Synology

Summer is almost upon us and it’s already time for some news regarding our Synology communities on social media. Today I’m happy to announce our Synology Facebook Group is at over 66K+ members! 66 thousand people have joined our Facebook group and are part of our dedicated Synology community. I would like to take this ...

My previous guide for Hammond involved the use of Task Scheduler. Today I’m offering a recommended and excellent alternative for installing the latest Hammond version via Portainer. Hammond is a self hosted vehicle management system to track fuel and other expenses related to all of your vehicles. It supports multiple users sharing multiple vehicles. It is the ...

Spotube is an open source, cross-platform Spotify client compatible across multiple platforms utilizing Spotify’s data API and YouTube, Piped or JioSaavn as an audio source, eliminating the need for Spotify Premium. In this step by step guide I will show you how to install Spotube on your Synology NAS using Docker & Portainer. STEP 1 ...

Microsoft Edge is a cross-platform web browser developed by Microsoft and based on Chromium. Experience the web with a new look that is designed to help you navigate with ease, support AI capabilities, and minimize distractions when you browse while continuing to maintain performance and security. In this step by step guide I will show ...

My previous guide for Double Commander involved the use of Task Scheduler. Today I’m offering a recommended and excellent alternative for installing the latest Double Commander version via Portainer. Double Commander is a free cross platform open source file manager with two panels side by side. You can easily explore, download and edit any file on your ...

My previous guide for Fenrus involved the use of Task Scheduler. Today I’m offering a recommended and excellent alternative for installing the latest Fenrus version via Portainer. Fenrus is a personal homepage/dashboard. It allows you to have a custom homepage/new tab page with quick access to your personal apps, website, and docker images. It’s something similar to Homarr, ...

Highly customizable homepages are what people want to organize their selfhosted applications. Simplicity is the key. You can use those apps as a dashboard and add bookmarks. Homepage apps help make workflows more efficient and simple. Below you can find a list of free homepage/dashboard apps that can be installed on your Synology NAS to ...

Glance is a start page / home page that can show in real time RSS feeds, subreddit posts, weather, bookmarks, latest YouTube videos from specific channels, calendar, stocks information, iframe, twitch channels & top games, GitHub releases and website monitor. In this step by step guide I will show you how to install Glance on ...

Paperweight allows you to easily compress PDF files on your own server without relying on external services. Paperweight utilizes Ghostscript for efficient and customizable compression. Choose between lossless compression for maximum quality or lossy compression for smaller file sizes using different compression levels. In this step by step guide I will show you how to ...

In addition to interesting and useful Docker tutorials and DSM Tips & Tricks for your Synology NAS, as well as vital news and relevant information from the Synology world, I also feel it’s important to keep you updated about our social media communities and how they’re performing regularly month after month. With this in mind, ...