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Invidious is a free and open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. It is available as a Docker container, or from the GitHub master branch. It is intended to be used as a lightweight and privacy-respecting alternative to the official YouTube website. One of the best things about Invidious is that you can watch YouTube videos without ...

ThinkDashboard is a lightweight, self-hosted bookmark dashboard designed for efficient organization and quick access to your favorite links. It features a minimalist, text-based interface that emphasizes simplicity and speed, making it ideal for users who prefer a clean, distraction-free experience over flashy visuals. Key features include keyboard shortcuts that allow assigning single-key shortcuts to bookmarks … Read more about How to Install ThinkDashboard on Your Synology NAS

Surmai is a privacy-focused, self-hostable web app designed to streamline family trip planning. Built as a Progressive Web App, it allows users to collaboratively create itineraries, manage flights, hotels, packing lists, and documents all in one secure, searchable place. It works offline, syncs when connected, and can be installed on iOS or Android. The backend ...

Posterizarr is an automated poster maker for media servers like Plex, Jellyfin, and Emby, generating high-quality artwork from sources such as Fanart tv, TMDB, TVDB, Plex, and IMDb, prioritizing textless images. It supports bulk downloads for libraries or manual custom creation. Posterizarr allows configuration, monitoring, asset viewing, scheduling, and triggering. Setup involves API keys from … Read more about How to Install Posterizarr on Your Synology NAS

On October 31, 2025, the Pi-hole team released version 6.2.2 of their core product, Docker version 2025.10.3 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 ...

Be the first who knows that your website is down. Reliable monitoring warns you before any significant troubles and saves you money. Uptime Kuma monitors your website constantly. Monitoring uptime for HTTP(s) / TCP / Ping. Fancy, Reactive, Fast UI/UX. Notifications via Webhook, Telegram, Discord and email (SMTP). 20 seconds interval. In this step by ...

On October 30, 2025, Portainer switched from version 2.33.2 to the new stable LTS (Long Time Support) 2.33.3 version. Portainer 2.33.3 fixes CVE (Common Vulnerability Exposure). It also improves stability by attempting to compact using a read-only database. What is Portainer? Portainer is a really awesome web UI for Docker. Portainer is a lightweight management ...

On October 28, 2025, Synology released a new DSM version called DSM 7.3.1-86003. Below I will guide you step by step through the process of installing the new DSM 7.3.1-86003. This update fixes an issue where the LED brightness adjustment function might stop working on certain models. Container Manager “Docker engine” is still at the outdated ...