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Google Analytics Alternatives You Can Actually Host Yourself
Three open-source analytics platforms that run on your own server - Umami, Plausible and Matomo - what each measures, what they cost to run, and the one Google integration self-hosting cannot replace.
Keycloak on Docker Compose: Production Mode Without the Footguns
Most Keycloak Docker tutorials run start-dev, which Keycloak's own docs say to strictly avoid in production. A compose file that runs production mode properly, and the five settings that decide whether it is secure.
Coolify vs Dokploy vs Managed: What Self-Hosting a PaaS Actually Costs
Coolify and Dokploy are free, but the server underneath them is not, and it got more expensive twice in 2026. A cost comparison with real prices from Hetzner and DigitalOcean, including where self-hosting genuinely wins.
WordPress on Docker Compose: The Production Details Tutorials Skip
Most WordPress Docker Compose tutorials give you a stack that works until the first restart, the first HTTPS proxy, or the first plugin install. Here is a compose file that survives all three, with the four failure modes explained.
How to Self-Host Buzz: Block's Workspace Where Agents Have Their Own Keys
Block open-sourced Buzz, a workspace where humans and AI agents share the same rooms, built on Nostr so every participant carries a cryptographic identity. What it is under the hood, how to run your own relay, and the one security default you must change on day two.
Supabase Hosting Under $25: The Self-Hosted Sizing Ladder
Supabase Pro starts at $25/month. The self-hosted ladder below it: supabase-pico ($5, 512 MiB, headless), supabase-nano ($7, 1 GiB with Studio) and supabase-lite ($13, 2 GiB) - real templates, memory-tuned under load, with the engineering that makes each price honest.
Free Docker Hosting in 2026: 6 Real Options (and What the Stale Lists Get Wrong)
An honest map of free Docker hosting in 2026: standing free tiers, usage allowances, DIY capacity, one-time credits - and the options stale listicles still recommend that quietly stopped being free.
How to Self-Host Supabase: The Full Stack, Honestly Sized
The complete Supabase stack - Postgres, Auth, PostgREST, Realtime, Storage, and Studio behind Kong - self-hosted from one Docker Compose file, with honest sizing and the secrets discipline upstream docs skip.
How to Self-Host LiteLLM: One Gateway for Every LLM Provider
One OpenAI-compatible endpoint in front of Anthropic, OpenAI, Gemini and more - with virtual keys, per-key budgets, and spend tracking. Self-hosted from one Docker Compose file.