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title: Self‑Hosting on a Budget: What I Run on My Mini PC
description: Last year, I decided to buy a second-hand mini PC, and I couldn't be happier with that choice!
Why? Because it opened the door to the world of self-hosting. Initially, my goal was simply to organize m
date: 2026-03-12T13:30:00.000Z
author: Nishchay Kaushik
tags: Homelab, homelabbing, self-hosted, #selfhosted, Google Photos, Immich, adguardhome, services, Mini PC
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# Self‑Hosting on a Budget: What I Run on My Mini PC

Last year, I decided to buy a second-hand mini PC, and I couldn't be happier with that choice!

Why? Because it opened the door to the world of self-hosting. Initially, my goal was simply to organize my photo library, which had been tucked away on my hard disk drive. However, I ended up running over 35 services in Docker containers!

\[Here's a preview of all the services I currently run on my server.\]

![Image showing multiple charts with text](https://cdn.hashnode.com/uploads/covers/6984dc9e559eb2d777b15a66/a98f263a-41a6-4f79-a93c-e58a0fddf68b.jpg align="center")

While I run a plethora of services, there are a couple of services that are top-tier for me, namely:

*   **Adguard**: For Adblocking and custom DNS
    
*   **Immich**: The Google Photos alternative
    
*   **Jellyfin:** For all the Linux ISOs 🙂
    
*   **Outline Wiki**: For internal notes, documentation and wikis
    

These are some of the services I use frequently, while others quietly work behind the scenes, acting as the unsung heroes that keep everything running smoothly.

## To Begin

In this multi-part series, I will cover how I configured each of these services, along with the best practices I used to make them publicly or remotely accessible and secure.

You can find all the details in the series:

[https://nkaushik.in/writing/series/homelab](https://nkaushik.in/writing/series/homelab)