homelab

Dashy is an open-source, customizable homepage dashboard for homelabs with pre-built widgets, real-time status checks, and multi-user auth, all running in a single Docker container.

Introduces pve-microvm, a Debian package that integrates QEMU's microvm machine type into Proxmox VE, enabling sub-300ms boot times and hardware isolation with minimal overhead, supporting various guest OS types.

A practical guide to setting up a MikroTik router for a home lab, covering how to identify ISP connection types (IPoE vs PPPoE) and WAN IPv4 addresses (public vs CGNAT/DS-Lite) to configure the router correctly.

Benchmarking 15 decommissioned NVIDIA Tesla GPUs (K80, P100, V100) for modern AI workloads, showing their viability and cost-effectiveness for homelab inference setups.

The author details overhauling their homelab setup, moving from a Zimaboard with NixOS to a new Debian-based server with Dokploy, Jellyfin, Immich, and other self-hosted services, including improvements to home networking with fiber.

The author describes how they automated their homelab to require minimal manual maintenance using a single server, UniFi networking gear, and Docker containers with scheduled updates and backups.

Armadillo is a self-hosted DNS server written in Gleam for homelab use. It checks local records first and forwards unknown queries to an upstream resolver, with a configurable zone file and ETS caching.

A detailed blog post on building a custom 10-inch mini rack from aluminium extrusions to organize mini PCs and tidy up a desk.

The author describes migrating their homelab from Proxmox to NixOS with Incus, highlighting the benefits of declarative configuration and reproducibility over imperative systems.

A site called MiniPCs.zip charts thousands of Mini PCs by benchmark and reveals the Pareto frontier to help users get the most compute per dollar, using Gemini to extract specs from listings.

The author describes setting up an AI dev platform in his homelab using OpenCode Web UI with Git access, enabling AI-assisted maintenance of Docker services via PR review and GitOps deployment.

HomeLab Monitor is a self-hosted, single Docker container that aggregates GPU stats, container memory, disk usage, and service health across multiple machines via SSH, without requiring Prometheus/Grafana or agents.

A comprehensive review and comparison of nearly every IP KVM device available for homelab use, including PiKVM models, covering features, pricing, and security considerations.

BoxBox is a file manager designed for Linux homelab and NAS-style servers, offering a web-based interface for easier file management.

Dream Server is an open-source one-command installer that turns any PC, Mac, or Linux box into a private AI server with local inference, chat UI, agents, RAG, and image generation, no cloud required.

The article introduces Revaulter v2, a tool that enables unlocking encrypted ZFS volumes at boot using passkeys (WebAuthn), allowing remote approval via a mobile web interface without storing keys in plaintext.

A review of the DeskPi Super4C, a 4-node Raspberry Pi CM5 cluster board, highlighting its improved remote management and redundant power/Ethernet, while noting that SBC clusters are a poor value but fun for hobbyist HPC tinkering.

Part 5 of a homelab series warns about pitfalls when using Synology’s Btrfs implementation for enterprise-grade storage setups.

A detailed guide on building a custom OPNsense router for a home network, explaining the architecture of routers, VLAN configuration, and the decision to use OPNsense as an alternative to commercial gateway solutions.

Osmantic/ODS is an open-source deployment system that enables users to set up a private AI server on personal computers by integrating tools like Ollama and Open WebUI for local model inference, chat interfaces, and privacy-focused operations.