Self-Hosted, DIY, Open Source Alternative to Linktree

Meet LittleLink & LittleLink-Server - a DIY, self hosted, and open source alternative to the popular service Linktree. This web site inside of a container allows you to create and host your own web site with all of your social information and links, giving your followers multiple ways to connect with you! In this video we talk about what LittleLink-Server is, what it does, and how to create your own site using this Docker container with only a few environment variables, no knowledge of web development required. Be sure to check the documentation for details!

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00:00 - What problem are we trying to solve?
00:50 - Is there an open source alternative to Linktree?
01:33 - Does a Docker Image Exist?
01:56 - What does LittleLink-Server Do?
02:46 - Requirements
03:08 - Let's Configure LittleLink-Server
03:57 - Docker Compose & Docker commands
04:25 - What do the environment variables do?
06:27 - LittleLink default site & options
07:18 - Let's Spin Up LittleLink-Server
08:11 - Check out our web page
08:24 - Deep dive on environment variables and how it works
10:00 - See how easy it is to change theme and env variables
11:11 - Fixing YAML *#^@*&@#!!
11:40 - Light Mode + changes + bugs
12:26 - How to undo changes
13:01 - What do you think of the Linktree clone?
13:45 - Stream Highlight - I am one sed command away from getting this working

#HomeLab #OpenSource #SelfHosted

"Next Stop, Mars" is from Harris Heller's album Breaker.

Thank you for watching!

[TechnoTim]

Do you have your own personal website? What do you have hosted there?

[RaZeXzZz]

Awesome! I would also love to see a video how you went about creating that CI/CD pipeline to create this docker image!

[RonDLite]

You kept it simple for others while spending quite some time creating the container yourself. Helpful.

[royalba]

Yo this is *perfect* timing, was just about to try and roll my own thing like this and now I don't have to which is awesome!

Thanks for making this and keep up the great work! 👊

[Atchalong]

You are the real MVP.

Thank you for doing all the heavy lifting, sir!

[wtfmrkratos]

I know it might be more involved than what some of your subscribers usually do, but I'd really like a video on how you containerized little link. I've made dockerfiles for some things at work, but I feel like you have a better way. Love the content as always!

[gideonstowell]

This might be perfect for my small business I am working on. Already have extra CPU on my web server, might as well as this to the mix!

[wolfpoker]

Oh come on Tim that "that domain you bought a lot of time ago that haven't used yet" touched my soul! :P

[rollover]

My LinkTree would be empty, or maybe just have an email. I love watching you videos anyway, love the format.

[Yamagatabr]

Thank you! Our Levy Rozman of homelabs! <3

[dylanledbetter]

Thanks for making this open-source! Just finished up my website and its live!

[Bagas]

i mean, this is the best video for me, at least for now... thank you !! cheers

[avikkundu]

This channel is gold for open-source enthusiasts!

[denniskluytmans]

Way to late at the moment. But watching this in advance. Will watch it again tomorrow when I get behind the keyboard! Great one man 😁😁

[questionablecommands]

I do not have any accessibility issues (so maybe this is a garbage opinion) and I'm using the profile picture as a specific example, but I intend for this to apply broadly to alt-text in general: I feel like, "Profile picture of TechoTim wearing headphones and smiling into a microphone with pink mood lighting in the background" is far, far more informative to the vision impaired than, "Techno Tim Profile Pic."

It is my opinion that alt-text is intended to help vision impaired people to feel included on the details that they can't see, so describing the image is an important way to be inclusive.

[kingundfaker]

I wanted to say, 'dude who needs to selfhost this.. ', but bro you've outdone yourself 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[EvgenyPerov]

Great project! Work great. Is it possible, to get image not by URL, but from docker local folder?

[TrueCharts]

We now also have a version of this available as a TrueNAS SCALE App.

[joni_]

LittleLink (Custom) is now LinkStack and it also has a docker version 🎉 I think the other one is still the same 😑

[sleepingdogtech]

Thanks for this. Would love to see one on Wallabag in the future.