I use Alpine as the OS on my home server (it used to be SmartOS/Illumos) and I compile my entire stack myself using my own cross-platform (Solaris/Linux/OS X/Fr

I use Alpine as the OS on my home server (it used to be SmartOS/Illumos) and I compile my entire stack myself using my own cross-platform (Solaris/Linux/OS X/FreeBSD/OpenBSD) build system similar to BSD ports. While there are some portability gotchas, by and large it's manageable.