Guides

New to self-hosting? Start here. Short guides cover the basics.

• Why you should not open ports on your home router

  Port forwarding exposes a home app to public internet scanners. Here is why open ports are risky, and three safer ways to reach your apps.

• Choose your front door: private network, tunnel or reverse proxy

  Reach a home app from outside with a private network, a tunnel, or a reverse proxy. Here is how they work and who they let in.

• What is Tailscale?

  Tailscale links your devices into a private network over WireGuard. You can reach home apps from anywhere without opening ports on your router.

• Cloudflare Tunnel explained

  Cloudflare Tunnel gives a home app a public web address without opening a port. Here is how it works, what Cloudflare sees, and its limits.