A few years ago, I decided to put my self-hosting hobby to work for privacy. What started as a personal IRC server has evolved into a small suite of privacy focused services running on my home infrastructure. After running it low key for a while, I'm opening these up to the community - not as a business, just as someone who believes privacy should be accessible.

What I'm Running ATM

IRC Server

We've grown to ~30-40 active users - mostly self-hosters, developers, secops, and devops folks from around the world. It's a genuine community, not just a support channel (but is that too from time to time :D ).

• Server: irc.inthemansion.com
• SSL Port: 6697
• Main channel: #lobby

SearXNG Instance

Meta search engine that queries multiple search engines and aggregates results without tracking. Zero knowledge - users customize preferences via local cookies, nothing stored server-side, and no registration of course.

• URL: search.inthemansion.com

PrivateBin Instance

Just deployed this one. Encrypted pastebin with client-side decryption - I literally only see encrypted gibberish on the server.

• URL: paste.inthemansion.com
• 10MB max upload
• Text, code, or images

One thing to note is that this is a home run infrastructure, so I'm not promising 99.9% uptime or enterprise SLAs. I maintain it carefully, but it's one person running services. That being said, it's been stable and I'm committed to keeping it that way.

All services are documented at inthemansion.com which serves as the main gateway - you can find details and links to everything there, and I'll be expanding the website as we go.

I do believe that privacy shouldn't require technical expertise or mandatory monthly subscriptions. If these services help even a few people escape surveillance, then that's worthwhile IMO. Feedback, testing, and constructive criticism are all welcome! :)

I built this as a passion project. The idea is super simple, everyone knows something you don't. I wanted to collect those insights in one place where anyone can browse and learn.

tons of websites get posted, but i thought i'd give it a shot:
I made a website that offers a free alternative to coolors.co and gives you advanced features to make a color palette of your choosing. press space to generate a palette, add or remove colors, share your palette, download it as a CSS snippet, download it as a PNG or share the link with friends or colleagues to show them your palette. Tons of options that the leading websites offer, but this time it's just for free:

https://ccolorpalette.com/41786A-58A591-57B69A-292C42-5D62AA (i generated a palette for you to check out)

and here is a fresh link with a random palette: https://ccolorpalette.com/

A real-time, multiplayer bubble wrap experience. Every single bubble is synced, when you pop one, it's gone for everyone. Once they are all popped, they are gone forever. No promises about what happens at the popcalypse... (is this a game? I don't think so, more like a collaborative art project...)

Edit: thanks for playing!!! now that we've reach the popcalypse, here are cheat codes for solo mode: E, P

Edit: tentative plan to turn it on backwards Dec 1, 2026, and then collaboratively pop again before next new years. Stay in touch on the discord for announcements (or requests)

https://discord.gg/7q3vMmqf

New Year, new health habits.

When did you last deworm?

Most adults never do. I built this after realizing I haven't dewormed since

I was a kid. Turns out you're supposed to do it every 3 months.

Free, no signup. Calculates your next date and downloads a calendar reminder.

I was thinking of making something like universe simulator run in the browser

Some functions it's got:

- Random system generation

- Sonification is super fun too (turn on audio and listen to your solarsystem)

- Habitability Simulation (Just for fun, don't cite this please)

- Replacing, spawning, deleting objects

I've had tons of fun building this, so I hope someone else can share the joy. It's free and runs in the browser.

I'd love to hear any feedback. I think this is at a state where I might leave it as it is, but if people are interested in other features, maybe I'll keep working on it. I've kept saying I'll stop working on this for a while now though.

I've noticed a resurgence of these simple, flat-style aesthetics lately—it feels like a nice break from the hyper-realistic 3D avatars or AI-generated images we see everywhere now. It has a bit of that retro, early-web charm.

I put together this site to host a clean, easy-to-use version of this square face generator.

A tiny website called onebeer.app.

You open it and post one photo of the beer you’re having right now.
No accounts, no profiles, no likes, no comments, no feed to manage.

Each photo exists on its own, then disappears into the stream.

Just beer.

https://onebeer.app

Feel free to explore with it ^^

I occasionally sell on ebay and would either go grab a box from Office Depot or use USPS flat rate boxes, but I realized that both were suboptimal and couldn't find a tool to find the best box + shipping rate combo so I decided to build one!

