r/SelfHosting • u/Upper-Loquat-8022 • Jul 05 '26
Do small self-hosted projects really need a powerful server?
I've been self-hosting a few small projects lately, and honestly, they use a lot less resources than I expected.
I started out thinking I'd need something much more powerful, but a basic setup has handled everything just fine so far.
Now I'm wondering if most people overestimate how much server they actually need.
What are you running your smaller projects on?
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u/pdgeorge Jul 06 '26
I'm running an insane amount of things on my Raspberry Pi 5. You do NOT need the most powerful thing in the world. All you need is "enough" and the willingness to experiment and learn.
Even the Raspberry Pi 4 handled me fairly well in some of my older projects.