i5 COOL APPS FOR YOUR UNRAID NAS	null	(FALSE)	0
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i2024-04-27	null	(FALSE)	0
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iI've got a (now four-year-old) Unraid NAS called Fox and I'm a huge fan. I	null	(FALSE)	0
iparticularly love the fact that Unraid can work not only as a NAS, but also as	null	(FALSE)	0
ia fully-fledged Docker appliance, enabling me to easily install and maintain	null	(FALSE)	0
iall manner of applications.	null	(FALSE)	0
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IA cube-shaped black computer sits next to a battery pack on a laminated floor. A sign has been left atop it, reading "Caution: Generator connected to this installation."	/2024/04/20240427_150217-scaled.jpg	danq.me	70
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iI was chatting this week to a colleague who was considering getting a similar	null	(FALSE)	0
isetup, and he seemed to be taking notes of things he might like to install,	null	(FALSE)	0
ionce he's got one. So I figured I'd round up five of my favourite things to	null	(FALSE)	0
iinstall on an Unraid NAS that:	null	(FALSE)	0
i* Don't require any third-party accounts (low dependencies),	null	(FALSE)	0
i* Don't need any kind of high-powered hardware (low specs), and	null	(FALSE)	0
i* Provide value with very little set up (low learning curve).	null	(FALSE)	0
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IDan, his finger to his lips and his laptop on his knees, makes a "shush" action. A coworker can be seen working behind him.	/2024/04/wp-17142271338975031475224828618847.jpg	danq.me	70
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iHere we go:	null	(FALSE)	0
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iSYNCTHING	null	(FALSE)	0
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iI've been raving about Syncthing for years. If I had an "everyday carry" list	null	(FALSE)	0
iof applications, it'd be high on that list.	null	(FALSE)	0
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ISyncthing screenshot for computer Rebel, sharing with Fox, Idiophone, Lemmy and Maxine.	/2024/04/Screenshot-2024-04-27-151626-1.png	danq.me	70
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iHere's the skinny: you install Syncthing on several devices, then give each	null	(FALSE)	0
ithe identification key of another to pair them. Now you can add folders on	null	(FALSE)	0
ieach and "share" them with the others, and the two are kept in-sync. There's	null	(FALSE)	0
ilots of options for power users, but just as a starting point you can use this	null	(FALSE)	0
ito:	null	(FALSE)	0
i* Manage the photos on your phone and push copies to your desktop whenever	null	(FALSE)	0
iyou're home (like your favourite cloud photo sync service, but selfhosted).	null	(FALSE)	0
i* Keep your Obsidian notes in-sync between all your devices (normally costs	null	(FALSE)	0
i$4/month). (I wrote the beginnings of this post on my phone while in the	null	(FALSE)	0
iChannel Tunnel and then carried on using my desktop computer once I was home.	null	(FALSE)	0
iSync is magic.)	null	(FALSE)	0
i* Get a copy of the documents from all your devices onto your NAS, for backup	null	(FALSE)	0
ipurposes (note that sync'ing alone, even with versioning enabled, is not a	null	(FALSE)	0
igood backup: the idea is that you run an actual backup from your NAS!).	null	(FALSE)	0
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iHUGINN	null	(FALSE)	0
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iYou know IFTTT? Zapier? Services that help you to "automate" things based on	null	(FALSE)	0
iinputs and outputs. Huginn's like that, but selfhosted. Also: more-powerful.	null	(FALSE)	0
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IScreenshot showing Huginn workflows.	/2024/04/Screenshot-2024-04-27-153130.png	danq.me	70
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iThe learning curve is steeper than anything else on this list, and I almost	null	(FALSE)	0
ididn't include it for that reason alone. But once you've learned your way	null	(FALSE)	0
iaround its idiosyncrasies and dipped your toe into the more-advanced	null	(FALSE)	0
iJavascript-powered magic it can do, you really begin to unlock its potential.	null	(FALSE)	0
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iIt couples well with Home Assistant, if that's your jam. But even without it,	null	(FALSE)	0
iyou can find yourself automating things you never expected to.	null	(FALSE)	0
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iFRESHRSS	null	(FALSE)	0
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iI've written a lot about how and why FreshRSS continues to be my favourite RSS	null	(FALSE)	0
ireader. But you know what's even better than an awesome RSS reader? An awesome	null	(FALSE)	0
iselfhosted RSS reader!	null	(FALSE)	0
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IFreshRSS screenshot.	/2024/04/Screenshot-2024-04-27-154210.jpg	danq.me	70
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iMany of these suggested apps benefit well from you exposing them to the open	null	(FALSE)	0
iWeb rather than just running them on your LAN, and an RSS reader is probably	null	(FALSE)	0
ithe best example (you want to read your news feeds when you're out and about,	null	(FALSE)	0
iright?). What you need for that is a reverse proxy, and there are lots of	null	(FALSE)	0
iguides to doing it super-easily, even if you're not on a static IP address. (I	null	(FALSE)	0
ican't share or recommend one reverse proxy guide in particular because I set	null	(FALSE)	0
imy own up because I can configure Nginx in my sleep, but I did a quick search	null	(FALSE)	0
iand found several that all look good so I imagine you can do the same. You	null	(FALSE)	0
idon't have to do it on day one, though!). Alternatively you can just VPN in to	null	(FALSE)	0
iyour home: your router might be able to arrange this, or else Unraid can do it	null	(FALSE)	0
