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I really can't believe there doesn't exist a good "home box." There should be a product that you can buy (a computer) that you bring home, plug in, set up via
by koch 3y ago
I really can't believe there doesn't exist a good "home box."
There should be a product that you can buy (a computer) that you bring home, plug in, set up via your phone or computer that:
- can host websites
- can store your files and sync them to other devices
- control your home automation
- host your email
- anything else you might otherwise put on a server
And does it all EASILY with a simple phone or web UI.
Yes I know you can actually buy a computer or server or raspberry pi and put something like NextCloud or Home Assistant et al. on it, but the real barrier imo is the setup and configuration. Even I don't do all this because it seems daunting to configure all of it, and I consider myself a pretty technical person. I really just want to buy a box, plug it in, and like select which apps I want to use, and then it starts working for me.
- New_California 3y agoBut there is: https://umbrel.com/ https://umbrel.com/ (except for hosting email which is not realistic anymore).
- koch 3y agoThis looks about like what I want! I may give it a go...
- infogulch 3y agoLooks nice, but the marketing design ('make it just like Apple') doesn't match the product they're selling. Apple is technology for people afraid of technology, but self hosting is decidedly not for a technologically afraid audience. How will they pay for maintaining all the apps and making sure that they are properly integrated into the platform as they get updated?
- alabhyajindal 3y agoExactly. That would be great. But I think a large portion of the target audience of the home box would rather set this up themselves. Or not. I would much rather have something commercial (built on open source) like this so I can be more at ease that my data is safe, compared to doing everything myself.
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- john61 3y agohttps://www.olimex.com/Products/OLinuXino/Home-Server/Pioneer-FreedomBox-HSK/open-source-hardware https://www.olimex.com/Products/OLinuXino/Home-Server/Pionee... https://freedombox.org/ https://freedombox.org/
- ricardobeat 3y agoSynology boxes do all of that, except e-mail [1], and the web UI is quite decent. [1] it's quite difficult to run your own e-mail servers these days, making it trusted by the rest of the world is a lot of work
- pizzafeelsright 3y agoThe NAS box from synology does all this. Except the phone part. Email self hosted might as well be impossible.
- CHSbeachbum420 3y agoYou literally just described windows server lol. It can do all of this