Categories
Getting Started
Everything a beginner needs to go from curiosity to a running home server: what a home server is, why you'd want one, how to choose your first hardware and operating system, and how to avoid the most common mistakes.
Guides
The Complete Home Server Beginner's Guide
Go from zero to a running home server: choose hardware, pick an operating system, deploy your first apps, and keep everything secure and backed up.
Self-Hosting Starter Guide: Replace the Cloud
Discover which cloud services you can replace with self-hosted alternatives, and how to get started.
Tutorials
How to Install Nextcloud with Docker
Deploy a private cloud for files, calendars and contacts using Docker Compose.
In this category
What Is a Home Server? A Plain-English Introduction
A beginner-friendly explanation of what a home server is, what you can do with one, and how to decide if you should build one.
Nextcloud vs ownCloud
Compare the two private-cloud forks: features, apps, licensing and which fits your homelab.
Comparisons
Nextcloud vs ownCloud
Compare the two private-cloud forks: features, apps, licensing and which fits your homelab.
Glossary
Home Server
A computer you run at home to provide services such as file storage, media streaming, backups or self-hosted apps to your devices.
Self-Hosting
Running software on hardware you control instead of relying on third-party cloud services.
Homelab
A personal lab environment at home used to learn, experiment with and run IT infrastructure.