Fun things you can do with a NAS using Docker
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🕒 Chapter Timestamps (mm:ss)
00:00 Intro – Why Docker Makes Your NAS Fun Again
00:50 What is Docker?
01:33 Docker vs Container Station – Requirements Explained
02:15 RESTYABOARD – Self-hosted task boards
03:07 HomeBridge – Smart Home Hub
03:23 Flarum – Create a Free Forum
03:44 Chia Mining – Use NAS Storage for Crypto
04:18 Bitwarden – Self-Hosted Password Vault
04:38 BookStack – Personal Wiki & Docs
05:06 Tiny RSS – RSS Feed Aggregator
05:27 Blink Server – Mobile App Platform
05:40 Duck DNS – Dynamic DNS
06:06 Mayan EDMS – Document Management System
06:29 Pi-hole – Network Ad Blocker
06:54 OpenVPN – Secure Remote Access
07:16 Jackett, Sonarr, Radarr – Torrent Automation
07:33 Grafana – Dashboards & Analytics
07:36 Resilio – Cross-Platform Sync
07:58 Duplicati 2.0 – Backup Software
08:24 Charlie – Bookmarking Tool
08:38 Splunk – IT Monitoring Platform
09:01 Commento – Self-Hosted Comments
09:18 Rocket Chat – Self-Hosted Team Chat
09:41 Heimdall – Link Dashboard
10:07 Lidarr – Music Download Automation
10:19 Telegraph – Metrics Collection
10:42 BookStack – Internal Documentation
11:06 NZBGet – Usenet Client
11:26 UniFi Controller – Network Management
11:49 Subsonic – Personal Music Streaming
12:06 IRC & Micro Server – Lightweight Chat and Hosting
12:09 Handbrake – Video Transcoding
12:31 Paperless & Papermerge – OCR and Document Management
13:16 Bazarr & Spotweb – Subtitle & Feed Automation
13:39 Final Thoughts – Got a Favorite Docker App?
13:57 Ask Questions or Suggest More in Comments
📁 Productivity / Collaboration
Restya Board – Trello-like project management board
Flarum – Lightweight forum software
BookStack – Documentation and wiki platform
Rocket.Chat – Self-hosted team chat
Commento – Privacy-friendly comment system
Shaarli – Personal bookmark manager
Splunk – Data analytics and log management
🏠 Smart Home / IoT
Homebridge – Integrate smart home devices with Apple HomeKit
Blynk Server – IoT platform for remote device control
UniFi Controller – Manage UniFi network devices
Airsonic – Music streaming server
Quassel Core – IRC chat core for Quassel clients
🔒 Security / Backup
Bitwarden – Password manager (self-hosted)
DuckDNS – Dynamic DNS service
Duplicati – Encrypted cloud backup tool
Resilio Sync – Peer-to-peer file sync
KeeWeb – Web-based KeePass-compatible password manager
📚 File / Document Management
Mayan EDMS – Electronic document management system
Papermerge – Document management with OCR
Paperless-ng – Paperless document archiving
Fileshare – Simple self-hosted file sharing
📡 Media / Entertainment
Transmission + OpenVPN – Torrent client with VPN
Jackett – Torrent indexer proxy
Sonarr – TV series downloader
Lidarr – Music downloader
Bazarr – Subtitles manager
Ombi – Media request management for Plex/Emby
ruTorrent – Torrent management web UI
NZBGet – Usenet downloader
Tautulli – Plex monitoring and analytics
Heimdall – Dashboard for web apps
HandBrake – Video transcoder
📈 Monitoring / Analytics / Network
Grafana – Metrics visualization
Telegraf – Metrics collector for Grafana/InfluxDB
Pi-hole – Network-wide ad blocker
Spotweb – Usenet indexing web application
Chia – Chia blockchain node and farmer
YouTube-DL Server – Web interface for youtube-dl
🕹️ Other / Fun
Spigot – Minecraft server