Community guidelines

Comments on selfhostedworld.com are for people who run their own software. Share what worked, what broke, and what you would do differently.

The rules

1. Stay on topic. Focus on the software, the guide on the page, or self-hosting it. Short thank-you notes are fine.
2. No links. Do not post public web addresses, even written out as "example dot com". Local and placeholder addresses are fine: localhost, 192.168.x.x, nas.lan, example.com, Docker service names such as db:5432, image names such as ghcr.io/owner/image, and commands such as git@github.com:owner/repo.git.
3. No advertising. Do not promote products, services, hosting offers, referral codes, or your own channel. Naming other software for comparison is fine.
4. No private contact. Do not post phone numbers, email addresses, or messenger handles. Do not ask people to message you privately. Naming a project's issue tracker or forum is fine.
5. Criticise software, not people. Harsh reviews, bug reports, and comparisons are welcome. Insults, harassment, and threats are not.
6. No hate speech and no sexual content.
7. No personal data about other people.
8. No piracy. Do not ask for or point to pirated software, media, or licence keys.
9. Write for people. We remove gibberish, repeated posts, and text designed to evade moderation.

How moderation works

• Commenting requires a confirmed email address and a public display name.
• A person reviews your first comment before it appears.
• After that, an automated check tests new comments against these rules. It only holds comments for review. A human makes every final decision.
• If a moderator hides your comment, your future comments must wait for review again.
• You can report any comment. We review reports.
• We hide or delete rule-breaking comments, and we can ban repeat offenders.

The privacy policy explains what we store and which AI model checks comments.