CasaOS VS yunohost

Compare CasaOS vs yunohost and see what are their differences.

CasaOS

CasaOS - A simple, easy-to-use, elegant open-source Personal Cloud system. (by IceWhaleTech)

yunohost

YunoHost is an operating system aiming to simplify as much as possible the administration of a server. This repository corresponds to the core code, written mostly in Python and Bash. (by YunoHost)
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CasaOS yunohost
60 116
21,034 1,889
5.6% 2.1%
8.3 9.5
2 days ago 7 days ago
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CasaOS

Posts with mentions or reviews of CasaOS. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-01-15.

yunohost

Posts with mentions or reviews of yunohost. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-25.
  • Ask HN: Tips to get started on my own server
    19 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 25 Mar 2024
    Pull that old laptop from the closet, the one with the broken screen and keyboard which made you so sad to put it to pasture since it did have plenty of memory and CPU to keep up. Install Debian on the thing followed by Proxmox Virtual Environment (PVE) [1]. Since you have 16GB of RAM in that laptop (or 8 but 16 is nicer) you should be able to run a number of containers [2].

    Here's an idea, more or less based on a number of servers I configured for friends and family, based on 8GB Raspberry Pi 4 hardware with 2/4TB USB SSD. Your laptop will offer better performance.

    - Create 4 or 5 containers and name them 'auth', 'serveยด, 'base', 'backup' and 'mail' (if you want to run your own mail that is, otherwise skip that one). Their functions are:

    > auth runs LDAP, Kerberos (if you want that), a central letsencrypt instance which takes care of all your certificate needs and anything else related to authentication and authorisation

    > base runs databases, that means Postgresql, Mysql/Mariadb, Redis, RabbitMQ and whatnot - all depending on what you need.

    > serve runs services, that means nginx or another web server which is used as a reverse proxy for the other web-related things you want to run: 'cloud' services like Nextcloud with everything that comes with it (e.g. Collaboraoffice or Onlyoffice to replace whatever web-based office things you currently use), communications services like XMPP, application-specific proxies like Invidious/Nitter/Libreddit, media services like Peertube/Airsonic/Ampache, a Wiki like Bookstack, search services like SearxNG, etc. - the size of your server is the limit.

    > backup runs Proxmox Backup Server and is used to backup everything to some external drive and to some outside repository.

    > mail runs mail services, only if you want to run those. I always say 'do it' but many people have an irrational fear of running their own mail services. That fear is not grounded in truth, running mail is not hard and offers many advantages over hosted solutions.

    While it is possible to separate all the mentioned services out into their own containers I think this adds needless complexity for little to no gain. Separating out database services makes sense since those can end up quite taxing and as such might well be moved to their own hardware in some (possibly not too distant) future. Separating out authentication services makes sense since that lowers the attack surface compared to running them together with externally available services. The same goes for mail services which is why I put those in their own container.

    Once you've got this up and running you can create a few more containers to play around with. If you just want to try out services something like Yunohost [3] or Caprover [4] can come in handy but I do not see these as viable alternatives to installing and running services which you intend to keep around for a long time.

    Of course you can do most of this on a VPS as well but I prefer to keep thing in-house - the fewer dependencies, the better.

    [1] https://proxmox.com/en/

    [2] containers perform better and take less memory than VMs but if VMs are your thing that is possible as well

    [3] https://yunohost.org

    [4] https://caprover.com/

  • Best home OS?
    2 projects | /r/selfhosted | 4 Sep 2023
    YunoHost, although not Docker-based, is still nice and quite mature.
  • RPi 4 Build Recommendations (NAS/VPN/Seedbox/etc)
    3 projects | /r/selfhosted | 27 Jun 2023
    If you want something like that, then CasaOS is pretty great and i can recommend it, especially for a beginner. There is also Cosmos and Tipi. Yunuhost too but a bit different approach. Oh and Umbrel is a thing...
  • The latest umbrelOS release brings a redesigned app store for self-hosted apps
    7 projects | /r/selfhosted | 21 Jun 2023
    However you quickly reach the limits of what Umbrel can do, its very basic in its abilities. Of course it depends all on what you (or anyone else) wants to do with it. There is also CasaOS which is very similar to Umbrel but last i compared, Casa offered a bit more features like for example adding your own docker projects easily. There is also Tipi which i must admit i havent taken a closer look at yet. And there is Yunohost which i guess aims at a similar audience but achieves these things differently, still worth mentioning tho.
  • Sandstorm: Open-source platform for self-hosting web app
    15 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 4 Jun 2023
    This looks exciting and definitely something to look out for as an option fkr self-hosting.

    Similiar and a little bit more mature is also YunoHost, https://yunohost.org/, or for professional environments, UCS https://www.univention.com/.

  • My selfhosted Backup Solution
    2 projects | /r/selfhosted | 22 May 2023
  • Need simple tutorial for getting remote-access nextcloud setup with HTTPS
    2 projects | /r/selfhosted | 27 Apr 2023
    I use https://yunohost.org on my Pi, mostly for monitoring other stuff but you can get Nextcloud running just fine with it!
  • Who is self hosting Mastodon
    3 projects | /r/selfhosted | 27 Apr 2023
    Just FYI it's Very easy to host with https://cloudron.io or https://yunohost.org
  • Immich - Self-hosted photos and videos backup solution from your mobile phone (AKA Google Photos replacement you have been waiting for!) - March late update - now with CLIP-enabled search mechanism.
    8 projects | /r/selfhosted | 29 Mar 2023
    Will this app ever get some love from yunohost.org?
  • Is there a Linux server distro that you can configure stuff like Windows server does?
    2 projects | /r/linuxquestions | 16 Mar 2023

What are some alternatives?

When comparing CasaOS and yunohost you can also consider the following projects:

umbrel - A beautiful home server OS for self-hosting with an app store. Buy a pre-built Umbrel Home with umbrelOS, or install on a Raspberry Pi 4, Pi 5, any Ubuntu/Debian system, or a VPS.

umbrel-apps - The official app repository of the Umbrel App Store. Submit apps and updates here. Learn how โ†’ https://github.com/getumbrel/umbrel-apps#readme

Home Assistant - :house_with_garden: Open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first.

docker-homebridge - Homebridge Docker. HomeKit support for the impatient using Docker on x86_64, Raspberry Pi (armhf) and ARM64. Includes ffmpeg + libfdk-aac.

OpenMediaVault - openmediavault is the next generation network attached storage (NAS) solution based on Debian Linux. Thanks to the modular design of the framework it can be enhanced via plugins. openmediavault is primarily designed to be used in home environments or small home offices.

Portainer - Making Docker and Kubernetes management easy.

Gossa - ๐ŸŽถ a fast and simple multimedia fileserver

awesome-docker - :whale: A curated list of Docker resources and projects

goxygen - Generate a modern Web project with Go and Angular, React, or Vue in seconds ๐ŸŽฒ

Kodi Home Theater Software - Kodi is an award-winning free and open source home theater/media center software and entertainment hub for digital media. With its beautiful interface and powerful skinning engine, it's available for Android, BSD, Linux, macOS, iOS, tvOS and Windows.

Mailcow - mailcow: dockerized - ๐Ÿฎ + ๐Ÿ‹ = ๐Ÿ’•