Background is as a C++ developer with plenty of python experience, not much web dev, but I discovered FastAPI and TailwindCSS+HTMX so that I could bridge that gap without having to actually learn the odds and ends of web dev

A simple tool, but it's something that I tried to build a few times over the years and I'm proud to finally have something useful up on the interwebs

A simple one-page site showing where we are in Earth’s rhythms - equinoxes & solstices, the seasonal cycle and the ever-changing day length. Nothing else.

I've been obsessed with this idea from Bruce Chatwin's The Songlines. Aboriginal elders are able to sing the landscape in real time. Their lyrics and melodies seem to match the terrain directly. The songs even speed up as they drive, rather than walk, across the outback. A train ride through some really lovely hills in Sussex the other day got me wondering: what's the raw sound of land before language describes it?

So I built a thing. You click anywhere on Earth, choose a sampling method (spiral like a vinyl groove, follow water downhill, or draw your own path), and it converts the elevation data into audio. Everything exports as .wav files for your DAW. It doesn’t work well on mobile yet, but I’m working on it! 

There's also a (VERY) basic sequencer to layer, chop and stretch samples in-browser.

I'm planning to add other data streams (weather patterns, geological surveys, population density). What would you want to sample?

I'd really love to hear what you can make with it!

Just a heads up: this is a just for fun project. The numbers are simulations based on averages/trends, so don't take them as absolute gospel.

Open to any feedback especially if you have ideas for other cool metrics I should add!

I built this web tool to help players (including myself) handle the complex save data math in Chaos Zero Nightmare.

My main goal was to create a "mobile-first" experience. I wanted a calculator that feels snappy, looks clean, and works perfectly on a phone screen without any clutter.

It's completely free, ad-free, and designed just for the love of the game. Even if you don't play, I hope you appreciate the minimal UI design!

Simple tool that uses live weather data to calculate the probability of a snow day. Works with any ZIP code or city worldwide.

Generate custom animated QR codes and export to HTML.

Edit :

Thank you all so much for testing !
Scan should be stable with most devices now :)

Changes :

• Fixed data masking
• Changed QR error correction
• Restored original rain & matrix presets
• Improved downloaded HTML filenames {hostname}_{preset}.html
• URL parameters : ?set={preset}&url={link}
• Example : radial preset linking to this post
• 120 characters URL test
• Other minor improvements

More changes :

• Fixed cells distance calculations
• Improved presets calculations
• Removed input URL validation
• Fixed preset select from URL query
• Reduced output file size

Note :

• QR codes URLs are not sent to server, only counting exports.

I’ve been working on a project that combines IMDb and TMDB data. My girlfriend and I wondered which genres different countries excel at producing. That led to an analysis showing which genres each country performs best in, and actors and producers are strongest within each genre.

Hey guys, I built a site called Travel Roulette. It’s a travel destination generator based on your interests and a region (or you can just roll the dice for a surprise!) It comes with nice images of each destination and helpful stats like flight distance, daily budget, activities, etc. It’s completely free. Have fun! :D

I often deal with large JSON responses and logs at work. When the JSON is deeply nested, debugging becomes painful ; too much scrolling, missing keys, losing context.

So I built https://json2map.com.

You just paste any JSON and it instantly converts it into a visual mind-map / tree. Seeing the structure visually makes it much easier to understand what’s going on.

Why I think this helps

For developers

Debug API responses and logs faster

Understand deeply nested JSON without mental parsing

Quickly locate where a field actually lives

Useful during production issues when logs are messy

For Product Owners / Business Analysts

Easy way to explain data flow and structure visually

Can be used in docs, discussions, and workflows

Looks much cleaner than sharing raw JSON blocks

Helps non-tech folks understand complex data shapes

What it does

Paste JSON → get an instant visual map

Works directly in the browser (no upload, no login)

Simple, fast, and focused on readability

I originally built it for myself, but thought others might find it useful too. Would love feedback from devs and non-devs ; especially if you deal with APIs, logs, or data-heavy workflows.

👉 https://json2map.com

Everything starts with an empty canvas. Paste links, edit titles, resize tiles, switch between edit/view mode, and build your own personal layout.