May 2026 has brought some major (and slightly shocking) news for the entire self-hosting community. Let’s kick things off with the biggest bombshell of the month: Plex has announced that the Lifetime Plex Pass license will jump to $749.99 starting July 1, 2026. Following the previous price increase, this latest hike effectively triples the cost … Read more about Synology: Huge Docker Container Updates May 2026
HomeTube is a simple web UI for downloading single videos from the internet with the highest quality available and moving them to specific local locations automatically managed and integrated by media servers such as Plex or Jellyfin. HomeTube is a simple friendly solution for easily integrating preferred videos from Youtube and others platforms to local … Read more about How to Install HomeTube on Your Synology NAS
Lyftr is a self-hosted, open-source fitness tracker that lets you log workouts (800+ exercise library), build reusable programs, track nutrition (calories, macros, barcode scanning), and monitor progress with dashboards, charts, and personal records, all while keeping your data private on your own NAS server. With a modern mobile-first UI, Go + React/TypeScript backend/frontend, single SQLite … Read more about How to Install Lyftr on Your Synology NAS
HashiCorp Vault is an identity-based secrets and encryption management system for securely accessing secrets. A secret is anything that you want to tightly control access to, such as API keys, passwords, certificates, and more. Vault provides a unified interface to any secret, while providing tight access control and recording a detailed audit log. In this … Read more about How to Install Vault on Your Synology NAS
SkySend is a minimalist, self-hostable file and note sharing service with end-to-end encryption. Files and notes are encrypted in the browser (AES-256-GCM) before they ever reach the server, making it a true zero-knowledge system. No accounts, no telemetry, just fast, private sharing with expiring links, password protection, Markdown notes, multi-file/folder uploads, optional SSO, S3 storage … Read more about How to Install SkySend on Your Synology NAS
Swing Music is a beautiful, self-hosted music player for your local audio files. Like a cooler Spotify, but brings you your own music. Just run the app and enjoy your music library in a web browser. In this step by step guide I will show you how to install Swing Music on your Synology NAS … Read more about How to Install Swing Music on Your Synology NAS