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

  • 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.