๐Ÿ–ฅ๏ธ Homelab

Self-hosted apps, home servers, smart home and networking. 25 projects tracked.

Homelab illustration
Original illustration by SafeToUpdate (CC BY 4.0).

Latest releases

Immich v3.3.4
Photos
2026-10-20 safe
Traefik v3.7.16
Reverse proxy
2026-10-20 caution
Traefik v2.11.60
Reverse proxy
2026-10-20 caution
Paperless-ngx v3.3.3
Documents
2026-10-19 safe
n8n 2.44.4
Automation
2026-10-19 safe
n8n 2.43.8
Automation
2026-10-19 safe
Gitea v28.2.0
Git hosting
2026-10-18 safe
Pi-hole v6.5
DNS / ad blocking
2026-10-17 caution
Home Assistant 2026.10.2
Home automation
2026-10-16 safe
Paperless-ngx v3.3.2
Documents
2026-10-16 caution
Ollama v0.40.6
Local AI
2026-10-16 safe
Open WebUI v0.12.3
Local AI
2026-10-16 safe
Nextcloud v35.0.2
Files & collaboration
2026-10-15 safe
Nextcloud v34.0.5
Files & collaboration
2026-10-15 safe
Nextcloud v33.0.10
Files & collaboration
2026-10-15 safe
Traefik v3.7.15
Reverse proxy
2026-10-15 caution
Frigate v0.18.2
NVR / cameras
2026-10-15 caution
Immich v3.3.3
Photos
2026-10-14 safe
authentik 2026.8.4
Identity / SSO
2026-10-14 safe
Ollama v0.40.5
Local AI
2026-10-14 safe
Open WebUI v0.12.2
Local AI
2026-10-14 safe
Open WebUI v0.12.1
Local AI
2026-10-14 safe
Frigate v0.18.1
NVR / cameras
2026-10-13 caution
Paperless-ngx v3.3.1
Documents
2026-10-12 safe
Ollama v0.40.4
Local AI
2026-10-12 safe

Tracked projects

Home automation

Home Assistant

safe 2026.10.2
Photos

Immich

safe v3.3.4
Files & collaboration

Nextcloud

safe v35.0.2
Virtualization

Proxmox VE

Manual review pending
Media

Jellyfin

safe v12.2
Media

Plex Media Server

Manual review pending
Passwords

Vaultwarden

caution 1.37.4
Reverse proxy

Traefik

caution v3.7.16
Reverse proxy

Nginx Proxy Manager

safe v2.16.0
Identity / SSO

authentik

safe 2026.8.4
Documents

Paperless-ngx

safe v3.3.3
DNS / ad blocking

Pi-hole

caution v6.5
DNS / ad blocking

AdGuard Home

caution v0.107.79
Container management

Portainer

caution 2.45.2
Monitoring

Uptime Kuma

caution 2.5.6
NVR / cameras

Frigate

caution v0.18.2
Automation

n8n

safe 2.44.4
Git hosting

Gitea

safe v28.2.0
Media automation

Sonarr

safe v4.0.20.3014
Media automation

Radarr

safe v6.4.4.10685
Storage / NAS

TrueNAS SCALE

Manual review pending
VPN / networking

Tailscale

safe v1.104.1
Smart home

Zigbee2MQTT

safe 2.14.2
Local AI

Ollama

safe v0.40.6
Local AI

Open WebUI

safe v0.12.3

Tips All Homelab posts โ†’

Homelab

Exposing Ollama to Home Assistant and Open WebUI, safely

Ollama listens only on localhost and has no built-in authentication. Here's how to open it to exactly the clients that need it and nothing else.

2026-10-20
Homelab

Updating Home Assistant safely: backups, breaking changes, and the .1 rule

Home Assistant ships a big release every month. Read the backward-incompatible changes, take a backup you can actually restore, and consider waiting for the first patch release.

2026-10-20
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Running Ollama in a Proxmox VM: GPU passthrough vs CPU-only

A practical guide to hosting a local LLM on Proxmox: when CPU-only is fine, what GPU passthrough requires, and how to check where your model is actually running.

2026-10-20
Homelab

Stop using :latest: pin image tags and back up volumes before updating

Pinned tags make updates deliberate and rollbacks possible. Here's how to pin by tag or digest and back up named volumes the way Docker documents it.

2026-10-20
Homelab

A safe weekend update workflow for Docker homelabs

Read the notes, snapshot, update one stack at a time, verify, and know your rollback before you start. A 20-minute routine that avoids most broken Sunday mornings.

2026-10-20
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How to update Proxmox VE without breaking your host

Use dist-upgrade (never plain upgrade), pick the right repository, back up guests first, and roll a cluster one node at a time.

2026-10-20

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