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Self-hosted apps on your own rules
Email, Nextcloud, proxies and everything in between — full root means your retention policy, your backups, your rules.
Every SaaS is a data-sharing agreement you didn't negotiate. Self-hosting flips it: your storage, your logs, your deletion schedule. A no-KYC VPS keeps even the hosting relationship out of the picture.
Popular stacks
- ▹Nextcloud or Seafile for files and sync.
- ▹Postfix + Dovecot with DKIM — see the mail relay guide.
- ▹Vaultwarden for passwords and 2FA.
- ▹Caddy reverse proxy in front of everything, auto-TLS included.
Keeping it yours
Encrypt backups client-side before they leave the box (restic makes this one cron line), and keep a restore drill scheduled. Independence is a practice, not a purchase.