I am setting up my NAS right now, and I need some suggestions for apps that I can run on my NAS or self-host.

  • I have seen some online articles, but they are too confusing because they list too many apps for each category.

  • I want backup apps for iOS, Android, Mac and Windows. (It would be great if they could back up automatically).

  • I want to sync my calendars and contacts.

  • I want to download media like TV shows and movies. (And music, too). “Of course, only legal obtained from the internet cough.”

  • I want apps that let me access my data from anywhere.

  • I saw this cool thing where you could use a Raspberry Pi to access your NAS bios from your PC.

Os - Unraid

  • 𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙚English
    2•1 year ago

    I think it depends on your clients. If you’re using Roku, you can skip Jellyfin…sadly.

      • 𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙚English
        1•1 year ago

        Still gotta pay for guide data iirc. Has that changed?

        An update for the Roku app was released 5 days ago which massively improves it (finally an OSD!). It’s getting there.

        • @[email protected]English
          2•1 year ago

          I use zap2xml or whatever it is. Simple script and crontab job and it’s worked without issue for near two years now I guess (since I initially configured it.) All free. I’m in the States so not sure if it’s location dependent or not.

        • ChewyEnglish
          5•1 year ago

          Never used Plex, but if being open source is a feature Jellyfin is better than Plex.

          Not requiring an external authentication server is the biggest drawback of Plex. I don’t want Plex to have my watch history and info about my media library.

          With Findroid supporting the intro skip plugin I’m fine since I don’t need many platforms.

    • @douglasg14bEnglish
      0•1 year ago

      And Android TV, it’s gotten better, but generally still sucks.

      I use Jellyfin because it’s FOSS, private, and it’s also written in a tech stack I’m very familiar with.not because it’s better than flex, because it really isn’t.