For years on my blog I have always recommended and used Portainer as my go-to Docker manager on Synology NAS and UGREEN NAS (and beyond). It was love at first sight: clean interface (for its time), full control over containers, stacks, volumes, networks… basically everything a homelabber or small business could want from a self-hosted … Read more about Dockhand Tips and Tricks – The New Portainer Slayer
Yubal is a self-hosted, easy-to-use tool that downloads YouTube Music albums (using yt-dlp) and automatically tags them with high-quality Spotify metadata and album art (via beets), creating a clean, organized local music library in Opus format, all without requiring any accounts. In this step by step guide I will show you how to install Yubal on … Read more about How to Install Yubal on Your Synology NAS
Qui is a modern, high-performance web UI for qBittorrent, serving as a lightweight and feature-rich alternative to the default interface. Built with Go backend and React frontend, it ships as a single binary with no dependencies, making deployment effortless. Qui excels at managing multiple qBittorrent instances from one dashboard, with advanced rule-based automations, cross-seeding support … Read more about How to Install Qui on Your Synology NAS
Sportarr is a free, open-source automated media management tool designed specifically for sports events, functioning as a personal video recorder (PVR) for Usenet and BitTorrent users. Often described as “Sonarr or Radarr, but for sports,” it allows users to build and maintain an organized library of recorded sports content from hundreds of leagues worldwide, including … Read more about How to Install Sportarr on Your Synology NAS
Bitify is an open-source, self-hosted music streaming application that transforms YouTube into a personal, ad-free music library. Built with Next.js and TypeScript, it streams audio directly from YouTube videos using yt-dlp, without downloading or storing any files on your NAS server, keeping it lightweight and suitable for personal use. You can create, edit, and manage … Read more about How to Install Bitify on Your Synology NAS
MediaCMS is a modern, fully featured open-source content management system (CMS) designed specifically for hosting, managing, and sharing videos, audio files, images, and other media. Often described as a self-hosted alternative to platforms like YouTube or Vimeo, it gives you complete control over your content without ads, data lock-in, or platform restrictions. In this step … Read more about How to Install MediaCMS on Your Synology NAS