geek-cookbook/geek-cookbook resource
The "Geek's Cookbook" is a collection of guides for establishing your own highly-available "private cloud" and using it to run self-hosted services such as GitLab, Plex, NextCloud, etc. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
75/100
- Activity 96
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 3320
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 26
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
2121 stars · 165 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
A collection of how-to guides ('recipes') for building a self-hosted private cloud platform using Docker Swarm or Kubernetes. It covers deploying popular services like Plex, NextCloud, and GitLab with SSL, SSO, backups, and monitoring.
Use cases
- set up a self-hosted private cloud with docker swarm
- deploy nextcloud and plex on kubernetes
- learn container orchestration with practical guides
- add letsencrypt ssl and sso to self-hosted services
- build a homelab with monitoring and automated backups
- run gitops with flux on a kubernetes cluster
When to choose
- you want step-by-step guides for self-hosting apps on Docker Swarm or Kubernetes
- you're familiar with Docker, VMs, and CLI concepts and want to upskill into Kubernetes, Traefik, and Prometheus
- you want a curated, community-maintained collection of self-hosting recipes
When to avoid
- you need production-grade enterprise infrastructure with vendor support
- you're a complete beginner with no Docker or Linux experience
- you need a turnkey product rather than documentation to follow yourself
Facets
learning-resource · maturity active
self-hosted deployment container-orchestration documentation developer-tools self-hosted cloud-computing infrastructure-as-code tutorials self-hosted cross-platform docker-swarm gitops letsencrypt traefik homelab awesome-list guides recipes devops containers docker kubernetes linux
4 sources
- readme: https://github.com/geek-cookbook/geek-cookbook · fetched 2026-08-28 · 02656fe7207c
- homepage: https://geek-cookbook.funkypenguin.co.nz · fetched 2026-08-29 · 9513d3223197
- site_page: https://geek-cookbook.funkypenguin.co.nz/kubernetes/deployment/flux/install · fetched 2026-08-29 · 8a0dceedabf6
- site_page: https://geek-cookbook.funkypenguin.co.nz/blog/category/changelog · fetched 2026-08-29 · 19f4ecd38eed
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| geek-cookbook/geek-cookbook | main | 75 |
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