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.net
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      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 ?

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        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

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          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.

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          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.

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            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