usually in your router settings you can change local DNS settings. you can set your domains and subdomains to point to your server’s local IP.

although definitely not as configurable, I like the “set it and forget it” idea of DockoVPN

NY?

the most “drop-in” replacements I know of aimed towards users (not companies) are

• Matrix + Element Client: Supports E2EE and voice + video chat, it works very well, but the onboarding experience of federated platforms is still confusing for some, and along with that they have to change knowledge of guild/channel type chats to space/room. I don’t use this.
• Tailchat: Very similar experience to Discord while not being it. It’s functionality is extended through plugins. Integrating all the services I use into one app is not as bad of an idea as it sounds, and I like the implementation very much, as do my friends. That being said, it’s, very bare-bones in it’s current state, and not much you can add through said plugins besides voice + video chat and bots. This is what I use right now.
• Spacebarchat: Very very alpha, but the end goal is very promising, that being complete backend compatibility with anything designed for Discord. The official client will not be finished anytime soon, so you have to bring your own Discord-compatible client and modify the endpoints to connect to and get any major use out of a Spacebar instance. Voice and Video chat still isn’t there yet, but most all other things work as expected. I keep my eye on it, and will probably use it later on in it’s more finished stages.

not sure. I just use it to chat with friends, family and such, not so much for new connections

Signal and Lemmy, gotta be my two favorite genders

Nearly all of them. Nextcloud, Jellyfin, Vaultwarden, Spacebar, and 2fAuth, all set behind an NGINX Reverse Proxy, SWAG. SWAG made it very easy to set up https and now I can throw anything behind a subfolder or subdomain.

Aliucord might be up your alley too, it has some plug-ins to backport functionality to the (better) 126 version of discord

that’s completely acceptable. i like when apps integrate with my Monet color theming and I’ve never had issues loading video after i turned off the Piped proxy, basically just turning it into NewPipe with a different look. In my experience, don’t turn that on unless you have a specific reason to. It leads to video loading issues just like you found.

Some things I like about LibreTube:

• The PiP functionally works better than in Newpipe
• I can see the likes and dislikes of comments and expand the thread to see more comments
• Swipe gestures to enter and exit fullscreen just like on the normal YT app
• I can view a content creators content by Livestream, Short, normal video etc. for some reason shorts just don’t show up in Newpipe
• SponsorBlock integrated. I am aware there is Newpipe x SponsorBlock

If NewPipe has a way to add the above functionality, I’ll gladly try it again!

also Libretube is a better looking app + more true to the normal youtube app imo. plus when you disable the Piped proxy it’s always reliable

YEAH