Hmm I'm at a crossroads...
I self-host my Matrix instance, have some encrypted rooms there, chat with people from other instances. Works fine.
But Hetzner just raised the prices, and my backups are ...
As it turns out - my wife's old laptop happens to be a perfect homelab Matrix server.
Just needed to disconnect and rip out the broken screen, disable GPU in BIOS, take out CD drive and a few misc stuff not needed in the server (like SD Card reader) and it runs nicely!
i5-4210U, 8 GB RAM, 480 GB SSD - Matrix Synapse instance runs just as smooth as it did on Hetzner CX33 VPS.
Now only to configure remote backups to S3, local backups to external HDD and we're golden
Just needed to disconnect and rip out the broken screen, disable GPU in BIOS, take out CD drive and a few misc stuff not needed in the server (like SD Card reader) and it runs nicely!
i5-4210U, 8 GB RAM, 480 GB SSD - Matrix Synapse instance runs just as smooth as it did on Hetzner CX33 VPS.
Now only to configure remote backups to S3, local backups to external HDD and we're golden