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VOL. I·NO. 01
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2026
  1. 001Hacker NewsOCT · 10English

    Show HN: Nostos – A self-hosted home for reading, notes, and writing

    Nostos is a self-hosted application that integrates reading, note-taking, and writing in one environment. Users can manage physical books, EPUBs, PDFs, and audiobooks; capture contextual notes and highlights; connect ideas through a wiki-like topic system; and draft writing projects with source material accessible alongside. The interface prioritizes focused work over social features and engagement mechanics.

    By CalmReader96
  2. 002Hacker NewsOCT · 10English

    Run your CI locally or where your agents are running and update your gh checks

    Preloop is a local, self-hosted CI/CD tool that runs GitHub Actions workflows locally on hardware-isolated microvMs without requiring pushes to GitHub. It supports the official actions/runner protocol, executes workflows in 300ms, and can update GitHub checks via a webhook watchdog to handle status reconciliation and drift detection.

    By Bnjoroge
  3. 003Hacker NewsOCT · 09English

    Self-host your own AI text detector on CPU to filter out slop

    SlopTotal is a free, open-source, self-hosted AI text detector that uses 23 independent models to identify AI-generated content. It runs locally on CPU, accepts text/URLs/documents, and provides transparent accuracy metrics across multiple languages and writing styles.

    By sloptotal
  4. 004Hacker NewsOCT · 09English

    Show HN: Edi Life OS – self-hosted life dashboard with an MCP server for AI

    Edi Life OS is a self-hosted dashboard for managing focus, habits, goals, finances and projects in one place, with an optional MCP server that lets Claude and other AI assistants read and update your data through plain language commands. It runs on PHP and MySQL with no subscription or vendor lock-in, storing everything privately in your own database.

    By edris0077
  5. 005Hacker NewsOCT · 08English

    Muse and Grok bot are a privacy nightmare,so I created a self-hosted alternative

    Eidon is a self-hosted, open-source AI platform that offers an alternative to commercial services like ChatGPT and Claude. It features a team of autonomous agents coordinated by a Chief of Staff, with capabilities including web search, code generation, email management, and research, while keeping all data private on the user's own server.

    By Quack6765
  6. 006Hacker NewsOCT · 08English

    Desktop and Mobile Life Management Hub (Not Google)

    Ontoplano is a self-hosted life management application for organizing tasks, notes, recipes, and bills across desktop and mobile platforms. Released in September 2026, it offers multiple installation options including .deb, .rpm, Docker, and Android, with optional AI agent integration and local data storage.

    By philipthetenth
  7. 007Hacker NewsOCT · 08English

    Show HN: Kahawai – An open source, modular media system

    Kahawai is an open-source, self-hosted media server written in Rust that streams movies, series, anime, and music from your own collection. It intelligently decides per-stream whether to play files directly, remux, transcode audio only, or fully transcode based on client capabilities, minimizing unnecessary processing. The system supports distributed storage and transcoding across machines, comprehensive metadata from AniDB and AniList, and preserves subtitle formatting including typeset anime subtitles.

    By berm_
  8. 008Hacker NewsOCT · 08English

    Dear LLM, or how I stopped getting generic advice

    An article about a self-hosted, privacy-focused LLM application designed to provide personalized advice by maintaining structured context through diary entries and topics. The app extracts conversation summaries nightly to build richer context over time, addressing limitations of generic LLM responses that lack personal context.

    By kol3x
  9. 009Hacker NewsOCT · 08English

    Show HN: Low-Latency Kit – Self-Hosted WebRTC Signaling and SFU in Go

    Low-Latency Kit is a self-hosted WebRTC streaming solution built in Go, offering signaling, SFU, and browser-based publisher/viewer with sub-second latency and no external dependencies. The early-access kit is available for $59 and includes diagnostics, auto-reconnect, and a live demo, with v1 features like embedded TURN and adaptive bitrate coming soon.

    By lowlatencykit