One of the nicest surprises of 2026 is undoubtedly Dockhand, the tool that’s quickly replacing Portainer and has delivered a real quality leap in our home self-hosted lab. Dockhand keeps getting better at an impressive pace: every update fixes annoying bugs and brings genuinely useful features for serious self-hosters. Its killer feature? It’s free. Meanwhile … Read more about Synology: Huge Docker Container Updates January 2026
Radarr is a movie collection manager for Usenet and BitTorrent users. It can monitor multiple RSS feeds for new movies and will interface with clients and indexers to grab, sort, and rename them. It can also be configured to automatically upgrade the quality of existing files in the library when a better quality format becomes … Read more about How to Install Radarr on Your Synology NAS
On January 28, 2026, Dockhand switched from version 1.0.12 to the new 1.0.13 version. Dockhand fixes the following issues and adds new options: New – Add DISABLE_LOCAL_LOGIN env var to hide local password login when SSO/LDAP is configured New – Add ntfy authentication support (user:pass@host/topic format) New – Sortable health column in containers grid (unhealthy … Read more about Synology & UGREEN: Dockhand Docker Version 1.0.13
Orca Slicer is an open source slicer for FDM printers. Orca Slicer is based on Bambu Studio, which is based on PrusaSlicer, which is based on Slic3r. That’s quite a family tree, but it shows the power of open-source software in the 3D printing community. In this step by step guide I will show you … Read more about How to Install Orca Slicer on Your Synology NAS
Planka is a free open source Trello-like kanban board for workgroups built with React and Redux. In this step by step guide I will show you how to install Planka on your Synology NAS using Docker & Portainer. STEP 1 Please Support My work by Making a Donation. STEP 2 Install Portainer using my step by … Read more about How to Install Planka on Your Synology NAS
Grafana is an open source visualization and analytics software. Grafana allows you to query, visualize, alert on and understand your metrics no matter where they are stored. Create, explore, and share dashboards with your team and foster a data driven culture. From heatmaps to histograms. Graphs to geomaps. Grafana has a plethora of visualization options … Read more about How to Install Grafana on Your Synology NAS