HomelabOS
Offline privacy-centric data-center. Deploy over 100 services with a few commands.
Developed outside the platforms our data source measures, so there is no activity history to score. This says nothing about the project — many unrated projects are actively maintained.
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| Stars | not measured |
|---|---|
| Latest release | v1.0 · 8 May 2024 |
| Repo updated | 4 Sept 2026 |
| Licence | MIT |
| Built with | Docker |
Is HomelabOS actively maintained?
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Read that as missing data, not as a warning. Several of the best-maintained projects in this catalogue are unrated for exactly this reason. To judge it, open the repository and look at the date of the most recent commit yourself.
What HomelabOS actually does
HomelabOS is a self-hosting solution designed to help you run an offline, privacy-centric data centre on your own hardware. It uses Docker to let you deploy a large collection of over one hundred distinct services with a minimal set of commands. The project is distributed under the MIT licence and provides a structured way to manage multiple self-hosted applications simultaneously.
Best fit: This is well-suited for technical users who want to quickly spin up a wide variety of self-hosted services without configuring each container individually from scratch.
Worth knowing: The repository currently shows a complete lack of recent commits, which indicates that development may be stalled and you might encounter unpatched bugs or outdated service configurations.
Deployment notes
Because the project relies entirely on Docker, you will typically need to ensure persistent storage volumes are configured for your containers and manage your own reverse proxy for TLS termination.
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