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Written by Olivier Forget on 2025-01-18 at 17:44

Does anybody remember playing with Tonido in 2009-2017? It was a self hosted #NAS thing you could install on your computer. It gave you access to your files from anywhere. It installed on all OS (Win, Mac, Linux) and required no networking config. Downside was everything went through their servers of course.

https://www.tonido.com/

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonido

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Written by Olivier Forget on 2025-01-18 at 17:56

...I don't recall exactly how it worked but it's probably fair to say it's a stretch to call it self hosting.

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Written by ocdtrekkie on 2025-01-18 at 17:59

@teleclimber Hadn't heard of it but if your actual store is self-hosted, it probably qualifies as such... with the caveat you can't trust it of course.

The question is does the data transit their servers or just "matchmaking"? I've used file sync with a proprietary server component but it was just to make the connection, no personal data went to the servers.

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Written by Olivier Forget on 2025-01-18 at 18:45

@ocdtrekkie exactly. I recently wrote about what to consider when depending on a 3rd party as part of a self hosting setup:

https://olivierforget.net/blog/2025/self-hosting-third-party-services/

Tonido might not have been appropriate for privacy, but I like their install anywhere + zero config approach.

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Written by ken barker on 2025-01-18 at 19:02

@teleclimber

I do. Still have one in my collection.

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Written by Olivier Forget on 2025-01-18 at 19:25

@kbarker Cool! What do you remember about it? Did it work well? Easy to set up?

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Written by ken barker on 2025-01-19 at 00:02

@teleclimber

If I remember correctly it was easy for a normal tech wizard. I have never been a wizard. Want me to send it to you?

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Written by Olivier Forget on 2025-01-19 at 18:11

@kbarker Huh, so maybe not that easy then? Thanks for offering to send it, that's very kind, but I don't need it.

It sounds like you have a bit of a collection? What other devices do you have that tried to make self-hosting more approachable?

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