Guides
Migration playbooks and setup walkthroughs. Each one lists the tradeoffs up front and the cost flavor.
What do the difficulty levels mean?
- copy-paste friendly
- comfortable with a terminal
- comfortable with config files and SSH
- comfortable with Docker, networking, system services
- comfortable debugging an opaque stack
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A flat home network with Tailscale instead of port forwarding
Reach every device on your home LAN from anywhere, without port forwarding, dynamic DNS, or a public IP. One subnet router, one afternoon.
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Block ads on your whole network with Blocky on a Raspberry Pi
Set up Blocky on a Raspberry Pi as your network DNS resolver. Blocks ads and trackers for every device on your LAN, including phones and TVs that can't run blockers.
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Move your files off Google Drive, iCloud, OneDrive, or Dropbox
Export your cloud library from Google, Apple, Microsoft, or Dropbox; tidy the dump locally; upload to a privacy-respecting alternative. Most of the work is waiting for the download.
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Self-host Immich for family photo backup
Run Immich on a home server with Docker Compose to give the household a Google Photos style timeline, mobile auto-backup, and shared albums.
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Switch from Chrome to Firefox in fifteen minutes
Install Firefox, pull your bookmarks and passwords across from Chrome, set it as the system default, and turn on the privacy basics. The whole move is one short coffee.