Docker is a powerful platform for running applications in isolated containers. If you own a QNAP NAS, you can use Container Station to deploy and manage Docker containers with ease. In this guide, we will walk through the process of setting up and running a Docker application on your QNAP NAS. Step 1: Install Container … Read more
MusicBrainz-Picard is a multi-platform python application which can help you tag your music collection. It allows you search the MusicBrainz database for the information of the files you have provided based on the filename, already existing tags and the acoustic fingerprints. If you are hosting music library on your QNAP device, you can fix all … Read more
Evernote was a great notes taking application, with one of the best features set in the market and it has been there for years. Although Evernote exceeds in few options like the online editor and stuff, it has a paywall for extensive features. Joplin is a perfect replacement for it with similar features for the … Read more
If you are avid reader and have a significant amount of books in different format on your computer, Calibre is an application you should really checkout to manage the library. Calibre has been a go-to software for local personal library management for years, but now it has a web interface which has almost all the … Read more
Paperless is one of the most advanced self-hosted document manage with a number of host apps on iOS as well as Android. If you use Adobe Scan, or similar apps to scan your documents and store the scanned files on premises using this self-hosted solution. If you add a couple of more services, you can … Read more
If you are done setting up plex, the next application you might want on you want to host on your QNAP device is something to stream your music on all your devices and users. There are many options here as well, but very few of them support podcast as one of the components. Ampache requires … Read more
If you own a NAS system, chances are you want it to be able to stream your owned media as well. QNAP does a good job of providing media streaming services but those have limited features. he 2 names which come up often for self hosting streaming videos, movies and TV Series are Plex and … Read more
Pi-hole is another application which you might want to run on your QNAP device to filter out all the ads coming in your network. It also provides other features like DNS and stuff, but you can already do that QNAP device control panel, what you can do is block ads. Pi-hole makes network wide ad … Read more
QNAP is one of the leading companies which provide Network Attached Storage devices and for the right reasons it is also one of the favorites of the self-hosting community. Although the company advertises the device as a NAS, it is capable of much more. Container Station provided by the QNAP app store is one of … Read more