self-hosting

Immich is a self-hosted Google Photos alternative with automatic mobile backup and AI-powered search. This guide covers installing it with Docker Compose: downloading the official compose files, configuring…

A homelab is a personal set of self-hosted services — media, photos, files, automation, monitoring — run for learning, privacy, and control rather than convenience. This guide covers…

Paperclip, Dokploy, and Hermes Agent have joined the Contabo 1-Click App list, installable from the configurator when you order a VPS or VDS or through Reinstall on a…

Gitea and Gogs are the two minimalist, Go-based self-hosted Git servers — both ship as a single binary, both run on tiny hardware, and they share a common…

Gitea and GitLab solve the same starting problem — hosting your own Git repositories — but they answer it at opposite scales. Gitea is a lightweight code-hosting service…

The best open-source GitHub alternatives in 2026 are Gitea and its community fork Forgejo for lightweight self-hosting, and GitLab Community Edition for a full DevOps platform. Beyond those,…

Gitea and Forgejo are two lightweight, self-hosted Git platforms that look almost identical — because one began as a fork of the other. Forgejo split from Gitea in…

Keep your self-hosted n8n instance current with this step-by-step update guide. Learn how to safely pull the latest version, restart containers, and verify everything works – all in…

Black Friday at Contabo combines promotional pricing with 1-click installations for n8n, Nextcloud, WireGuard, and GitLab CE. Deploy self-hosted infrastructure that eliminates per-user fees, per-execution charges, and ongoing…

You can now install free n8n, Nextcloud, and WireGuard on any Contabo VPS or VDS with a single click. No setup scripts, no configuration hassle. Automate workflows, host…