Hello self-hosters! Just wondering if anyone has any suggestions for a self-hosted Microsoft Visio alternative, or something at least very similar. I’m basically looking to create infrastructure diagrams for my self hosted server and apps. I already have WikiJS as a wik/documentation solution, but don’t mind migrating to something else if there are better solutions and/or integrations for diagrams

      • Jérôme Flesch@lemmy.kwain.netEnglish
        42·
        1 year ago

        No it does not.

        Self-hosted implies self-hosted. AFAIK, the end goal is being as autonomous as possible technologically-speaking. Why exclude desktop applications ?

        • beeng@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
          21·
          1 year ago

          If it cannot be reached through the network/another machine it is not really “hosted” as there is no host-client relationship. My 2c

          • chandz05@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
            41·
            1 year ago

            This is what I expect from something that is “hosted” as well. I would like to access the hosted app from any machine on my network with a single installation/setup, and potentially expose it for private access from the Internet.

          • Jérôme Flesch@lemmy.kwain.netEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            It is “hosted” on your workstation. There is no need for a server-client relationship for self-hosting.

            By requiring a server-client relationship, you’re making self-hosting uselessly hard to deploy and enforce a very specific design when others (P2P, file sync, etc) can solve the same problems more efficiently. For example, in my specific case, with Paperwork + Nextcloud file sync, my documents are distributed on all my workstations and always available even if offline. Another example is Syncthing which IMO fits the bill for self-hosting, but doesn’t fit your definition of self-hosted.

            • beeng@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
              1·
              1 year ago

              I getcha now. However I think it would be leading us a stray if we called everything we installed, “self hosted”, if I said I self host a game, what would you think of? More like a game server ie through the network.

              Also doesn’t syncthing have a Web UI I can access through the network? Granted it’s been a while but I think I remember that.

              OP wants something to be shared on the network… Managed centrally, hence they came here for advice