

I agree with this comment. As mentioned as answer in the post, to have a backup of these things is a big reason why I chose to selfhost. I had to switch devices (and operating systems) too many times. Moving data around everytime would be a hassle. To have all the important stuff not only stored but also organized and easy to access is very convenient and makes me stop worrying to accidentially lose my phone for example.
Not more but I would say it offers some additional options and integrations, because it’s api based. For example, on my server I connected it with ntfy.sh which executes the command to pull the update, for the apps’ docker container. (It’s working 90% of the time)
I used this for a while, aside from rss feeds: newreleases.io
Yeah, I don‘t know if they have finally anounced it officially, but they mentioned it in their blog post in March. I‘ve installed it, and it works quite well for my usecase.
It now also comes with Gitea Actions and the Act Runner - in case this feature is relevant to you.
I recently installed linkding which works quite well.
I recently saw a blogpost somewhere, where someone used git versioning for writing, and I find this idea highly intriguing. Then I realized, that I already have an app that would allow me to work like this: NotesHub
For now, I only started a journal, but I plan for some time already to start writing again.
Obsidian is great too, but a pain when it comes to syncing on iOS.
Not using ZFS but a similar approach: All my data (paperless, and other docker container data) is encrypted with LUKS on a separate disk. The OS is running unencrypted on the SD card (using a Raspberry Pi). This way I can swap out the system and relink the docker container data if needed. Yes, I do need to unlock after a reboot, but since the system is fully up, that’s done easily via ssh.
Still looking into ways to unlock it automatically on certain criteria…