Self-Hosting Duplicati: Encrypted Cloud Backup with Docker

Self-Hosting Duplicati: Encrypted Cloud Backup with Docker You have a self-hosted stack running. Databases, configuration files, media libraries, personal documents — all living on your server. Now ask yourself: if that drive died right now, what would you lose? Duplicati is a free, open-source backup client that encrypts your data before sending it to cloud storage. It supports over 30 storage backends — S3, Backblaze B2, Google Drive, OneDrive, SFTP, WebDAV, and more — with AES-256 encryption, deduplication, and incremental backups. Everything runs through a clean web UI, so you schedule it once and forget about it. ...

March 21, 2026 · 13 min · Self Host Setup

Self-Hosting Ente: End-to-End Encrypted Google Photos Alternative

Self-Hosting Ente: End-to-End Encrypted Google Photos Alternative Google Photos is convenient. It’s also a privacy nightmare — your photos are scanned, analyzed, and stored on servers you don’t control. If you’ve been looking for a self-hosted alternative that doesn’t sacrifice the features that make cloud photo management actually useful, Ente deserves serious consideration. Ente is a fully open-source, end-to-end encrypted photo storage platform. Every photo is encrypted on your device before it ever touches your server. Not even you (as the server admin) can see the contents of uploaded photos without the user’s encryption keys. It’s been audited by Cure53, one of the most respected cybersecurity firms in the world, along with Symbolic Software for cryptography and Fallible for penetration testing. ...

March 18, 2026 · 10 min · Self Host Setup