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2026-09-18 19:17 UTC

"Self-hosting OSes" are special operating systems like YunoHost, FreedomBox and LibreServer which are designed to make it easier to host your own services either on a VPS, or a computer in your own home or office. They include graphical interfaces that let you install or remove services without having to go through a command line. Does anyone know of any other distros (Linux or otherwise) designed specifically to make self-hosting much easier like this? #AskFedi #SelfHosting

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  • @sztupy@social.sztupy.hu 2026-09-18 20:25

    @homegrown@social.growyourown.services I think ZimaOS would fit here: it's designed for a home NAS server rather than to be deployed on a VPS; It is fully graphical, managed through a hosted website, and can easily run things like immich, jellyfin or nextcloud out of the box, all set up through a web interface. I did hear from few of my less-technical friends that it was the least painless option they found recently, and I used it for a while as well before moving back to a plain Debian install which was better for my needs, as I didn't like a few of their forced-on-you decisions, and I think their core OS uses a bit too many resources that could be used by other apps. (It is also the successor of CasaOS which was an add-on to an existing linux, this is a full OS you need to install from the ground up) https://www.zimaspace.com/zimaos

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  • @zleap@techhub.social 2026-09-18 19:20

    @homegrown@social.growyourown.services BSD is very server focussed

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  • @fname@kamloops.social 2026-09-18 19:30

    @homegrown@social.growyourown.services Shoutout to @yunohost@toot.aquilenet.fr here; it was my first entry-point into self-hosting and allowed me to get started even before I had developed the skill set to go it alone!

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  • @regendans@todon.eu 2026-09-18 20:23

    @homegrown@social.growyourown.services There's this community project with many recipes to self-host : https://coopcloud.tech

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  • @acn@fedi.imzadi.de 2026-09-18 21:28

    @homegrown@social.growyourown.services maybe MOS? I did not try it myself but found out that it exists: https://mos-official.net Also maybe OpenMediaVault: https://www.openmediavault.org I've used one version of it some years ago, but when a new major version appeared, you had to do a complete reinstall (no official upgrade path...), so I switched to a pure Devuan setup...

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