivatives or other versions.
So, it's good, but not quite great. I found a more refined alternative in caprover, so it's worth checking that one out, and I have gained more technical knowledge over the years leading to less of a reliance on such tools.
Been struggling with self-hosting a few things on my ubuntu server for a few years now, but after switching to yunohost my life was mad much easier. Basically any popular app can be installed via a few clicks in the graphical interface, from mastodon instances to minecraft servers. 10/10 would install again.
It's a plug and play Distro for an Opensource ecosystem.
Many packaged applications that are also supported on ARM and a very user-friendly interface.
I have it on a Raspberry-pi3 runnig :
-Wordpress
-Photo gallery
-Matrix server
-Nextcloud
-Email
-Pads
And it runs smoothly.
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