Questions and answers

No. Everything is kept as files in site-data, which is closed to browsers.

Any hosting with PHP 8.3 or newer and a file manager (or FTP). HTTPS is recommended. Settings tells you when your PHP is about to stop getting security fixes.

Yes. Upload it to a folder such as /hub/ and it works the same, including installing it on a phone.

Yes. Export them from Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Brave, Opera or Safari, then press the pencil on Links, choose Edit This Page and press Import Bookmarks on the bar at the bottom. You see a preview first, and a copy of Links is kept so you can undo.

No, on purpose. Your data is private, so it always comes from your server. Added to a home screen, the site opens like an app, but nothing is kept on the phone.

Yes, while you are logged in. Sign PDF, both watermark tools, the QR Code Generator, the Image Resizer and the Invoice Generator have Save as Preset. Presets are kept on your server, are part of the site backup, and can be renamed or deleted in Tools Settings.

Only the QR and Barcode Scanner (camera) and the Screen and Voice Recorder (microphone and screen) ask, and only when you press their button. Nothing is sent anywhere, and the other pages are not allowed to use them at all.

Yes, with its own updater: install 1.59.1 first (Settings, Updates), then the newest version. From 1.60 the updater no longer installs or goes back to versions from before 1.50, which used another folder layout.

A copy of the current version is kept before every update, and the site checks itself afterwards. If it cannot answer, the saved version comes back by itself. Go Back in Settings, Updates does the same on request. Your data in site-data is never touched by an update.

You choose. Encrypted tabs in Links and Info, and encrypted backup files, use one passphrase, and the keys are made in your browser. A lost passphrase and a lost recovery key mean lost data.

Delete site-data/core/auth.php in your file manager, open the site, click the key icon, and use the setup code from site-data/core/SETUP-CODE.php. Encrypted tabs are locked with your passphrase, so a reset does not touch them.

No, it is optional. When you set it up, the bot only answers your own chat.

Yes. Copy the whole site folder, data included, or export a backup and import it on the new site.

The pages, Tools and this website are tested in Chromium (Chrome, Edge), Firefox and WebKit (Safari) engines, and checked for accessibility.

To report a problem, open an issue on GitHub. For anything else, message @Jackpison on Telegram.

Yes. Homebase Hub is free software under the GPL-3.0 licence: you may use it, study it, change it and share it.