Surmai is a privacy-focused, self-hostable web app designed to streamline family trip planning. Built as a Progressive Web App, it allows users to collaboratively create itineraries, manage flights, hotels, packing lists, and documents all in one secure, searchable place. It works offline, syncs when connected, and can be installed on iOS or Android. The backend … Read more about How to Install Surmai on Your Synology NAS

Penpot is the first open-source design and prototyping platform for product teams that allows true collaboration between designers and developers. The Penpot mission is to provide an open source & open standards platform to bring collaboration between designers and developers to the next level. In this step by step guide I will show you how … Read more about How to Install Penpot on Your Synology NAS

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

February 2026 has been one of those months that reminds us why the self-hosting community is so special, full of passion, rapid growth, but also the occasional reality check. On the positive side, Dockhand continues its incredible rise day after day. What started as a breath of fresh air is now becoming the go-to Docker … Read more about Synology: Huge Docker Container Updates February 2026

So many of you have been asking me lately how to do a backup of your Docker Containers to prevent loss of data in case your NAS crashes or there is an unforeseen event that could jeopardize your working environment setup. In this article we will discover together, in a few simple steps, how to … Read more about Synology: How to Back Up Docker Containers

Manyfold (pronounced “manifold”, and previously known as VanDAM) is a digital asset manager, specifically designed for 3D print files. Create a library pointing at your files on disk, and it will scan for models and parts. It assumes that any folders containing STL or OBJ files are models, and the files within them are parts. … Read more about How to Install Manyfold on Your Synology NAS