Links
PermalinkLinks to websites, self-hosted apps and other cool online things that I use. I'm constantly adding to this as I find new things I consider worth sharing! (All links are external and open in new tab.)
- Bear BlogwebsiteA minimalist privacy-focused blog platform, the fastest and easiest way to start blogging.
- Modern CSSwebsiteModern CSS code snippets, side by side with the old hacks they replace.
- CSS Keyframe Animation GeneratortoolkitGreat tool for visualizing CSS keyframe animations.
- UI ColorstoolkitCool and simple little tool where you just use two sliders to create color palettes.
- Temp.shwebsiteUpload a file, get a link, others go to the link to download that file. Uploads disappear after 3 days. Quick, simple, beautiful.
- BentoPDFwebsiteA free PDF toolkit built for privacy, alternative to Stirling PDF. Can be self-hosted as well!
- TRaSH GuideswebsiteA comprehensive collection of guides for Radarr, Sonarr, and related media management tools.
- Base64 GurutoolkitA knowledge base and toolkit for encoding and decoding base64 data.
- Lighthouse Feed FindertoolkitPart of lighthouseapp.io, this free tool lets you search a URL for RSS, JSON and Atom feeds.
- BrandColorswebsiteThe biggest collection of official brand color codes around.
- 98.csslibraryCSS library and design system for building faithful recreations of old UIs.
- 88x31 Button MakertoolkitA codepen that lets you make your own 88x31 button from text.
- 88x31websiteA collection of static and animated graphical buttons straight out of the 90s world wide web.
- CSS IconwebsiteSimple icon set made with pure CSS code, no dependencies, just grab and go.
- Perfect Media ServerwebsiteA handy site for self-hosters that documents the many aspects of building a media server using Free and Open Source Software. I referenced it myself when setting up my current home server.
- CSS Gradient GeneratortoolkitA fantastic and easy-to-use gradient generator for your CSS, made by Josh Comeau. (Whose blog you should also check out.)
- CSS Shadow Palette GeneratortoolkitAnother great tool made by Josh Comeau to generate shadows for CSS.
- Pangolinself-hostedOpen-source, identity-based remote access platform built on WireGuard. Self-hosted alternative to Tailscale and Zero Tier.
- SlashpageswebsiteA list common pages you can add to your website, usually with a standard root-level slug like /now, /about, or /uses.
- omg.lolserviceFor $20 a year you get a subdomain at omg.lol along with a bunch of services including a simple webpage, an @omg.lol email address, access to the social.lol Mastodon instance, and much more with new things added all the time!
- Racknerd TrackerwebsiteThis helpful site lists all special sales and regularly priced VPS, hosting and server products offered by RackNerd.
- Mergerfsself-hostedA union filesystem that makes multiple storage devices or filesystems appear as a single unified directory.
- Random Password GeneratortoolkitHandy tool from Bitwarden to quickly generate a random password or passphrase.
- TailscaleserviceA mesh VPN service that makes it easy to connect devices across networks through encrypted WireGuard tunnels.
- DevpickertoolkitCollection of tools and online resources for web developers and designers.
- Garageself-hostedSelf-hosted S3-compatible object store. Alternative to MinIO, which is now in maintenance mode.
- Material Design IconstoolkitThis is where I get most of my icons, including for this site.
- I Can Haz IP?websiteGo here and get your IP address. No ads, not even any HTML, just the IP. Great for use with curl and wget.
- Dozzleself-hostedA realtime log viewer for containers, supports Docker and K8s.
- FileBrower Quantumself-hostedA web-based graphical file browser for Linux servers.
- Gluetunself-hostedVPN client in a container that works with multiple VPN providers.
- Jellyfinself-hostedA personal media server for your videos, like Plex though with less slick UI, but it's fully open-source with no paid features.
- Plexself-hostedA personal media server that provides a slick Netflix-like frontend for all your videos, automatically grabbing metadata, generating posters, etc. However, Plex is closed-source and they some lock features behind Plex Pass.
- Tautulliself-hostedA web app that you can run alongside your Plex Media Server to monitor activity and track various statistics.
- IT-Toolsself-hostedA suite of online tools for developers and IT professionals. Use the website or self-host it as a Docker container.
