--- title: Best Self-Hosting posts — September 2025 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted Self-Hosting posts from September 2025, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/tags/self-hosting/best-of/2025/09 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/tags/self-hosting/best-of/2025/09 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best Self-Hosting posts — September 2025 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted Self-Hosting posts from September 2025, 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 Self-Hosting — September 2025 1. 1 [](/posts/termix-a-self-hosted-all-in-one-platform-for-server-management-kj7fhzy3p "Termix: A Self-Hosted, All-in-One Platform for Server Management") [](https://daily.dev/noted) [](/tags/[tag]/best-of/[year]/[month]) 3m read time • Sep 14, 2025 ### Termix: A Self-Hosted, All-in-One Platform for Server Management Termix is an open-source, self-hosted platform that consolidates server management tasks into a single web interface. It provides SSH terminal access with split panels, SSH tunneling with auto-reconnect, remote file editing with syntax highlighting, real-time system monitoring, and Docker container management. The platform emphasizes privacy and control by running entirely on your own infrastructure without external dependencies or subscriptions. +5  187 2. 2 [](/posts/meet-the-new-self-hosted-portainer-alternative-arcane-0iyowbivd "Meet the New Self-Hosted Portainer Alternative: Arcane") [](https://daily.dev/noted) [](/tags/[tag]/best-of/[year]/[month]) 3m read time • Sep 13, 2025 ### Meet the New Self-Hosted Portainer Alternative: Arcane Arcane is a modern Docker management tool that serves as an alternative to Portainer, offering a clean interface for managing containers, images, networks, and volumes. It features real-time monitoring, resource visualization through graphs, and mobile-responsive design. The tool can be easily installed via Docker Compose and includes convenient features like one-click pruning of unused resources. +4  107 2 3. 3 [](/posts/why-i-ditched-spotify-and-how-i-set-up-my-own-music-stack-0kw6y0g7p "Why I Ditched Spotify, and How I Set Up My Own Music Stack") [](/tags/[tag]/best-of/[year]/[month]) 5m read time • Sep 05, 2025 ### Why I Ditched Spotify, and How I Set Up My Own Music Stack A developer shares their journey from Spotify to building a self-hosted music streaming solution using Navidrome, Lidarr, and other open-source tools. The setup provides lossless audio quality, complete ownership of music files, privacy, and direct artist support through purchases. The stack includes automated music management, synced lyrics, and discovery features while eliminating monthly subscription costs and corporate data collection. +3  75 13 4. 4 [](/posts/self-hosted-automation-for-everything-n8n-tutorial-om19ckrzg "Self-hosted automation for EVERYTHING! // n8n Tutorial") Video [](/tags/[tag]/best-of/[year]/[month]) 31m watch time • Sep 23, 2025 ### Self-hosted automation for EVERYTHING! // n8n Tutorial A comprehensive tutorial on setting up and using n8n, a self-hosted automation platform that enables users to create workflow automations through a visual, drag-and-drop interface. The guide covers Docker installation, connecting various applications like Notion and social media platforms, using triggers and data transformation nodes, implementing conditional logic with switch cases, and setting up error handling for production workflows. +5  59 5. 5 [](/posts/self-host-n8n-with-coolify-vps-custom-domain-subdomain-ssl-https--rnwtp5pmh "Self-Host n8n With Coolify (VPS, Custom Domain, Subdomain, SSL / https)") Video [](/tags/[tag]/best-of/[year]/[month]) 10m watch time • Sep 03, 2025 ### Self-Host n8n With Coolify (VPS, Custom Domain, Subdomain, SSL / https) A step-by-step guide to self-hosting n8n workflow automation tool using Coolify on a VPS. Covers setting up a VPS with Hostinger, configuring Coolify, deploying n8n with PostgreSQL, setting up custom domains with SSL, and migrating existing workflows from local instances to the production environment. +3  43 2 6. 6 [](/posts/self-host-weekly-5-september-2025--pi0sluru7 "Self-Host Weekly (5 September 2025)") [](/tags/[tag]/best-of/[year]/[month]) 4m read time • Sep 05, 2025 ### Self-Host Weekly (5 September 2025) Weekly newsletter covering self-hosting news, software updates, and community highlights. Features updates on Home Assistant 2025.9 release, new self-hosted applications like rwMarkable for checklists and notes, and community feedback responses. Includes curated content from YouTube channels covering homelab setups, security tools like Wazuh, and tutorials for OPNSense firewall configuration. +4  22 7. 7 [](/posts/self-host-weekly-19-september-2025--sowhe6qdd "Self-Host Weekly (19 September 2025)") [](/tags/[tag]/best-of/[year]/[month]) 4m read time • Sep 19, 2025 ### Self-Host Weekly (19 September 2025) Weekly newsletter covering self-hosting news and updates, featuring community drama around developer-user interactions, new YouTube download management tools (HomeTube, Youtarr, yt-dlp-co2), Home Assistant's 12th anniversary, Mastodon's paid hosting announcement, and a spotlight on TaskTrove task management platform. Includes video recommendations on Traefik, Docker Swarm, and security tools. +4  21 8. 8 [](/posts/metube-a-self-hosted-web-gui-for-youtube-dl-with-playlist-support-0rrmdskw3 "MeTube – A Self-Hosted Web GUI for YouTube-DL with Playlist Support") [](https://daily.dev/noted) [](/tags/[tag]/best-of/[year]/[month]) 3m read time • Sep 16, 2025 ### MeTube – A Self-Hosted Web GUI for YouTube-DL with Playlist Support MeTube provides a self-hosted web interface for yt-dlp that simplifies video downloading from YouTube and other platforms. It offers playlist support, Docker deployment, and a user-friendly GUI that eliminates the need for command-line operations. 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