The Self Hosting Guide repository is a comprehensive, community-curated handbook for individuals and teams who want to deploy and manage their own self-hosted services — from applications and infrastructure to networking and security. It covers conceptual guidance on why self-hosting can be advantageous (e.g., privacy, control, cost savings) as well as detailed, actionable instructions on setting up popular services such as web servers, media servers, home automation stacks, VPNs, backups, and monitoring tools. Throughout the guide, best practices for hardening, maintenance, and uptime are emphasized, helping users avoid common pitfalls and adopt resilient architectures. ...