Guides

Migration playbooks and setup walkthroughs. Each one lists the tradeoffs up front, the date we last verified the steps, and the cost flavor.

• A flat home network with Tailscale instead of port forwarding

  Reach every device on your home LAN from anywhere, without port forwarding, dynamic DNS, or a public IP. One subnet router, one afternoon.

  Network · difficulty 3/5 · Free · last verified 2026-05-04

• Block ads on your whole network with Blocky on a Raspberry Pi

  Set up Blocky on a Raspberry Pi as your network DNS resolver. Blocks ads and trackers for every device on your LAN, including phones and TVs that can't run blockers.

  Network · difficulty 3/5 · Self-host · last verified 2026-05-04

• Self-host Immich for family photo backup

  Run Immich on a home server with Docker Compose to give the household a Google Photos style timeline, mobile auto-backup, and shared albums.

  Photos · difficulty 4/5 · Self-host · last verified 2026-05-04