Self-Hosted Media

5 stacks for anyone who wants your own media library, streamed from your own disk. Each one is a vanilla compose.yaml that runs locally with docker compose up, with a measured RAM footprint and a one-step deploy to Miget from $7/month flat.

#the stacks

AudioBookshelf

Your own audiobook and podcast server - native apps, progress sync, one container. Audible you own.

1 service 512 MiB RAM from $25/mo

Immich

experimental

Self-hosted photos and video - a Google Photos alternative with real mobile apps, face and semantic search.

4 services 6.3 GiB RAM from $49/mo

Jellyfin

The free media server - stream your movies, TV, and music to any device. Plex without the paywall.

1 service 2 GiB RAM from $49/mo

Navidrome

Your own Subsonic music streaming server - one container, your library, no monthly rental.

1 service 512 MiB RAM from $19/mo

Owncast

Your own live streaming server - Twitch without the platform cut, RTMP in, HLS out, on your domain.

1 service 1 GiB RAM from $7/mo

#what each one needs

RAM and disk are what the compose file allocates, not guesses, and the plan is the smallest one that holds it. Databases and caches come managed and included on Miget rather than billed per instance.

StackServicesRAMDiskFits plan
AudioBookshelf 1 512 MiB 77 GB $25/mo
Immich 4 6.3 GiB 120 GB $49/mo
Jellyfin 1 2 GiB 115 GB $49/mo
Navidrome 1 512 MiB 52 GB $19/mo
Owncast 1 1 GiB 20 GB $7/mo

Cost against the managed equivalents, per stack: AudioBookshelf , Immich , Jellyfin , Navidrome , Owncast .

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140 stacks in total, from databases and queues to AI infrastructure - all MIT licensed, all runnable locally, all deployable in one step.

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