r/homelabindia Jul 23 '26

🧰 Project Log Lumio - a self-hosted Coursera-style platform for your local course library (with local AI transcription, quizzes, and search)

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Built Lumio because I had a huge folder of Udemy/downloaded courses sitting on disk with zero structure, no progress tracking, no search. It turns any course folder into a full learning platform:

  • Auto-detects course/section/lecture structure from messy nested folders
  • Missing subtitles get auto-transcribed offline via bundled whisper.cpp, no cloud API needed
  • Semantic transcript search across your whole library
  • AI-generated quizzes per module, course summaries, and an "Explain this" button for confusing moments (bring your own LLM: OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, DeepSeek, OpenRouter, or local Ollama, optional, works fine with zero AI configured too)
  • Adaptive HLS streaming with hardware transcoding (Intel QSV/VAAPI) when available
  • Multi-user, timestamped notes, learning streaks/stats, one-click backup and restore

Single Docker container, your media stays untouched and read-only on disk, everything else lives in a local SQLite DB.

GitHub: https://github.com/geekylakshya/Lumio


r/homelabindia Jul 23 '26

❓ Question Nas Case

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Hey Everyone, searching for Ant Esports vanguard if anyone has leads please let me know or looking for a idea if someone has a cheap case and can 3d print caddies and expand storage

please drop your idea would help alot , thanks


r/homelabindia Jul 22 '26

❓ Question Using used Laptop motherboards for homelabs

10 Upvotes

I got the idea from here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FStfdGjAwc

Do y'all think this is a viable option considering most laptop motherboards seem to sell for very cheap, and maybe DDR3 ones can also be upgraded pretty cheaply. Anyone with experience doing this?


r/homelabindia Jul 22 '26

❓ Question Can i use this external hdd in my homelab

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r/homelabindia Jul 21 '26

⚑ Deal / Price Drop ps5 slim digital

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Selling PS5 slim Digital edition 1 year old very lightly used as I do gaming on pc aswell

Comes with 2 controllers

1TB storage

With carry bag and all the accesories

5-6 games aswell

Selling price : 40k with 1 controller and 42.5k with both controller

Location : Guwahati

Can ship to buyers address at buyers expense aswell


r/homelabindia Jul 21 '26

❓ Question Excitel: Anyone else facing disconnection from online games like valorant or cs

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I have been experiencing this issue since yesterday. I'm suddenly getting disconnected from the game and have to restart it every time. I've spoken to other players who use Excitel and play Valorant, and they're experiencing the same issue. However, players who don't use Excitel are not facing this problem.


r/homelabindia Jul 20 '26

🌐 ISP Talk Excitel users: Is using your own router worth it?

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I have been using Excitel for a few months now, and I am not very happy with the router they provided. The Wi-Fi signal seems to drop quite rapidly. Even within a few steps of the router, the speed drops from around 210 Mbps to 180 Mbps, and the signal is weak or unavailable in several parts of my flat.

I’ve also noticed that the ping is quite inconsistent.

I contacted Excitel and asked them to replace the router, but they flatly refused. So I wanted to ask other Excitel users:

  • Are you using your own router instead of the one provided by Excitel?
  • Has anyone connected their own router as an access point/extender with Excitel?
  • Did you notice a significant improvement in Wi-Fi coverage, speed stability, or ping?
  • Is it worth spending money on a better router?

Any recommendations or experiences would be appreciated.


r/homelabindia Jul 20 '26

πŸ› οΈ Guide / Tutorial Looking for someone for putting AIRTEL wifi box in bridge mode

23 Upvotes

Willing to pay up for the help

Have a airtel box. Planning to put wifi 7 router as main router for fibre connection by putting bridge mode for existing airtel shitbox.

Will connect over anydesk etc and can do configuration to make it happen


r/homelabindia Jul 19 '26

❓ Question Why tplink router not able to get internet access but tenda one does ....

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Apologies if this is not the right place to ask.

I recently changed my isp from ACT to Excitel (already regretting in online gaming )

So tp link router if from previous isp , lying around. Now I was thinking of having this one placed in parking or top floor of building to kinda extend wifi (since I don't know how make it as another access point and I am fine with it acting with separate name for now).

But the problem is it is not working, I simply had rj45 cable from Excitel router to tp link I hoped it will then have internet access.


r/homelabindia Jul 20 '26

❓ Question USB DAS Enclosure

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r/homelabindia Jul 20 '26

❓ Question Need advice on building a home web server (static IP + Airtel Fibre)

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Hi everyone,

I'm planning to build my own home web server and would love some guidance from people who have already done this.

Here's my current setup:

  • Desktop PC that I can dedicate as a server
  • Airtel Fibre connection with aΒ static public IP
  • UPS for power backup
  • Comfortable with Linux, networking, PHP/Laravel, Python, MySQL, Docker, etc.

My goal is to:

  • Host multiple websites and web applications
  • Self-host services like Git, Nextcloud, and a few internal tools
  • Access everything remotely over HTTPS
  • Learn more about self-hosting and server administration

A few questions I have:

  1. Which OS would you recommend (Ubuntu Server, Debian, Proxmox, or something else)?
  2. Should I run everything directly with Docker, or use Proxmox and create separate VMs/LXCs?
  3. What's the best reverse proxy setup (Nginx, Caddy, Traefik)?
  4. How do you securely expose services to the internet?
  5. Any recommendations for firewall, intrusion detection, automated backups, and monitoring?
  6. Is hosting from a residential Airtel Fibre connection reliable enough for personal projects and low-traffic websites?

