Selfhosting

I run Invidious on a TrueNAS SCALE box at home. Ads, tracking, the algorithm’s mood swings – none of that gets through. But Shorts still wrecked the subscriptions feed. Half the page was a wall of clips I had no intention of watching. I assumed there’d be a setting. There isn’t. Upstream has three feature requests asking for one (#3920, #4457, #3541) – all closed as “not planned”. The TrueNAS app wraps stock Invidious, so the GUI offers nothing either. ...

I’ve been running a small homelab for a few years now, mostly just to tinker and escape the subscription treadmill. Over time I’ve collected a bunch of services that actually earn their keep, and this is a running list of the ones I’d recommend to someone starting out or looking to fill gaps in their setup. Nothing fancy. Just stuff that works, runs quietly, and gives you back control of your own data. ...