June 13, 2025

Synology: Huge Docker Container Updates June 2025

In June 2025, several Docker containers have received significant upgrades. I’m committed to keeping you in the loop with the latest for my Docker, Portainer, and Docker Compose guides, so I’ve put together a list of the containers that have seen noteworthy changes this month. It’s because of your support and encouragement that I keep ...
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June 11, 2025

mariushosting Facebook Group At Over 78K Members

It’s June 11, 2025 today and our Synology Facebook Group has reached 78K+ members! It’s almost summer and our community of NAS enthusiasts will have grown even more. 78 thousand people have already joined our Facebook group and are part of our dedicated Synology community. I would like to take this opportunity to welcome everyone and ...
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June 10, 2025

How to Install InvoiceShelf on Your UGREEN NAS

InvoiceShelf is an open-source web and mobile application designed to streamline invoicing and financial management for individuals and businesses. Built with Laravel, VueJS, and React Native, it offers a robust set of tools to track expenses, monitor payments, and create professional invoices and estimates. The app supports customization through extensions, allowing users to browse, install, ...
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June 10, 2025

How to Install ntop on Your UGREEN NAS

Ntop is computer software that probes a computer network to show network use (Traffic Analytics) in a way similar to what the program top does for processes. In interactive mode, it displays the network status on the user’s terminal. In Web mode, it acts as a web server, creating a HTML dump of the network ...
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June 8, 2025

Synology: Pi-hole Docker Version V6 2025.06.1

On June 7, 2025, the Pi-hole team released version 6.1.2 of their core product, Docker version 2025.06.1 being the latest version for Docker. You can install it for free on your Synology NAS using my handy guides. Pi-hole is a Linux network-level advertisement and Internet tracker blocking application which acts as a DNS sinkhole, and optionally ...
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June 8, 2025

How to Install Bookologia on Your Synology NAS

Bookologia is an open-source, self-hosted book search engine designed to help users find books quickly and efficiently. It features a specialized scraping engine that collects metadata from Goodreads, allowing users to access detailed book information with a single command. The app can be easily hosted locally using Docker, offering a simple and effective experience for ...
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June 6, 2025

How to Install YaDNSb on Your Synology NAS

YaDNSb is a powerful and versatile tool designed to measure and compare the performance of DNS servers across multiple protocols. Supporting IPv4, IPv6, DNS over HTTPS (DoH), DNS over TLS (DoT), and DNS over QUIC (DoQ), it provides comprehensive benchmarking for modern DNS configurations. Whether you’re a network administrator, developer, or tech enthusiast, YaDNSb helps ...
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