What is HomelabOS?
HomelabOS is an open-source virtualization and infrastructure management platform designed specifically for homelab environments. It provides a simplified alternative to enterprise solutions like VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V, packing many of the same core features into an easy-to-use web-based interface.
Some key capabilities and benefits of HomelabOS include:
- VM Management - Create, run, stop, and delete Linux and Windows-based VMs and containers from a central dashboard.
- Storage Management - Create and manage local, network and cloud-based storage for your virtualized workloads.
- Networking - Configure virtual switches, port forwarding rules, VPN tunneling and more for connecting VMs.
- Monitoring - View live and historical infrastructure metrics like CPU, memory, disk and network usage.
- Identity Management - Manage local users and connect to enterprise directories like Active Directory for access control.
- API Access - Automate infrastructure management tasks by accessing HomelabOS capabilities via API.
- Customizable and Extensible - HomelabOS is built on a plugin model, allowing the community to build extensions and custom solutions.
- Self-Hosted - No vendor lock-in. Open source HomelabOS can be installed on your own hardware or in a VM.
With its comprehensive features and active community support, HomelabOS aims to be the ultimate open source platform for homelab virtualization. Its modular architecture makes it scalable for small trials to more demanding home production use cases.
CasaOS, YunoHost, Umbrel, Cloudron, CapRover, Univention Corporate Server, FreedomBox, Sandstorm, BitNami Application Stacks, DockSTARTer, StartOS are some alternatives to HomelabOS.