--- title: Best selfh.st posts — August 2026 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted selfh.st posts from August 2026, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/sources/selfhst/best-of/2026/08 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/sources/selfhst/best-of/2026/08 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best selfh.st posts — August 2026 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted selfh.st posts from August 2026, curated by the daily.dev community. og:image: https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VAY5ToZt--/f_auto/v1724209435/public/daily.dev%20-%20open%20graph --- # Best of selfh.st — August 2026 1. 1 [](https://daily.dev/posts/self-host-weekly-14-august-2026--txxhhkqv3 "Self-Host Weekly (14 August 2026)") Article selfh.st · 4w Self-Host Weekly (14 August 2026) A roundup of self-hosting news covers Planka removing SSO from its community edition in v2.2.0, sparking backlash over the so-called 'SSO tax' where enterprise features get paywalled after users have already adopted a tool. The newsletter offers a balanced take: the move is frustrating but developers are free to make unpopular business decisions, and users can fork, switch, or build alternatives. Also covered: a new native Nextcloud desktop/mobile app, ESPHome Starter Kits from the Open Home Foundation, HCCF's application for a .self top-level domain with ICANN, a critiqued AI manifesto from Mark Zuckerberg, a spotlight on the self-hosted novel-writing tool Hammer, and a batch of video links and sponsor shoutouts. 77 5 [See all selfh.st archives](/sources/selfhst/best-of) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/sources/selfhst/best-of/2026/08#page","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/selfhst/best-of/2026/08","name":"Best selfh.st Posts — August 2026","description":"The most upvoted selfh.st posts from August 2026, curated by the daily.dev community.","isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","url":"https://daily.dev"}},{"@type":"ItemList","@id":"https://daily.dev/sources/selfhst/best-of/2026/08#items","numberOfItems":1,"itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/self-host-weekly-14-august-2026--txxhhkqv3","name":"Self-Host Weekly (14 August 2026)"}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sources","item":"https://daily.dev/sources"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"selfh.st","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/selfhst"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Best of","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/selfhst/best-of"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"August 2026"}]}]} ```