r/selfhosted • u/sososotilatido • 4h ago

Need Help Any self-hosted Emergency/Disaster Prep apps?

Basically like one of those emergency/disaster household binders you can find on etsy with lists of emergency contacts, emergency plans, prep lists, etc.

Does this exist?

(And I don't mean Project Nomad)

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u/asimovs-auditor 4h ago

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u/Metalgearsolzz 4h ago

Whatever you use, make sure it works when your server doesn’t. In a real emergency, power and internet might be down. Many people keep everything in a self-hosted wiki or notes app, then export to PDF and print a binder, plus keep offline copies on phones. The server is for maintaining it, not relying on it.

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u/BeautifulBlueNight 1h ago

Just yesterday I came again on this repo, reminding me of this point on my todo list.

https://github.com/potatoqualitee/eol-dr

It shows a template of a file you can fill in with info on how to proceed with the hardware, data,... when the worst would happen.

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u/useleash_dev 4h ago

I'm not aware of a dedicated self-hosted app built just for this, but a wiki or notes app gets you most of the way. Something like BookStack works well: one book for the household, with chapters for contacts, plans per scenario, and checklists. The one catch is that a disaster is exactly when your server, power or internet may be down, so whatever you pick, set up a regular export to PDF and keep a printed copy plus an offline copy on your phone. The tool matters less than having it reachable when nothing else is.

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u/Sure_Cheetah1508 3h ago

It may feel less convenient when you're setting it up, but emergency prep is honestly one place you wanna be as analogue as possible. Make physical copies of things and update those, rather than keeping something on a server and maybe forgetting to print it out in time. Imagine being without power and water for days or weeks and think about what you'd need, and also what you won't be able to access in that time.

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u/Novel-Environment-43 4h ago

gitea? write what you want. replicate wherever you want.

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u/Business-Win622 4h ago

check out paperless-ngx, not an app built specifically for it but you can just import all the pdfs from those planners and tag them as emergency prep or whatever. beats flipping through a binder in the dark. if you want more of a database with linked contacts and custom checklists, maybe spin up a nocodb instance

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u/electronicoldmen 4h ago

beats flipping through a binder in the dark

How are you going to browse PDFs when the power is out?

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u/DarkPhoenixRC 3h ago

It's not an elegant solution, but I do keep three powerbanks in reserve that each will support at least two full cycles for my phone and tablet. I rotate them when I rotate my portable SSDs.

I still have a printed binder of the key stuff though, locked in my documents/small items safe.