Ok I’m not any networking expert but I think you are overestimating the risk here.

Opening a port doesn’t mean you are opening your whole home network just the specific services you want. And those not directly but with a web server in front of them . Web servers talked in this tgread that sit in front of open ports are well audited . I think that measures like mtls a generic web server hardening are more than ok to not ever be compromised.

But yeah I’m surely interested to listen if you could elaborate.

Thanks

He he didnt but thats what he meant

I mean 99% of users use reverse proxy for https public access

Also read the threat replies …

That’s what this thread is about

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No?

Yes that’s exactly what they do

The funnel exposes your local services to the public over https . Like what you want to accomplish with reverse proxy . Its just more straightforward for a beginner.

Personally I closed my router ports and switched to tailscalr funnels after using caddy with mutual TLS for years.

While using a web server before your self hosted micro services is the obvious answer and caddy the easier to configure, as a beginner you should also consider taiscale funnels. You dont need to mess with router stuff like port forward or caring if you ISP have your router behind a cgnat which is kinda norm nowadays , also dont have to care for a domain name dynamic DNS stuff . You could have a look to my quick how to . All you need is running a script , the ports and desired names of your subdomains and your tailscale auth key. https://ippocratis.github.io/tailscale/

Brave sync server is open source and self host able.

Everything a browser syncs is syncable passwords, history, bookmarks, cards etc

The “issue” is there is not a user interface element to easily add the self hosted instance url

There are workarounds though

You can read my quick how to here

https://ippocratis.github.io/brave/

Headscale does not support funnels unfortunately

Tailscale is not completely foss.

https://tailscale.com/opensource

Yeah I’ve tried that with my webdav mount coz its the obvious thing to do.

Problem is local notes are exposed to other apps and unencrypted.

Apps like neutrinote can protect notes in their app sandbox and create a backup mirror in location of choice e.g. a webdav Mount that happens to be behind mtls.

Syncthing does not offer mtls.

Thanks for the info. Will look in to that approach too.

Mtls requires that the android client device has a certificate installed that matches the one installed on the server in order to access it.

https://github.com/deku-messaging/Deku-SMS-Android

Supports emoji & images Supports e2ee if the other party also have deny SMS installed Supports message forwording

Vaultwarden behind mutual tls and reverse proxy and https://github.com/oguzhane/bitwarden-mobile until https://github.com/bitwarden/mobile/pull/2629 is merged

But honestly all services you mentioned are worthy.

Anything that fits your needs imao

RPI4/400 is perfectly capable as a little home server. All it needs is a good SD card.

Owntracks,photoprism,monocker,brave go m-sync,libre photos,wallabag,radicals e,Baikal,Firefox sync,Joplin web,webdav server,jellyfin,vaultwarden,wireguard

Icard is actuality the only alternative that can register as a contactless nfc payment that not relying on google/Apple wallet and its perfectly safe. It’s an actual bank in Bulgaria and is eu regulated and PCI certified

https://icard.com/en/security

Not Foss. Kinda of a privacy nightmare as you need to verify your identity and location with actual documents but as already said its not google and is a solid option if you are degoogled.

Their release scheme is questianable yes as you said alpha and beta released in play store only then comes the fdroid release As long as there is an fdroid release I cant blame them really but you got a fait point

Feature wise they developed their own open autofill and swipe libs plus I love the layouts. Actually builded my own layout but I like the over logic with bottom / top rows, gesture navigations etc

Aurora store with a google account for playsrtore apps. Fdroid is also installed and I do regullar visits on their website and also on izzyondroid site for new apps. I’ve tried syncthing but sync got corrupted and lost files while trying to figure out what went wrong (maybe a missconfiguration from my side I’m not sure).I never used it again

Notes:Joplin (over webdav)

File manager:material files

Cloud:webdav provider (webdav mount in material files)

Contacts/calendar:davx5-etar

Sms/call log backup:smsIO

Cast:Bubbleupnp (non Foss)

Browser:mull/brave

Password manager:Bitwarden

Office:proprietary

Themes:Substratum

Maps:here (non Foss)

Gsm location provider:MozillaNLP/MicroG

Speetch to text:localstt

Text to speech:Flite/espeak/rhvoice

Keyboard:Anysoftkeyboard

Network scanner:Ning

Find my device:Nulides Findmydevice

Call recorder:BCR(magisk module)

Weather:Geometric Weather

Parental control:Time limit

RSS:read you

App store:obtainium

Bookmarks:wallabag

2fa:aegis

Location history:traccar/owntracks

Email:tutanota

Image2text:OCR

Translate:deepl

Photos:uhuruphotos/photoprism android gallery/Aves/image toolbox

Appops:app manager

Addblocker:addaway

Files encryption:droidfs

Downloader:download navi

Filesync:folder sync(non Foss/paid but best)

Logs:logcat reader

Launcher:nova(non Foss/paid but best)

Doc scan:open scan

Kernel manager:smart pack

VPN/tunnels:wireguard

Nextcloud is an overkill. Its just too much. I’d say better split down the needed services. Baikal/radicale etc for contacts/calendar. Photoprism/librephotos etc for photos. A webdav server for storage. And so on.