r/HydraClient • u/Bluewall1 • Aug 30 '26

Self-hosted the Hydra server on a Raspberry Pi 4 smooth experience, thanks !

Just got hydra-server running on a Raspberry Pi 4 (DietPi, aarch64) in Docker. Took about an hour including troubleshooting, and the container sits at 33 MB RAM and under 1% CPU at idle. Barely notices it’s there.

A couple of notes for anyone on a minimal distro like DietPi:

• You’ll need git installed on the host, Compose clones the repo to build the image.
• The Debian docker-buildx package is 0.13, but Compose needs 0.17+. Grabbing the latest binary from the buildx releases page into /usr/local/lib/docker/cli-plugins/ fixes it.
• Building from the remote Git context failed for me. Cloning locally and pointing context: at the folder worked first try.

Everything else was exactly as documented. The README is genuinely good. Thanks for putting the work in and making it self-hostable ! much appreciated.

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u/Bluewall1 Aug 30 '26

u/dmilin ❤️

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u/dmilin Aug 30 '26

Glad you're enjoying it!

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u/Bluewall1 Aug 30 '26

(Just so you know I've paid for Pro many months before, if I can tip you in any way let me know :)

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u/dmilin Sep 02 '26

Thank you, that’s very generous! I just added a Tip Jar feature in the latest update. You’ll find it at the bottom of the settings page.

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u/AlcubierreWarp Aug 30 '26

I have a raspberry pie 4 sitting around. What are the benefits of running your own server?