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Your server. Your data. No cloud required.
Self-hosted home server with photo backup, music streaming, file management, and remote access. Replaces iCloud, Google Photos, Google Drive — runs on a small mini PC at home and works from anywhere.
Run on any laptop or desktop. No dedicated server needed. Start it when you want to sync, stop it when done.
git clone https://github.com/hamr0/privcloud.git && cd privcloud
privcloud install
privcloud start
# Open http://localhost:2283
Always-on machine running photos, music, files, monitoring, remote access, ad blocking — all in one. One script handles everything from a fresh Fedora install.
git clone https://github.com/hamr0/privcloud.git && cd privcloud
./setup.sh
- A mini PC with Fedora XFCE 43 (8GB+ RAM, 128GB+ disk) — any small refurbished box works, e.g. HP ProDesk 400 G4 DM
- A laptop on the same network — macOS, Linux, or Windows with WSL (you'll run everything from here after the first boot)
- A USB stick (8GB+) for the Fedora installer, plus an ethernet cable
- About 30 minutes
- Optional: a free Tailscale account for remote access
- Flash Fedora XFCE to USB and install it on the mini PC
- On the server (with a monitor): clone the repo and run
./setup.sh→ pick 1 to enable SSH - Unplug the monitor — everything from here runs from your laptop
- On your laptop: clone the repo and run
./setup.sh→ pick 2 (SSH key), then 3 → 7 in order - Open your services in the browser — Immich at
:2283, music at:4533, files at:8080
Every step is safe to re-run. Server steps auto-route via SSH; laptop steps run locally.
→ Full click-by-click walkthrough: customer-guide.md
| Service | What it does |
|---|---|
| Immich | Phone photo backup with face recognition and smart search — like Google Photos, but yours |
| Navidrome | Stream your music to your phone, with background playback and offline cache |
| FileBrowser | Drop files in, grab them from any browser |
| Uptime Kuma | Tells you if anything goes down and sends a notification |
| Tailscale | Reach your server from anywhere — no port forwarding, no dynamic DNS |
| WireGuard | Route all your phone or laptop traffic through home — public WiFi privacy |
| AdGuard Home | Network-wide ad and tracker blocker for every device |
| Syncthing | Real-time folder sync between your devices |
| Remote Desktop | The full Fedora desktop, from any device |
| Watchtower | Keeps everything up-to-date automatically |
| Doc | What |
|---|---|
| Customer Guide | Full setup walkthrough, service config, troubleshooting, maintenance |
| Changelog | Version history |
Apache-2.0 — see LICENSE.