Favorite Self-hosted Applications and Software

The speaker discusses the popular self-hosted applications or software mentioned in a survey. Over 275 individual pieces of software applications were mentioned, with about 15-20 listed in the visualization results. The top mentioned ones include Home Assistant, Jellyfin, Plex, Volwarden, Next Cloud, and Pihole. The speaker expresses that these choices align with their expectations and encourages listeners to explore these software, as they have tried and found them to be solid options.