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Starting a home lab is one thing knowing what to actually run on it is another. In this video, I'll walk through the most valuable self-hosted services and apps you should be running on your home lab in 2026. From media streaming and DNS filtering to reverse proxies, dashboards, backups, monitoring, authentication, and remote access I'll cover what's worth installing, what isn't, and the exact order you should set everything up.

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0:00 Best Home Lab Services to Run

0:37 Common Mistakes with Self-Hosted Services

1:09 Media Services (Jellyfin/Plex & Immich)

2:32 DNS Services (Pi-hole/AdGuard Home)

3:54 Local Reverse Proxy Server (SSL Certificates)

4:29 Productivity Apps

5:17 Home Lab Dashboard

5:52 Smart Home Services (Home Assistant)

6:52 Backups (Proxmox Backup Server / UrBackup / Active Backup for Business)

9:20 Monitoring (Uptime Kuma / Beszel)

10:14 Authentication (SSO)

11:24 Remote Access (VPN / Zero Trust Networking)

13:17 Best Order to Configure Everything

15:12 Final Thoughts