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Practical guides for running Proxmox, Docker, and self-hosted services on budget hardware. Built from a real homelab, not a sponsored lab. New to homelabs? Start with the complete guide to building a homelab for under $300.
Setup Guides
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Syncthing for Homelab: Sync Files Between All Your Devices
Scale Syncthing past one laptop. Real folder-sharing strategy, versioning, and per-device ignore patterns for a mesh of laptops, phones, and a homelab server.
Homelab Networking from Scratch: DNS, Reverse Proxy, VPN, and SSL
Set up homelab networking the right way: internal DNS, reverse proxy with HTTPS, wildcard SSL, and secure remote access via Tailscale or Cloudflare.
How to Secure Your Homelab: Authelia, Tailscale, and No Open Ports
A practical, layered homelab security guide built on a real stack: close every inbound port with Tailscale, add HTTPS with a reverse proxy, and put SSO plus 2FA in front of everything with Authelia.
Latest Articles
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Best UPS for a Homelab: Battery Backup on a Budget
A UPS is the cheapest insurance your homelab will ever buy. Here's how to size one for a low-power setup, which units are worth the money, and how to make it shut your server down safely.
My Homelab Stack: Everything I Actually Run (and What It Costs)
A full tour of my budget homelab stack: the hardware, every service I run grouped by job, and the real monthly cost breakdown with numbers.
Best Self-Hosted Password Managers in 2026 (Vaultwarden vs KeePassXC vs Passbolt vs Bitwarden)
Comparing the top self-hosted password managers: Vaultwarden, KeePassXC, Passbolt, and official Bitwarden. Tested on real homelab hardware.
Why I Stopped Using Rack Servers (And What I Use Instead)
I ran rack gear for two years. Here's what the homelab rack server vs mini PC tradeoff actually taught me, and what I run now instead.
Self-Hosting Meets Real Life: What's Actually Worth Running at Home
Not everything belongs in a container. An honest, category-by-category look at what self-hosting actually pays off at home and what you should just keep paying for.
Portainer vs Dockge vs CLI: Managing Docker Containers in Your Homelab
A practical comparison of the three ways to manage Docker in a homelab: Portainer, Dockge, and the plain command line. Which one to pick based on how you actually run your stack.