Not long ago, LowEndTalk member @vitobotta started a great thread listing what he self-hosted and invited others to share their lists. It reminded me of the venerable Awesome-Selfhosted list on GitHub, which has hundreds and hundreds of apps in dozens of categories to choose from. What are you hosting?
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We've covered PikaPids many times in the past. They're a provider who offers over 100 apps with easy, nearly one click hosting. You sign up, deposit some funds, and start deploying. Each app is running in its own Docker container, private to you. They're cheap and frankly they're addictive. Let's look at their newest offerings.
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Tons of new apps have been added to PikaPods, plus they now support S3 backups. And you can still get $5 in free account credit to try them out!
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One of my favorite services is PikaPods, which allows you to effortlessly spin up nearly 80 apps (and growing) including development, database, monitoring, collaboration, note-taking, and more. Let's dive in!
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I've been wanting to give PikaPods a spin ever since we interviewed their founder. The one-sentence summary of PikaPods is: packaged apps on individual containers and you pay by the app. I wanted to...
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