Applications¶
👋 Welcome¶
This page is a map for the apps that help you learn faster, create more, and automate repetitive work. They all work together to keep your flow smooth.
Each application has a different job. Some help us write and organize knowledge, some keep media safe and searchable, some help us think faster, and some turn repeated work into something reliable.
The goal is not to use every app. The goal is to open the right one first.
🧭 Pick the Right App¶
| If you need to... | Open this app | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Draft text, summarize, or explore ideas | Open WebUI | It gives you a fast workspace for local AI conversations |
| Manage photos or videos | Immich | It is built for media libraries, albums, and search |
| Build repeatable image workflows | ComfyUI | It gives you deeper control over generation pipelines |
| Write guides, notes, or shared knowledge | Wiki.js | It keeps information readable, structured, and easy to maintain |
| Connect systems or automate steps | n8n | It handles triggers, actions, routing, and background tasks |
🛠️ Application Guides¶
💬 Open WebUI¶
Private AI workspace¶
Open WebUI is the chat workspace for drafting, brainstorming, summarizing, translating, and exploring ideas with locally hosted models.
Prompting with intent¶
- Start each conversation with the goal, constraints, and preferred output.
- Paste only the context that matters.
- Treat the reply as a strong draft, not as automatic truth.
- Move anything worth keeping into the proper long-term system afterward.
Best fit
- First drafts
- Summaries
- Brainstorming
- Planning and Q&A
Avoid using it for
- Final source-of-truth documentation
- Sensitive workflows that have not been reviewed carefully
🖼️ Immich¶
Your photo library¶
Immich is the media home for photo and video libraries, searchable memories, and shared albums that stay on self-hosted infrastructure.
Keeping your library clean¶
- Organize albums around events, people, or projects.
- Use built-in search and recognition features instead of making endless copies.
- Review duplicates and accidental uploads before they pile up.
- Turn on automatic mobile backup if this is your main photo library.
Best fit
- Shared event albums
- Searchable video and image libraries
- Long-term media retention
- Personal photo backup
Avoid using it for
- General document storage
- Project asset workflows that need version control
🎨 ComfyUI¶
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Visual generation studio¶
ComfyUI is the visual workshop for building repeatable image-generation pipelines when a simple prompt box is no longer enough.
Building reliable pipelines¶
- Start with a small workflow that works from input to output.
- Save workflow versions as you experiment.
- Label outputs clearly so you know what settings produced them.
- Queue larger jobs when resources are available.
Best fit
- Repeatable generation pipelines
- Batch variations
- Advanced image experimentation
- Visual workflow design
Avoid using it for
- Quick note-taking or text drafting
- Unlabeled experiments that nobody can reproduce later
📚 Wiki¶
The shared notebook¶
Wiki.js is the shared notebook for documentation, runbooks, guides, and project knowledge that should stay readable long after the original author has moved on.
Writing pages that last¶
- Create a page when a process needs to be shared, repeated, or taught.
- Use a clear heading structure so the TOC stays useful.
- Prefer short sections, callouts, and checklists over dense walls of text.
- Update the page as soon as the process changes.
Best fit
- Team documentation
- Onboarding guides
- Service manuals
- Public-facing notes
Avoid using it for
- Large file storage
- Temporary scratch notes nobody will maintain
🔄 n8n¶
The glue between tools¶
n8n is the glue between systems. It watches for events, moves data, sends alerts, and turns repetitive multi-step work into something automatic.
Automating responsibly¶
- Make sure the manual process is already understood before automating it.
- Start small with one trigger, one action, and one expected result.
- Test with safe sample data before touching real records.
- Name workflows clearly and leave notes so someone else can maintain them.
Best fit
- Notifications and alerts
- Cross-app automation
- Scheduled tasks
- Data routing and background jobs
Avoid using it for
- Processes nobody has defined clearly yet
- Hidden business logic that only one person understands
✨ Good Habits Across All Apps¶
- Keep ownership clear so people know where work belongs.
- Name things consistently so search stays useful.
- Move final knowledge into durable systems instead of leaving it in chats or temporary drafts.
- Clean up stale albums, workflows, and abandoned pages before clutter becomes normal.
- Use shared apps in ways that help the next person understand what happened.