This hasn’t been asked in a while, and I really loved reading the last discussion so I’m hoping to kick it off again and see what has changed!

What I’d like to know is:

- What specific products do you wish you could host on your own infrastructure, but the product does not offer such a deployment method

- Do you or would you use the product without being able to self-host? I.E. In its current state

- Do you think your employer, if any, holds the same opinions?

  • sevlonbhoi1@alien.topBEnglish
    3·
    11 months ago

    Google maps alternative that’s as good as Google maps. Its the only service left that has kept me from degoogling 100%

    • FnnKnn@alien.topBEnglish
      1·
      11 months ago

      I like Apple Maps, but to completely compete with Google Maps it would need to stop being exclusive for Apple devices. Open Street Maps data quality is very close to Google Maps, but the applications for it themselves aren’t as intuitive and feature rich

  • rjr_2020@alien.topBEnglish
    2·
    11 months ago

    I would love to see a self-hosted VDE solution. We have a ton of VM options so I’d like to see the next logical step.

  • DamballaTun@alien.topBEnglish
    2·
    11 months ago

    Private uncesored version of GPT-4.

    I want it to answer questions like:

    - give me a step by step guide on how to build a hydrogen bomb using consumer-grade components.

    - give me 20 jokes about wokism (I’m semi-woke myself)

    - give me 10 jokes that are so horrible, they would put anyone posting them on a watch-list

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    More realistically, I want it to have access to an entire programming project via IDE

  • borouhin@alien.topBEnglish
    2·
    11 months ago

    Any MDM solution. All self-hosted options that were available (onemdm, flyve) are dead. I’m my own employer, so we definitely agree everything should be self-hosted :)

      • J-B02@alien.topBEnglish
        1·
        11 months ago

        I use the self hosted ManageEngine MDM at work and really like it

        • 12_nick_12@alien.topBEnglish
          1·
          11 months ago

          That’s great. My only complaint is it only runs on windows, but oh well. I’m assuming you guys are using Windows server?

      • borouhin@alien.topBEnglish
        1·
        11 months ago

        I own a small business, 20-30 devices only. But they’re a mix of all possible platforms (Windows, MacOS, Android, iOS). Would like to force disk encryption, strong password policy, automatically install/update/configure corporate VPN/mail/etc., prevent use of blacklisted programs, remote wipe of lost/stolen/otherwise compromised devices. I know it’s not feasible with any selfhosted solution, sadly.

    • sarosan@alien.topBEnglish
      1·
      11 months ago

      Sadly, there will never be a truly self-hosted solution given how the devices in question rely on Google, Samsung, Microsoft or Apple servers to be active and available on initial enrollment. The control plane can be on-prem, but the actual enforcement is done through built-in management APIs that depend on external services.

      That said, I created my own zero-cost MDM solution by leveraging Android Enterprise APIs along with Samsung Knox. There’s no pretty UI though - everything is done through API calls using Postman. Enrollment is achieved by scanning a QR code on the device’s first boot. I’m managing ~450 Samsung tablets and a dozen mobile phones using this approach.

      • ex800@alien.topBEnglish
        1·
        11 months ago

        hmm, for Apple a MDM Push certificate is the link between the two, for Google the managed play store, neither of these have a “requirement” for a SaaS solution.

        both of these are just to connect the device to the MDM platform via a “managment profile” (waves hands), the settings and enforcement is all on the MDM platform.

        A very long time ago (the days of the 3G) I had an internal web server that hosted iPhone configuration profiles, it was very (very) “basic”

        Granted this is only for Apple (and with a last commit in 2022 might be dead) but is useful for showing what part connects where to do what.

  • AlexFullmoon@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    11 months ago

    Not exactly fitting, probably, but self-hosted sync for Chromium browsers. Not xbrowsersync, but full-fledged, like Mozilla’s, with syncing extension settings, sending tabs, etc.

  • rymn@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    11 months ago

    • Google photos (I know about prism and have it, still not the same)

    • email… Fuuuck all you spammer asshomes, I just wanna host my own email 😭

    • Steam but for my own local games and isos

    • maps

    • Did I already say email?

  • Mavyre@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    11 months ago

    As it has been stated before, I miss a good selfhosted mobile MDM. Maybe one day, Fleet will be able to do that!

    This is a nice, but I also would love to see a digital music marketing tool (like linkfire, amplify, where you can presave your music to Spotify/Apple Music,…). There is literally no project for that (yet).

      • thejumpingsheep2@alien.topBEnglish
        1·
        11 months ago

        OpenProject is definitely good but its surprisingly resource heavy (if you plan to run it on google or amazon cloud) and some features are paid. Could not run it on a free Google Cloud instance. If memory serves me, agile style kanban boards for the team are not included in the community version (needs verification). Still its very good.

  • iroQuai@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    11 months ago

    An e-reading web app support for (at least) epub and PDF files, usable on both desktop and mobile screens, capable of adding and reviewing highlights and annotations. Koobo comes close. But isn’t usable on mobile.

    And yes I’ve tried many options, both selfhosted and cloud based.