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Most households have one person who keeps the apps running: the photo library, the password vault, the media server on the old computer under the telly. It works, until an update breaks it, a certificate runs out, or that person goes on holiday.
ElfHosted runs those apps for you. The same open-source apps, without the box in the cupboard: kept updated, backed up every day, and reachable from anywhere, by everyone you share them with.
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Flex plans: pick your apps
New here? Watch the Hollows family move their apps over, one short cartoon at a time.
What we do
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Pick your apps
One app, a bundle, or a Flex plan that runs several apps from the Flex collection, swapping them whenever you like.
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We run them
Every app is kept updated, backed up every day with restores you can do yourself, and given its own secure address, with nothing at home to keep switched on.
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Help when you need it
Sam, our AI helper, checks your actual apps, tells you what's wrong, and asks before fixing anything. The team is on Discord around the clock.
For the whole household
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Photos and memories
Every phone backing up to one family library with Immich, and the family tree in Gramps Web.
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Passwords for everyone
A shared family vault in Vaultwarden, working with the official Bitwarden apps.
- A private family chat
Family Chat: invite-only and end-to-end encrypted, for kids who are too young for the big chat apps.
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Kids and games
A Minecraft world with a parent panel (who's playing, bedtime, a "let them in" button), or Terraria for Nana.
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Movie night
JellyStreams gives everyone a profile, kids' libraries by age rating and daily screen time, in Jellyfin apps like Infuse and Swiftfin. Or run Plex or Jellyfin without a home server.
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Books and audiobooks
One library for every kind of book with BookOrbit, audiobooks in Audiobookshelf, ebooks in Grimmory.
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Household admin
Recipes and the shopping list in Mealie, the budget in Actual, warranties in Warracker, and what's in the garage in HomeBox.
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An assistant that remembers
Hermes, an AI agent that keeps track of the school emails and bin night, or everyday AI chat for the family with OvertChat. AI included.
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For tinkerers too
code-server, Uptime Kuma, and plenty more. Swap apps in and out as often as you like. Media fans: start with the media guides.
More ideas in our guides for families.
Running it yourself vs ElfHosted
Running apps at home gives you complete control, and complete responsibility: hardware that runs around the clock (electricity costs add up), time for setup and every update after it, the skills to fix it when it breaks, and being on call when the family's movie night stops working.
If you value your time, let the elves carry it. We've run production Kubernetes for years, and ElfHosted runs your apps across multiple data centres, so you get the apps without the upkeep, and your weekends back.
What users say..
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The products offered are awesome! And the customer service is amazing too! I get a response to questions at 3AM!
Elfhosted runs a great shop. Deliver excellent services and service. I would recommend this for anyone looking for hosted services 😊
Thank you for the fast service response and for taking care of my service concerns. The service works great.
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