r/selfhosted is a subreddit with 861k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and self-promotion, and the community frequently discusses self hosted, dns, self hosting, self hosting, and docker, and they frequently recommend/review vps, applications, and vps provider.
A place to share, discuss, discover, assist with, gain assistance for, and critique self-hosted alternatives to our favorite web apps, web services, and online tools.
Popular Themes in r/selfhosted
#1
Advice Requests
: "Advice on self-hosting a cybersecurity scanning platform?"
1 post
#2
Self-Promotion
: "I built an open-source image hosting service that uses Telegram as storage"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/selfhosted
#1
Self Hosted
13 posts
#2
Dns
4 posts
#3
Self Hosting
: "eMudhra Crisis: What self-hosters should check on their reverse proxies and containers"
4 posts
#4
Self Hosting
3 posts
#5
Docker
3 posts
#6
Privacy
3 posts
#7
Vps
3 posts
#8
Pocket Id
2 posts
#9
Cloudflare
2 posts
#10
Sync
2 posts
Products Discussed in r/selfhosted
Vps
132 reviews
#1
Hetzner
4.5★ from 15 reviews
#2
netcup
4.0★ from 10 reviews
#3
DigitalOcean
4.1★ from 8 reviews
Applications
111 reviews
#1
Jellyfin
5.0★ from 18 reviews
#2
Vaultwarden
5.0★ from 13 reviews
#3
Immich
4.8★ from 12 reviews
Vps Provider
100 reviews
#1
Hetzner
4.3★ from 9 reviews
#2
Racknerd
4.1★ from 8 reviews
#3
Hostinger
3.9★ from 7 reviews
Flair Used in r/selfhosted
#1
Need Help
: "[ Removed by moderator ]"
16 posts
#2
Release (AI)
: "[ Removed by moderator ]"
6 posts
#3
Self Help
: "eMudhra Crisis: What self-hosters should check on their reverse proxies and containers"
4 posts
#4
Personal Dashboard
: "[ Removed by moderator ]"
2 posts
#5
Release (No AI)
: "[ Removed by moderator ]"
2 posts
#6
Photo Tools
: "Immich: Clarification"
2 posts
#7
Guide
: "How to self-host a web font from google fonts, the easy way, via NPM."
2 posts
#8
Monitoring Tools
: "[ Removed by moderator ]"
2 posts
#9
Media Serving
: "Rebuilt my media server from scratch"
1 post
#10
Docker Management
: "[ Removed by moderator ]"
1 post
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Yearly
+246k members(40.1%)
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Last updated: October 26, 2026