ifor you!	null	(FALSE)	0
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iOPEN TRASHMAIL	null	(FALSE)	0
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iYou know how sometimes you need to give somebody your email address but you	null	(FALSE)	0
idon't actually want to. Like: sure, I'd like you to email me a verification	null	(FALSE)	0
icode for this download, but I don't trust you not to spam me later! What you	null	(FALSE)	0
ineed is a disposable email address. (Obviously there are lots of approachable	null	(FALSE)	0
ito on-demand disposable email addresses, including the venerable "plus sign in	null	(FALSE)	0
ia GMail address" trick, but Open Trashmail is just... better for many cases.)	null	(FALSE)	0
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IOpen Trashmail screenshot showing a subscription to Thanks for subscribing to Dan Q's Spam-Of-The-Hour List!	/2024/04/Screenshot-2024-04-27-155336.png	danq.me	70
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iYou just need to install Open Trashmail, point the MX records of a few domain	null	(FALSE)	0
inames or subdomains (you've got some spare domain names lying around, right?	null	(FALSE)	0
iif not; they're pretty cheap...) at it, and it will now accept email to any	null	(FALSE)	0
iaddress on those domains. You can make up addresses off the top of your head,	null	(FALSE)	0
ieven away from an Internet connection when using a paper-based form, and they	null	(FALSE)	0
iwork. You can check them later if you want to... or ignore them forever.	null	(FALSE)	0
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iCouple it with an RSS reader, or Huginn, or Slack, and you can get a	null	(FALSE)	0
inotification or take some action when an email arrives!	null	(FALSE)	0
i* Need to give that escape room your email address to get a copy of your "team	null	(FALSE)	0
iphoto"? Give them a throwaway, pick up the picture when you get home, and then	null	(FALSE)	0
iforget you ever gave it to them.	null	(FALSE)	0
i* Company give you a freebie on your birthday if you sign up their mailing	null	(FALSE)	0
ilist? Sign up 366 times with them and write a Huginn workflow that puts	null	(FALSE)	0
i"today's" promo code into your Obsidian notetaking app (Sync'd over Syncthing)	null	(FALSE)	0
ibut filters out everything else.	null	(FALSE)	0
i* Suspect some organisation is selling your email address on to third parties?	null	(FALSE)	0
iGive them a unique email address that you only give to them and catch them in	null	(FALSE)	0
ia honeypot.	null	(FALSE)	0
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iYOURLS	null	(FALSE)	0
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iFinally: a URL shortener. The Internet's got lots of them, but they're all at	null	(FALSE)	0
ithe mercy of somebody else (potentially somebody in a country that might not	null	(FALSE)	0
ibe very-friendly with yours...).	null	(FALSE)	0
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IYOURLS screenshot (Your Own URL Shortener).	/2024/04/yourls-danq.link-demo.png	danq.me	70
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iPlus, it's just kinda cool to be able to brand your shortlinks with your own	null	(FALSE)	0
iname, right? If you follow only one link from this post, let it be to watch	null	(FALSE)	0
ithis video that helps explain why this is important:	null	(FALSE)	0
idanq.link/url-shortener-highlights.	null	(FALSE)	0
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iI run many, many other Docker containers and virtual machines on my NAS. These	null	(FALSE)	0
ifive aren't even the "top five" that I use... they're just five that are great	null	(FALSE)	0
istarters because they're easy and pack a lot of joy into their learning curve.	null	(FALSE)	0
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iAnd if your NAS can't do all the above... consider Unraid for your next NAS!	null	(FALSE)	0
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iLINKS	null	(FALSE)	0
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hMy blog post about building Fox, my Unraid NAS	URL:https://danq.me/2020/01/23/fox/	(FALSE)	0
hUnraid	URL:https://unraid.net/	(FALSE)	0
hMy blog post about getting a serious electrical shock recently.	URL:https://danq.me/2024/03/14/zap/	(FALSE)	0
hSyncthing	URL:https://syncthing.net/	(FALSE)	0
hA blog post of mine raving about Syncthing.	URL:https://danq.me/2020/08/01/syncthing/	(FALSE)	0
hMy "lifestack 2023" blog post, mentioning Syncthing.	URL:https://danq.me/2023/11/12/lifestack-2023/	(FALSE)	0
hObsidian	URL:https://obsidian.md/	(FALSE)	0
hHuginn	URL:https://github.com/huginn/huginn	(FALSE)	0
hMy blog post about loving our dog, despite categorically not being a "dog person".	URL:https://danq.me/2022/08/17/dog-person/	(FALSE)	0
hHome Assistant	URL:https://www.home-assistant.io/	(FALSE)	0
hFreshRSS	URL:https://freshrss.org/	(FALSE)	0
hMy blog posts about how and why FreshRSS continues to be my favourite RSS reader	URL:https://danq.me/tag/freshrss/	(FALSE)	0
1My blog post about why "RSS Zero" isn't necessarily an admirable goal.	/posts/rss-zero	danq.me	70
hUnraid can do it for you	URL:https://unraid.net/blog/wireguard-on-unraid	(FALSE)	0
hOpen Trashmail	URL:https://github.com/HaschekSolutions/opentrashmail	(FALSE)	0
hMy blog post about putting plus signs in your GMail address to help combat spam.	URL:https://danq.me/2017/09/26/gmail-plus/	(FALSE)	0
hYOURLS	URL:https://yourls.org/	(FALSE)	0
hTerence Eden's blog post about UK Government departments using bit.ly as a URL shortener even though .ly is under the control of the Libyan government.	URL:https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/03/what-the-uk-government-gets-wrong-about-qr-codes/	(FALSE)	0
hDanQ.link shortlink to... a video about URL shorteners, I guess?	URL:https://danq.link/url-shortener-highlights	(FALSE)	0
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