- Paperlessself-hostedA document management system that transforms your physical documents into a searchable online archive so you can keep less paper.
- Jellystatsself-hostedA monitoring and statistics app like Tautulli, but for Jellyfin.
- Stirling PDFself-hostedSelf-hosted web app that allows you to perform various operations on PDF files.
- Dockgeself-hostedGUI to manage container stacks via Docker Compose, created by the person who made Uptime-Kuma.
- Forgejoself-hostedA self-hosted GitHub alternative. Fork of Gitea.
- Home Assistantself-hostedOpen-source home automation platform that puts local control and privacy first. Usable as a dedicated OS, a Docker container or you can purchase an appliance with it installed.
- Scrutinyself-hostedSelf-hosted S.M.A.R.T. monitoring with historical trends and real-world failure thresholds.
- Cockpitself-hostedA web-based graphical interface for managing Linux servers.
- Kavitaself-hostedA self-hosted ebook server and web-based reader with a slick UI.
- Nginx Proxy Managerself-hostedDocker container app that lets you easily manage a reverse proxy through a GUI.
- OpenGistself-hostedA self-hosted pastebin powered by Git, open-source alternative to Github Gist.
- Speedtest Trackerself-hostedSelf-hosted app that runs in Docker which does an Ookla speedtest every hour (though it can be scheduled however you like) and plots it to the chart, so you can see differences in speed and ping over time on pretty graphs.
- DecomposerizetoolkitThis site does the opposite of Composerize, you paste in a YAML from a Docker Compose file and it gets converted into a Docker Run command.
- Uptime-Kumaself-hostedA self-hosted uptime monitoring solution, free and open source alternative to Uptime Robot.
- Pi-Holeself-hostedSelf-hosted network-wide DNS sinkhole, can block many ads on most devices through the use of community-maintained block lists. This was my first self-hosted app and what got me into self-hosting!
- CoolorstoolkitUltra-fast and super intuitive color palette generator.
- ComposerizetoolkitThis site lets you paste in a Docker Run command and convert it into YAML syntax for Docker Compose files.
- CSS Filter GeneratortoolkitConvert hex or RGB color codes into CSS filter properties, handy for figuring out how to apply colors to SVGs.
- RsyncinatortoolkitUse a GUI to create complex rsync commands then copy & paste it directly into your terminal.
- Font AwesomewebsiteA good icon library with a decent free selection, but they also have "premium" icon styles that are locked behind a paywall.
- IconifywebsiteHosts many different open-source icon sets available to use in your websites and apps.
- PWA Image GeneratortoolkitUpload an image and have it converted into the different sizes and formats necessary for a PWA. Part of the PWA Builder web apps, my most used part for sure.
- PWA BuildertoolkitA suite of tools to help you build PWAs, from beginning to publishing on an app store, and everything in-between.
- nekoCalctoolkitA bunch of useful CSS typography (and also non-webdev) calculators including for golden ratio, px to em or rem (and vice versa), etc.
- JSON to YAMLtoolkitA site that lets you write either JSON or YAML and auto-convert it to the other format.
- SVG Favicon GeneratortoolkitAn upgraded version of Real Favicon Generator that accepts only SVGs, but generates both light and dark theme favicon SVGs from it!
- LayoutIttoolkitA set of handy tools for front-end web development. I find their CSS Generator particularly useful!
- Real Favicon GeneratortoolkitA tool that generates favicons from a JPEG, PNG or SVG image you upload.
- UI GoodieswebsiteA site that brings together the best web design resources in one place.
- Realtime ColorstoolkitVery cool site that you test different color palettes and see the changes in real time.
- Meta Tags ToolkittoolkitGenerate, preview and edit meta tags for your website.
- Crontab GurutoolkitA quick and simple editor for cron schedule expressions.
- What is my viewport?toolkitShows the viewport of the browser window and updates the size in real time when you resize the window.
- Image Color PickertoolkitSite that lets you drag and drop an image to extract the HEX and RGB colors it uses.
- Chmod CalculatortoolkitCheck boxes to choose Linux permissions and show the numeric value (e.g. 777) or symbolic notation (e.g. rwxrwxrwx) for those permissions.