HomeServer OS - Debian vs Truenas Core vs Scale vs Proxmox

This page summarizes the projects mentioned and recommended in the original post on /r/HomeServer

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  • restic

    Fast, secure, efficient backup program

  • Out of the box, no, but great tools like Restic, Duplicacy and Kopia easily handle that. Kopia is beta, so YMMV, but it’s shaping up to be the best of them. I run it in tandem with my primary backup, and it snapshots 15GB in 5 seconds.

  • pms-wiki

    The aim is to share knowledge and information about building an open-source media server.

  • I also ran a custom Debian box for a few years based on The perfect media server using MergerFS and SnapRaid, but weird hardware problems with frequent disk disconnects made me revert to Synology.

  • WorkOS

    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

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  • kopia

    Cross-platform backup tool for Windows, macOS & Linux with fast, incremental backups, client-side end-to-end encryption, compression and data deduplication. CLI and GUI included.

  • Out of the box, no, but great tools like Restic, Duplicacy and Kopia easily handle that. Kopia is beta, so YMMV, but it’s shaping up to be the best of them. I run it in tandem with my primary backup, and it snapshots 15GB in 5 seconds.

  • Duplicacy

    A new generation cloud backup tool

  • Out of the box, no, but great tools like Restic, Duplicacy and Kopia easily handle that. Kopia is beta, so YMMV, but it’s shaping up to be the best of them. I run it in tandem with my primary backup, and it snapshots 15GB in 5 seconds.

NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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