I’m not sure how well it would work in a self-hosted or server-type context, but GPT4all has built in RAG functionality. There’s also a flatpak in addition to the Windows, Mac and .deb installs.

The ability to easily do synchronization through a Nextcloud instance (or commercial cloud storage providers like OneDrive) is what’s keeping me on Joplin.

Maybe I’m misunderstanding this, but their FAQ specifically says:

By default, your documents are stored inside the docker volume paperless_media. Docker manages this volume automatically for you.

It also says that documents are removed from the consumption directory, renamed, and put into a folder that you shouldn’t modify.

And that’s my problem with the project. I want to be able to keep my file name and organizational structure.

I experimented with self hosting RSSHub a while back and I do believe you could get past rate limiting on Instagram by configuring the app with your personal Instagram account credentials. I think those without an Instagram account were advised to follow pages via the Pikuki route instead.

Does WhatsApp not work at all on Graphene OS or do you just need to enable Google Play services for it to work? (I do understand why you personally may not want to enable the Play services, but I’m just curious about the potential capabilities).

A static site generator like Jekyll hosted on Github pages might be a good option. It’s free and easy-ish to configure without knowing much code since there are an abundance of open source templates around.