Your apps. Your network. In one box.
HomeFree is a personal server and router that hosts your cloud, your identity, and your connectivity — without giving any of it to a megacorp.
One box that sits between you and the internet — and runs everything you'd otherwise rent.
Most self-hosting projects are app launchers. HomeFree is also your router: dynamic DNS, automatic HTTPS, firewall, ad-blocking DNS, mesh VPN — built in.
A curated, growing catalog of apps comes pre-wired behind a single sign-on, on hardware you own, on a network you control. Sign in once with HomeFree SSO and every app trusts you.
Sovereign by default. Boring to operate.
You shouldn't have to glue together a router, a domain, ten certs, a wall of containers, and a half-broken SSO setup. HomeFree does it as a single configurable system.
Real router, not just apps
Dynamic DNS to your registrar. Let's Encrypt + DNS-01 wildcards. Per-service firewall. WAN failover. Headscale mesh VPN. The network layer is a first-class citizen, not an afterthought.
SSO across every app
A Zitadel-backed identity provider, pre-provisioned. Every app — Nextcloud, Immich, Matrix, Forgejo, Vaultwarden — sits behind one login. Add a user once, they exist everywhere.
Turnkey, with an escape hatch
A web installer for normal humans, a NixOS config for power users. You don't write YAML. You don't manage certs. But everything is declarative, reproducible, and version-controlled.
Your hardware, your data
Bring your own mini PC or buy one preloaded. Backups are encrypted and yours — to a local disk, a NAS, or any S3-compatible provider. Walk away with a USB drive any day.
A curated app catalog. One login. Day one.
Every tile below is preinstalled, reverse-proxied with a real certificate, and connected to HomeFree SSO. No YAML, no oauth2-proxy juggling.
Nextcloud
Files
Files, calendar, contacts
Immich
Photos
Self-hosted photo library
Matrix
Chat
End-to-end encrypted chat
Jellyfin
Media
Movie + TV streaming
Forgejo
Code
Git hosting with CI
MediaWiki
Knowledge
Personal wikis
CryptPad
Docs
Encrypted collaborative docs
Lidarr
Music
Music library manager
NZBGet
Downloads
Usenet downloader
Frigate
Cameras
AI-powered NVR
Radicale
Calendar
CalDAV / CardDAV server
Joplin
Notes
Markdown notes sync
Trilium
Notes
Hierarchical knowledge base
Vaultwarden
Passwords
Bitwarden-compatible vault
Linkwarden
Bookmarks
Self-hosted bookmarks
Homebox
Inventory
Home inventory tracker
Grocy
Household
Groceries + chores
FreshRSS
Feeds
RSS reader
Headscale
VPN
Self-hosted Tailscale
AdGuard
Network
Network-wide ad blocking
Not just another app launcher.
Other self-hosting projects are great. HomeFree differs in shape — it's the router, the apps, and the identity layer in one declarative box.
| HomeFree | CasaOS | Umbrel | YunoHost | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| App catalog | Curated & preconfigured | Large | Large | Large |
| SSO across all apps | Yes (Zitadel) | No | No | Partial |
| Router / DDNS / firewall | Built in | — | — | Partial |
| HTTPS wildcards (DNS-01) | Automatic | Manual | Manual | Per app |
| Mesh VPN (Tailscale-style) | Headscale built in | — | App | App |
| Declarative config | NixOS, reproducible | No | No | Hooks |
A snapshot, not a takedown. Full breakdown →
From bare metal to your own cloud — in an evening.
HomeFree is a full operating system, not an app you bolt onto a Linux box. Burn an ISO to USB, plug it into the machine that sits between your modem and your switch, and follow the wizard.
HomeFree is a technical preview. Production users welcome, but expect some sharp edges.