Security

Open-source security tools for self-hosters — reverse proxies, VPNs, firewalls, network monitoring, and privacy-first alternatives to commercial security software. Harden your homelab without vendor lock-in.

3 min read

Secure External Access

How to safely expose your services using Cloudflare Tunnels and VPNs.

Networking Security Cloudflare
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7 min read

CloakBrowser - Stealth Chromium for Automation

Explore CloakBrowser, a Python and JavaScript wrapper around patched Chromium for authorized automation.

Dev Docker Security
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8 min read

Bitchat - Decentralized Mesh Messaging

Explore Bitchat, a public-domain Swift app for Bluetooth mesh and Nostr-based private messaging.

Security Dev
Guide - Running Pangolin with Docker
8 min read

Exposing Services with no Port Forwarding: Pangolin with Docker

Self-host Pangolin + Newt to expose home services over the internet without opening router ports, without publishing …

Docker Self-Hosting Home-Lab
How to Install watchtower with Docker
4 min read

Keeping Your Self-Hosted Services Up-to-Date with Watchtower

Updating services with watchtower. Docker setup

Security
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4 min read

Network Deep Dive: Understanding and Using Wireshark with Docker

Analyzing network traffic with Wireshark in a Docker container.

Security
How to Install Fail2ban with Docker
4 min read

Better Server security with Fail2Ban

Protecting services with a Fail2Ban docker setup

Security
SelfHosting a TOR Node with Docker.
7 min read

Running a Tor Node: Bridges and Middle Relays with Docker

Running TOR Bridges and Middle Relays with Docker.

Security
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Fail2Ban

Self-hosted intrusion prevention tool that bans IPs with too many failed login attempts.

Security Docker
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Tor Node (Bridge / Middle Relay)

Run a self-hosted Tor bridge or middle relay node with Docker to contribute to the Tor network.

Security Docker
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