# geek-cookbook/geek-cookbook

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.

Repository: https://github.com/geek-cookbook/geek-cookbook
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/geek-cookbook
Homepage: https://geek-cookbook.funkypenguin.co.nz
Language: HTML
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: self-hosted, docker, kubernetes, selfhosting, awesome, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2026-08-07T23:21:59+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 75/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 96, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3320, "days_push": 26, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2121, forks 165 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:16.549033+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: self-hosted, deployment, container-orchestration, documentation, developer-tools
- domain: self-hosted, cloud-computing, infrastructure-as-code, tutorials
- platform: self-hosted, cross-platform
- tags: docker-swarm, gitops, letsencrypt, traefik, homelab, awesome-list, guides, recipes, devops, containers, docker, kubernetes, linux

## Member repositories
- geek-cookbook/geek-cookbook (main) score 75

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:16.549033+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:52:53.325331+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/geek-cookbook/geek-cookbook (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:16.549033+00:00, sha 02656fe7207c)
  - homepage: https://geek-cookbook.funkypenguin.co.nz (fetched 2026-08-29T10:33:00.186139+00:00, sha 9513d3223197)
  - site_page: https://geek-cookbook.funkypenguin.co.nz/kubernetes/deployment/flux/install (fetched 2026-08-29T10:33:00.195747+00:00, sha 8a0dceedabf6)
  - site_page: https://geek-cookbook.funkypenguin.co.nz/blog/category/changelog (fetched 2026-08-29T10:33:00.197884+00:00, sha 19f4ecd38eed)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.