01What this is
hyperbytes is a personal, self-hosted platform: file sync, photos, music, a password manager, automation, a few developer utilities and the monitoring that keeps it healthy. Everything runs on infrastructure I operate myself, and most of it is private by default.
This page is the public overview. The full runbook (architecture, access procedures, recovery steps) is private and sits behind a login.
02Services
The homepage lists everything with live links. In short:
| Group | What you will find |
|---|---|
| Access & security | A browser-based SSH portal, a password manager, a private network control plane and container management. |
| Files & media | Nextcloud, an Immich photo library, Navidrome music streaming and a video downloader. |
| Automation & AI | n8n workflows, a chat interface and an LLM gateway. |
| Developer tools | A URL shortener, a paste service, a request bin and a small toolbox. |
| Operations | Uptime monitoring, server metrics and a service dashboard. |
03Access model
- Private by default. Most services need an account. Pages marked login sit behind an extra login in front of the app itself.
- No open sign-ups. New accounts are created by invitation only.
- Encrypted in transit. Every service is served over HTTPS with automatically renewed certificates.
- Not indexed. The homepage and these docs ask search engines to stay away.
04Your data
Everything that matters is backed up every night to encrypted, deduplicated repositories in object storage, and backup health is monitored with heartbeats. On top of that, I keep an offline copy on an external drive that is only plugged in when it is being refreshed.
The tool that refreshes the offline copy is public (it needs credentials to do anything). It detects your platform, finds the external drive, lets you pick it, and mirrors the encrypted repositories onto it.
05Offline backup tool
macOS, Linux, WSL, Git Bash, Cygwin and Android (Termux):
bash <(curl -fsSL https://get.hyperbytes.in/offline-backup.sh)Windows PowerShell 5.1 or newer:
irm https://get.hyperbytes.in/offline-backup.ps1 | iexIt asks for the storage access key, the secret key and the repository password (input hidden, never written to disk), shows how much data will be copied, and asks before it starts. Nothing is ever deleted from the drive or from the server.
Running a script straight from a URL trusts whatever that URL serves at that moment. If you prefer, download it first, read it, and run your local copy.
06More
The detailed runbook lives at docs.hyperbytes.in login.