Hey lovely people, does one of you host their own Matrix server?
If so, what does your infrastructure look like?
What homeserver implementation and web client are you running?
Any resources you can recommend?
Context:
I'm looking to host a community of up to 300 people but I expect around 50 active users tops. I have no admin experience with Matrix. (VPS specs: 4 vCPUs, 8GB RAM, 256GB storage)
@waldschnecke @xgranade +9001% because one could at least take the toilet paper and put it on a flatbed scanner...
Different tools are good for different tasks:
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Kevin Karhan 
INSTALL.txt file and actual bug/issue tracker than have 200+ people daily ask THE SAME QUESTION…
Starting to think that Normies™ can either accept the struggle of learning something about the #tech they want to use OR they can accept being manipulated and abused by the people who will make it easy and foolproof.
Either/or.
A big #PrivacyWin today as my band #Slugmilk asked me for an alternative to the band's #discord server. They are NOT infosec folks, so I was some proud when they decided enough is enough.
We now have a private #matrix server which we #selfhost. Everyone has their own slugmilk.org username and everything!
Matrix is far from perfect, but this is exactly what we need, and it is under our ownership and control.
Now to get them all on the #Fediverse!
I had been playing with Grafana, InfluxDB, Telegraf and Prometheus the last two weeks and can now share my story of what I finally use to replace my Netdata instances and why.
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https://kittsteiner.blog/blog/2026/migrated-from-netdata-to-prometheus-grafana/ #Ansible #DevOps #Grafana #InfluxDB #Monitoring #Munin #Netdata #Prometheus #selfHost #selfHosting #TelegrafWhat is your preferred ntp client for your Linux systems?
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Any #SelfHost folks have a favorite app for notes? I don't mean deep, interconnected notes like #Obsidian or #LogSeq. I use ColorNote on my #Android (after having lost all my notes on a Samsung years ago because it was locked to their phones).
I just use it for simple text reminders and literal check lists. That's it.
I'd like to get away from it, but I can't find a good option. They're all too far in the advanced note taking direction.
Self-Host Weekly (13 February 2026)
My thoughts on the recent #Discord news, software updates and launches, a spotlight on #HabitSync -- a mobile-first #habit tracker, and more in this week's #selfhosted recap!
https://selfh.st/weekly/2026-02-13
#selfhost #selfhosting #opensource #foss #homelab #chat #matrix #newsletter #privacy #security #devops #fediverse #sysadmin #discourse #stoat #rocketchat #smarthome #homeautomation #minio #development #ai #software #app #apps
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Matze
Greg
Eli Roberson (he/him)
Ethan Sholly