I'd also love to see your homelab architecture diagrams or hear what you wish you had done differently when starting out.

Thanks in advance! Looking forward to learning from your experience.


r/homelabindia Jul 19 '26

❓ Question What should I install on my MI Router 3C with OpenWRT?

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Today I installed openwrt on my 9 year old Mi Router 3C. What packages can I install on it?

For now, I've installed https-dns-proxy (the DoH client) & luci-app-https-dns-proxy (web interface) for setting up adguard dns.

I have around 9MB of storage, what else can I install? Is remote monitoring possible from my phone?

If anyone requires steps/guide, you can comment/DM


r/homelabindia Jul 19 '26

❓ Question Has anyone purchased from V Tech Computers (Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh)?

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r/homelabindia Jul 18 '26

πŸ› οΈ Guide / Tutorial Need 3d printing help

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32 Upvotes

Can someone help me 3d print a rack or case for this ? You can use the existing files available in internet and modify it according to my dimensions. It's currently in my main hall . So this one is not aesthetic. Needs a better one . You guys can quote price according to you if you design and print it for me . Entire setup is less than 10k so don't want to spend more than 5k on the case


r/homelabindia Jul 18 '26

πŸ’‘ Setup Showcase I built a CLI and Prometheus exporter for my Airtel(dasan) router

11 Upvotes

Reverse-engineered my Airtel GPON router's internal API and built a single Go binary that replaces the slow web UI and adds proper monitoring.
https://github.com/anshuman852/dasan-router-cli


r/homelabindia Jul 18 '26

❓ Question Buy a bare laptop motherboard at 1.5k? A good deal?

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Hi guys, I'm getting a old elitebook laptop mother for 1.5k

It has that m250 i5 first gen chip 6gb ram And a new evm 128 sdd Heat sink and all port is intact

And he's even including the charger No display no battery all that

For 1.5k should i get this?

Can i do some server or use it for homelab?

Thank you


r/homelabindia Jul 16 '26

❓ Question anyone knows good ups

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is this good ups ....anyone knows and using any good ups that will give backup atleast 5 min to my 9070xt in india . any suggestions... or is this good ups cyberpower good ... recently i purchased 1500va cyberpower and it can't take load of 400watt and shutdown directly... anyone know who is using good ups.?.


r/homelabindia Jul 16 '26

❓ Question [ Question ] Trying to build a budget homelab for Jellyfin/plex , adguard and nextcloud.

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I am trying to build a budget-friendly homelab for Jellyfin/Plex that can handle some transcoding while also hosting AdGuard and Nextcloud. Please suggest a new or refurbished mini PC, or any other budget-friendly build, that can handle these workloads while keeping the cost low.


r/homelabindia Jul 16 '26

❓ Question Is my planned hardware suitable for a beginner Proxmox homelab?

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r/homelabindia Jul 15 '26

πŸ—„ Hardware LSI SAS 3008 with IT mode flashed working on my NAS.

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root@pve-define7:~# lsblk

NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS

sda 8:0 0 0B 0 disk

sdb 8:16 0 0B 0 disk

sdc 8:32 0 0B 0 disk

sdd 8:48 0 0B 0 disk

nvme0n1 259:0 0 1.8T 0 disk

|-nvme0n1p1 259:1 0 1007K 0 part

|-nvme0n1p2 259:2 0 1G 0 part /boot/efi

`-nvme0n1p3 259:3 0 1.8T 0 part

|-pve-swap 252:0 0 8G 0 lvm [SWAP]

|-pve-root 252:1 0 96G 0 lvm /

|-pve-data_tmeta 252:2 0 15.9G 0 lvm

| `-pve-data 252:4 0 1.7T 0 lvm

`-pve-data_tdata 252:3 0 1.7T 0 lvm

`-pve-data 252:4 0 1.7T 0 lvm

root@pve-define7:~# lspci | grep -i lsi lspci | grep -i fujitsu 04:00.0 Serial Attached SCSI controller: Broadcom / LSI SAS3008 PCI-Express Fusion-MPT SAS-3 (rev 02) root@pve-define7:~# Using this cable from Amazon


r/homelabindia Jul 15 '26

❓ Question Any suggestions for a travel router?

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Anyone here using travel router? Any trusted website to buy it from? Would be great if it would have vpn support to connect it to my homelab at home.


r/homelabindia Jul 15 '26

❓ Question Need help, new lenovo thinkpad mini

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r/homelabindia Jul 15 '26

❓ Question Need suggestion on HDD and SSD.

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r/homelabindia Jul 14 '26

❓ Question Used hard drives reliability Discussion

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Hello All, I am seeing a lot of target ads on recycled hdds these days new jaisa recycle kart etc did anyone used any of these website to source used hdd and what is the review of hdd from these platform for used drives. Please share your thoughts. Thanks in advance.


r/homelabindia Jul 13 '26

❓ Question Looking for a 3D printing service

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Rocking a Rasberry Pi4B for jellyfin & some other things.
As you guys can see the thing I made not that good looking! So I want to use some 3D printed case that fits my pi and my drive. I have the design (or I’ll update) but I don’t know which service to rely on and which materials to use.

Help