Hands-on guides and honest gear reviews for home lab enthusiasts. I cover TrueNAS, Proxmox, Docker, Kubernetes, and the networking gear that ties it all together — written by someone who runs it daily.
Both are free, both run on bare metal, and both can run VMs and containers — so how do you choose? I've run both in production for years. Here's a comprehensive breakdown of storage, virtualization, ease of use, and community support to help you decide.
Docker Compose is the cleanest way to manage multi-container apps on your home server. This guide covers installation, writing your first compose file, networking, volumes, and example stacks for Jellyfin, Nextcloud, and more.
K3s is everything you need from Kubernetes, at a fraction of the resource cost. Deploy a multi-node cluster inside Proxmox VMs and run your self-hosted apps with production-grade orchestration.
Access your entire home lab from anywhere in the world — securely — without exposing a single port to the internet.
ZFS is the gold standard for home lab storage. Learn how to create pools, manage datasets, automate snapshots, and recover from drive failure.
One container to manage SSL termination and reverse proxy for every service in your home lab — with a clean GUI and Let's Encrypt auto-renewal.