Community & Resources
Building independent infrastructure isn’t a solo endeavor. These are the communities, tools, and resources that make it possible.
Communities
Self-Hosting & Homelab
- r/selfhosted - Active community sharing configurations and solutions
- r/homelab - Infrastructure enthusiasts learning by doing
- Awesome Self-Hosted - Comprehensive software directory
- Homelab Discord - Real-time help and discussion
Privacy & Security
- Privacy Guides - Privacy-focused software recommendations
- Electronic Frontier Foundation - Digital rights advocacy and resources
- PRISM Break - Alternatives to proprietary software
Open Source
- Fosstodon - Mastodon instance for open source community
- Open Source Initiative - License standards and advocacy
- Matrix - Decentralized communication protocol
Essential Tools
Infrastructure Foundation
- Proxmox VE - Open source virtualization platform
- pfSense / OPNsense - Firewall and routing
- TrueNAS - Storage and data management
- Ansible - Infrastructure automation
Services
- Nextcloud - Files, calendars, contacts
- Matrix - Decentralized messaging
- Vaultwarden - Password management
- Jellyfin - Media streaming
- Gitea - Git hosting
Monitoring & Operations
- Prometheus - Metrics collection
- Grafana - Visualization
- Uptime Kuma - Uptime monitoring
Security
- Wireguard - Modern VPN
- Let’s Encrypt - Free SSL/TLS certificates
- Fail2ban - Intrusion prevention
- CrowdSec - Collaborative security
Learning Resources
Books
- “Designing Data-Intensive Applications” - Martin Kleppmann
- “Site Reliability Engineering” - Google
- “Building Microservices” - Sam Newman
- “The Phoenix Project” - Gene Kim
Essential Reading
- A Cypherpunk’s Manifesto - Eric Hughes
- The Cathedral and the Bazaar - Eric S. Raymond
- Twelve-Factor App - Methodology for building services
Documentation
- Proxmox Wiki
- pfSense Docs
- ArchWiki - Comprehensive Linux documentation
- LinuxServer.io - Container documentation
Contributing
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“We the Cypherpunks are dedicated to building anonymous systems. We are defending our privacy with cryptography, with anonymous mail forwarding systems, with digital signatures, and with electronic money.”
— Eric Hughes, A Cypherpunk’s Manifesto