Cloud in a Bottle Aims to Simplify Self-Hosting With Rootless Containers

Imbue has released Cloud in a Bottle, an open-source self-hosting platform designed to make personal cloud infrastructure as easy as installing smartphone apps. The project runs on a single Ubuntu machine and uses rootless Podman containers managed by a tool called openhost.service, reducing the security risk of one compromised app affecting the entire host. It currently offers a curated catalog of 38 applications, including Nextcloud, Jellyfin, and Vaultwarden, prioritizing quality over quantity. Centralized authentication and hostname-based routing give users a unified login experience across all hosted services. However, the platform's recommended Cloudflare Tunnel integration only supports HTTP traffic, leaving services that rely on raw TCP protocols — such as game servers — without a native solution.
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