About Cortex Cove
We believe you shouldn't hand over your data and your wallet to big tech companies just to get things done. There are powerful, open-source, self-hosted alternatives for almost every cloud service you use — and we're here to help you find and deploy them.
What We Cover
Self-Hosted Software
Step-by-step deployment guides for apps like Nextcloud, Immich, Jellyfin, Vaultwarden, and dozens more. We test everything on real hardware before writing about it.
Developer Tools
Honest reviews and head-to-head comparisons of the tools developers use every day. No sponsored content, no affiliate bias — just what actually works.
Homelab & Infrastructure
From your first Proxmox install to running a full production stack with monitoring, backups, and automation, we cover the hardware and software you need to build your own infrastructure.
Security & Networking
VPN comparisons, firewall configuration, SSO setup, Docker security hardening — practical guides to keep your self-hosted services secure.
Why Trust Us?
Every guide on this site is written by people who actually run these tools in production. We don't just read the docs and regurgitate — we deploy, break things, fix them, and then write about what we learned. If a tool has rough edges, we'll tell you.
No Ads, No Tracking
Cortex Cove is free to read and doesn't serve ads or track you with analytics. We sustain the site through our premium resources for developers — cheat sheets, prompt toolkits, and business templates that complement our free guides.
Get in Touch
Have a topic you'd like us to cover? Found an error in one of our guides? Reach out at hello@cortexcove.com.