I am setting up my NAS right now, and I need some suggestions for apps that I can run on my NAS or self-host.

  • I have seen some online articles, but they are too confusing because they list too many apps for each category.

  • I want backup apps for iOS, Android, Mac and Windows. (It would be great if they could back up automatically).

  • I want to sync my calendars and contacts.

  • I want to download media like TV shows and movies. (And music, too). “Of course, only legal obtained from the internet cough.”

  • I want apps that let me access my data from anywhere.

  • I saw this cool thing where you could use a Raspberry Pi to access your NAS bios from your PC.

Os - Unraid

  • PlantObserverEnglish
    12•7 months ago

    For the downloading media part:

    The *arr stack is what you’re looking for + Jellyfin for streaming (Opensource, 100% free, and much better than Plex).

    Prowlarr: manage your indexers

    Radarr: find/automatically download movies

    Sonarr: find/automatically download tv shows

    Jellyfin: streaming your media

    Look up trashguides for setting up all this stuff, very detailed guides. They are compatible with torrents and Usenet. I like using docker with portainer for easy management and if you use a VPN container you can selectively route these containers through the VPN so your other services that dont require the VPN dont need to route through it.

    • Encrypt-KeeperEnglish
      17•7 months ago

      Jellyfin for streaming (Opensource, 100% free, and much better than Plex).

      *Better for your wallet and the privacy, not better in any functional way.

      • 𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙚English
        3•7 months ago

        I think it depends on your clients. If you’re using Roku, you can skip Jellyfin…sadly.

            • ChewyEnglish
              8•7 months ago

              Never used Plex, but if being open source is a feature Jellyfin is better than Plex.

              Not requiring an external authentication server is the biggest drawback of Plex. I don’t want Plex to have my watch history and info about my media library.

              With Findroid supporting the intro skip plugin I’m fine since I don’t need many platforms.

          • 𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙚English
            1•7 months ago

            Still gotta pay for guide data iirc. Has that changed?

            An update for the Roku app was released 5 days ago which massively improves it (finally an OSD!). It’s getting there.

        • @douglasg14b@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2•7 months ago

          And Android TV, it’s gotten better, but generally still sucks.

          I use Jellyfin because it’s FOSS, private, and it’s also written in a tech stack I’m very familiar with.not because it’s better than flex, because it really isn’t.

      • PlantObserverEnglish
        2•7 months ago

        I’ve used both extensively and stand by my statement, from a functional standpoint as well.