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umbrel

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umbrelOS is a home server operating system that allows users to self-host a variety of applications, including Bitcoin and Lightning services, on their own hardware or virtual machines.

Check the licenceNot open source (PolyForm licence). Usually free to use for your own business, but you can't resell it or offer it as a hosted service. Read the licence.

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Stars
12.5k
Licence
PolyForm
Runs on
A small server
Setup
Moderate
Language
TypeScript
Age
2303 days

What you can do with it

  • Run OpenClaw
  • Store files
  • Access over 300 apps in the Umbrel App Store

Could replace

  • Synology DiskStation

Our suggestion based on what it does, not a feature-by-feature comparison.

Ways a business could use it

  • Save on cloud storage costs by self-hosting data
  • Provide secure and private hosting for business-critical applications

Can you use it commercially?

Not open source (PolyForm licence). Usually free to use for your own business, but you can't resell it or offer it as a hosted service. Read the licence.

Not legal advice. Read the project's licence file before building a product on it.

Getting it running

Download the ISO and follow the step-by-step installation guides for your platform.

Follow the official instructions in the project README.

Things to check

  • early alpha

Checked 26 Oct 2026. Summary drafted by AI from the project's README.

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