Technitium DNS Server is an open source authoritative as well as recursive DNS server that can be used for self hosting a DNS server for privacy & security. It works out-of-the-box with no or minimal configuration and provides a user friendly web console accessible using any modern web browser. Nobody really bothers about domain name … Read more about How to Install Technitium on Your Synology NAS
On November 28, 2025, the Pi-hole team released Docker version 2025.11.1 of their product, this being the latest version for Docker. On November 28, 2025, the Pi-hole team had released version 6.3 of their core product. You can install it for free on your Synology NAS using my handy guides. Pi-hole is a Linux network-level advertisement … Read more about Synology: Pi-hole Docker Version V6 2025.11.1
My previous guide for Domoticz involved the use of Task Scheduler. Today I’m offering a recommended and excellent alternative for installing the latest Domoticz version via Portainer. Domoticz is a Home Automation System that lets you monitor and configure various devices like: Lights, Switches, various sensors/meters like Temperature, Rain, Wind, UV, Electra, Gas, Water and much … Read more about Synology: Install Domoticz With Portainer
On November 27, 2025, Portainer switched from version 2.33.4 to the new stable LTS (Long Time Support) 2.33.5 version. Portainer 2.33.5 added support for Docker v29. What is Portainer? Portainer is a really awesome web UI for Docker. Portainer is a lightweight management UI which allows you to easily manage your different Docker environments (Docker … Read more about Synology: Portainer Docker Version 2.33.5
Kaunta is a lightweight, fast, privacy-centric web analytics tool in Go, offering a bloat-free alternative to Umami. It prioritizes user privacy with no cookies or invasive tracking, providing anonymized insights on visitors, pageviews, referrers, devices, locations, and real-time activity. It supports Umami’s API and schema for easy migration, includes MaxMind GeoLite2 geolocation, handles multiple domains … Read more about How to Install Kaunta on Your Synology NAS
Bichon is a fast, self-hosted email archiver written in Rust. It syncs unlimited IMAP accounts via password or OAuth2, stores emails locally as deduplicated compressed EML files, and offers powerful full-text search and tagging powered by Tantivy. A clean React/TypeScript web UI provides threaded views, attachment downloads, and analytics. It includes OpenAPI with token auth, … Read more about How to Install Bichon on Your Synology NAS