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Products that do what Linux and Windows CalDAV calendar client does
Hello, I have been developing self hosted CalDAV calendar Bloben (https://bloben.com), which is now available also as standalone Electron desktop client for Linux and Windows. It is using same client and server code base with some changes like: - switching from PostgreSQL database to SQLite - requests are handled with IPC - no account management, just single user Why Electron app when there is already self hosted client? I think there are some people, who don't want all features from self hosted version and using desktop app might be easier for them or it is just better alternative…
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2018 · github.com
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2019 · deskgap.com
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2016 · github.com
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2016 · alloy.simoncaminada.ch
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Built this after getting frustrated with the paying to a google for email. Now running it for 1 months in production. What it does: - Full SMTP server (inbound/outbound, DKIM signing, SPF/DMARC checking) - IMAP with IDLE support - CalDAV/CardDAV (replace Google Calendar/Contacts) - Web admin panel with Prometheus metrics - Greylisting for spam prevention - Auto-discovery (mail clients configure themselves) - Audit logging for compliance What it doesn't do: - Webmail (use Roundcube, etc.) - ML-based spam filtering (greylisting + basic heuristics only) - Clustering/HA
Jan 2026 · github.com
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2017 · tux.io
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In my last project, I was struggling to create and monitor cron jobs. So, instead of creating hundreds of standalone scrips and executing them with cron, I decided to turn those scripts into multiple endpoints. Next, I created a single service that I could schedule HTTP requests to those endpoints and monitor its execution. No more scripts, now everything is endpoints that I can run manually at any time I turned this scheduler service into a Micro-SaaS so you don't have to build it yourself: beew.io I know you can Schedule HTTP requests with Zapier but come on... I will not pay 50 bucks for…
2021
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Hi HN! This is Girish/Johannes from Cloudron - https://cloudron.io! We have been working on a platform that makes it easy to run apps on your server. It all started when Google Reader was shutdown :-). We initially started writing self-hosted equivalents of popular services but quickly found that there is a ton of great self-hosted software out there. It’s just a lot of work to actually run them and keep them up-to-date. The idea with Cloudron is simple: you install the Cloudron platform on your server. You can then install apps like NextCloud, GitLab, Rocket.Chat from the App…
2018
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2017 · github.com
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Hey HN, I wanted to share something I’ve been working on. My startup previously built B2B SaaS, and large enterprises sometimes wanted to self-host it for data residency reasons - but this was a nightmare to build and support. I chatted to other builders/founders and it seems this pain is pretty common. But people tolerate it because the biggest customers often require self-hosting. So we’ve built and open-sourced Shepherd to make it easier to manage these self-hosted deployments. It’s MIT licensed, and provides: 1 - Simplified deployment with a UI to create and manage Helm charts, for…
2025 · trustshepherd.com
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Hi HN, For the last ~15 years I've worked on embedding web browsers into Java and .NET desktop apps (JxBrowser, DotNetBrowser). Over time, I watched many teams move from embedding web views into native apps, to building full desktop apps with frameworks like Electron and Tauri. Both are useful, but in practice I kept running into several problems. With Electron, beyond the larger app footprint, I often ran into: - lack of type-safe IPC - no source code protection - weak support for the modern web stack Tauri solves some problems (like app size), but introduces others: - different WebViews…
Apr 2026 · teamdev.com
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This is introducing Chromely. Chromely is a lightweight .NET/.NET Core HTML5 Chromium desktop framework alternative to Electron.NET, Electron for .NET/.NET Core developers. Chromely builds HTML5 desktops without WinForms or WPF. Chromely is based on CEF's Xilium.CefGlue and CefSharp using thin Windows and Linux native GUI API as chromium hosts. With Chromely, you can build SPA's HTML5 desktop apps- using Angular, React, Vue or similar - without Node/NPM. For more info please go to - https://github.com/mattkol/Chromely
2018
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Hi HN, Alexey from Chainstack here. We built Chainstack Self-Hosted to package everything we’ve learned from 8+ years of running blockchain nodes into a single control panel. The goal we’re building this product around is to make blockchain infrastructure boring to operate. The software is free to install. You only pay for the infrastructure you run it on. The quickest way to get hands-on with it is through the Vultr Marketplace or one of the other providers listed in the docs. The current release supports Ethereum Mainnet, Sepolia, and Hoodi with Reth + Prysm full nodes. We’ll be adding…
Jun 2026 · docs.chainstack.com
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Another HN Desktop client: https://github.com/spennihana/HackerDesktop Last weekend user westoncb posted[1] an app built in kotlin/swing[2]. A comment there mentioned that an electron app might be an interesting alternative, and here is the result of this last week's hackings. It uses the firebase API underneath and elm/electron to interact with kotlin via the spark-kotlin micro rest framework. The icns were made with Adobe Illustrator. The dmg unpacks to a whopping 250MB (since it packages the JRE in addition to all of the usual electron junk). video link:…
2017
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Hey everyone, we built a local-first, open-source framework to allows you to export and build applications with your personal data. This August, we built a digital footprint exporter (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41325719) that allowed people to get back their personal data, but there was no way to interact with it. So we added a python package, improved the reliability of the exporting, and implemented a unified JSON structure across platforms. How it works: - Electron’s built-in webview element is used to navigate to the platform’s website and the user can connect…
2024 · docs.surferprotocol.org
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Attached is my attempt at making a small toy S3 client without any other dependency besides libcurl and OpenSSL. Was tested mainly on MinIO (RIP) locally, so I would expect some bugs when using it against AWS, although I was able to play with it on some open access buckets Be aware that I am not a C++ programmer and this project was indeed done to learn a bit of C++ myself :') Feedback on any of the code, either on gtest, or the benchmarking section or the core itself is welcome!
Jun 2026 · github.com
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Hi everyone! I built this because I wanted a little bit more organization around my Claude sessions, worktrees and plans while staying in the terminal and not relying on another SaaS tool. Since it's a command line tool, the added bonus is that Claude can use `td` directly. The td calendar was just a fun add-on but the Claude session stats have been pretty interesting! Let me know what you think!
Apr 2026 · github.com
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I've been building Rivers for the past 7 months, an asset-based orchestrator. The core components such as planning, scheduling etc are in Rust and the user facing API is in Python. My most recent release adds OIDC and forward auth support. Security shouldn't be paywalled :)
Jul 2026 · github.com
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hi all, i just released Kanba, a self-hostable, open source project management tool built for developers and small teams who prefer to own their tools. - no vendor lock-in - fully local data (via Supabase or your own backend) - MIT licensed - lightweight, minimal UI. think Trello, but open and yours tech stack: React + Tailwind + Supabase github link on comments would love feedback or ideas. contributions welcome!
2025
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I wrote a minimal iOS app called PocketServer (~1MB in download size) that creates persistent local HTTP/WebDAV servers which can actually run in the background. Functionalities: - Serve a folder via WebDAV — browse/add/delete files from others devices on the same network. - Host a static website or directory listing, accessible locally. - Share files cross-platform on the same network, no app needed on the receiving side. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pocketserver-local-server/id67...
2025
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A little toy HN client for the desktop that I've been playing around with this week.
2022 · github.com
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If you want to write web apps in C with mainly server side html, this might be the project for you! I've been using/developing it for a project to sell photos/videos at surf camps. test site: https://beta.fluffyspork.com Highlights: * builds to a single AppImage for deployment * all code included that's not a standard linux library * mostly don't have to write html, generated with code There are many things in the currently private project that aren't yet moved to fu due to time.
2023 · github.com
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