w33k in g33k: December 19, 2025
Games Windows Central: You can now play GTA Vice City directly in your web browser — no downloads, no installs, just instant nostalgia Linux NERDS.xyz: Rhino Linux 2025.4 arrives: Just thought it might be a fun to play around with a new Linux distribution. Rhino Linux Media GitHub: maxdorninger / MediaManager: “A modern selfhosted media management system for your media library” Maybe see about an arr replacement, along with Seer? GitHub: navidrome / navidrome: “🎧☁️ Your Personal Streaming Service” I’ve heard the name before, & just because i do have a ton of music that this might be an interesting tool to use with. Lifehacker: Six Ways You Can Use an Old Chromecast (Beyond Streaming Movies and Shows) Keep an eye on your property Set up a second screen wirelessly Stream music, podcasts, and audiobooks Play some simple games Display photos and wallpapers Keep in touch Penetration Testing I had pre-ordered the WiFi Pineapple Pager while at DEF CON & it was just delivered this week… so this weekend I’ll be playing around with that & taking a look at the Hak5 repositories: Hackster.io: The Hak5 WiFi Pineapple Pager Is a Hacker’s Pentesting Dream Tool (Probably) GitHub: hak5 / wifipineapplepager: “Collection of WiFi Pineapple Pager Repositories” GitHub: hak5 / wifipineapplepager-themes: “The Official WiFi Pineapple Pager Theme Repository” GitHub: hak5 / wifipineapplepager-ringtones: “The Official WiFi Pineapple Pager Ringtone Repository” GitHub: hak5 / wifipineapplepager-payloads: “The Official WiFi Pineapple Pager Payload Repository” Miscellaneous GitHub: n8n-io / n8n: “Fair-code workflow automation platform with native AI capabilities. Combine visual building with custom code, self-host or cloud, 400+ integrations.” I’ve always kept this in mind, but still haven’t come up with a use for the automation platform. GitHub: gamosoft / NoteDiscovery: “Your Self-Hosted Knowledge Base” Ethan Sholly mentioned this one ( selfh.st: My Favorite Self-Hosted Apps Launched in 2025 ) & heard it compared to Obsidian, so i wanted to add this to the list of note tools I’ve looked at or have running (i.e.: flatnotes, Glass Keep, Many Notes, Memos, Note Mark). I was using SilverBullet for a while, but wasn’t a huge fan of the interface \ workflow, so I gave up on that one at least for now. GitHub: TriliumNext / Trilium: “Build your personal knowledge base with Trilium Notes” I’ve looked at Trilium a few times, but never stuck with it. Maybe it’s one of those times I try it again. GitHub: clemcer / loggifly: “Get Alerts from your Docker Container Logs” Maybe someting to see if it would be useful for specific errors in Docker logs. Postgresus: “Postgresus is a free, open source and self-hosted tool to backup PostgreSQL. Make backups with different storages (S3, Google Drive, FTP, etc.) and notifications about progress (Slack, Discord, Telegram, etc.)” Since more than a few of my containers use Postgres databases, thought this would be good to look into for backups. Poznote: “Poznote is a lightweight yet powerful web app for taking notes.” Another note app to try. GitHub: nicotsx / zerobyte: “Backup automation for self-hosters” I have been trying to get Restic configured on my hosts, so just seeing the tool is based on that, it caught my interest. Elena Rossini: A newbie’s guide to self-hosting with YunoHost. Part 2: installation & setup It’s FOSS: What Google Photos? Self-Hosting Photo Storage with PhotoPrism Using Docker in My Homelab I did try PhotoPrism a few years ago, but ended up going with Immich. Maybe I’ll take another look. Easier Than Nano! Fresh is a ‘Fresh’ New Rust-based Terminal Editor for Linux I usually stuck with XDA Developers: Sendspin is ESPHome’s answer to Sonos-style multi-room audio Docker Blog: A Safer Container Ecosystem with Docker: Free Docker Hardened Images I wonder if we’ll start to see some more containers use this as a base, so thought it would be interesting to read into. selh.st: Self-Host Weekly #150: Watchtower No More, by Ethan Sholly I guess my timing of moving to Komodo from Portainer with Watchtower was pretty good with Watchtower now being archived… Ethan also linked to his Self-Hosted Apps and Alternatives page for anyone looking for Watchtower replacements. GitHub: gamosoft / NoteDiscovery: " Your Self-Hosted Knowledge Base" I installed this last week or earlier this week & wanted to see how i liked it. I believe someone mentioned it as an open source Obsidian (or using that for influence) so i am giving it a try. For now I’m mostly storing some config files & templates, but it seems nice so far. Poznote: “Poznote is a lightweight yet powerful web app for taking notes.” I have this listed above, but since it’s on the Self-Host Weekly, it makes me want to look into it more. GitHub: chrisbenincasa / tunarr: “Create a classic TV experience using your own media - IPTV backed by Plex/Jellyfin/Emby” I thought this looked interesting with the different media i have in Plex & Jellyfin. GitHub: Mahcks / blockbusterr: “Automatically add trending, popular, and highly-rated movies and TV shows from Trakt.tv to your Radarr and Sonarr instances.” Seemed interesting. I at least wanted to dig into it. GitHub: Kellojo / Modular-Homelab-Dashboard: “Allows you to quickly setup a dashboard/entry point for your homelab. It provides a customizable interface allowing you to display various metrics, system statuses, and other information from your homelab services.” I am still using Homepage but wanted to look at this. GitHub: rthaines211 / MylarMobile: “Mylar3 Mobile PWA” Not that i have looked at my Mylar3 container in a while, but maybe some motivation to check \ work on that. GitHub: connorgallopo / Tracearr: “Tracearr is a streaming access manager for Plex, Jellyfin and Emby servers. It answers the question every server owner eventually asks: “Who’s actually using my server, and are they sharing their login?”” I must have thought this was for something else when I saved it, because i already know no one with access really connects to my Plex =] GitHub: rhizomatics / updates2mqtt: “Automated checks and optional upgrades of packages via MQTT with Home Assistant compatibility” I need to get back into Meshtastic, MQTT, & leveraging it with Home Assistant. Hopefully over the holidays i will get some time. GitHub: julienhmmt / vcv: “VaultCertsViewer is a Go application to list and manage certs in Vault, the easiest possible for SRE.” I’m still using & happy with Step-CA but wouldn’t mind something that’s a little easier to manage certs (not that Step-CA is bad at all). GitHub: getmydia / mydia: “Your personal media companion, built with Phoenix LiveView” I believe this is an alternative to Plex or Jellyfin. GitHub: scanopy/scanopy: “Clean network diagrams. One-time setup, zero upkeep.” It would be very nice to have a network overview without writing out or trying to maintain a text or spreadsheet with all the details…