Umbrel
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
Why people recommend it
“personally, I could probably get behind recommending something like umbrel[0]”
“Works extremely well, I highly recommend it for similar applications. Nice web based UI.”
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“we should start switching to solutions like this to keep control and freedom”
“Then with software wish it could easily have app store like umbrel: https://umbrel.com”
Caveats and dissent
“There's a Github link for the os, but it is under some strange not-quite OSS or Free Software license”
“there seems to be a pretty big mismatch between that performance and their website claims”
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“Not all Umbrel repos are OSS (and that's okay)”
Who recommends it in their own words
From the makers not counted in the ranking
“Hi Umbrel CTO and cofounder here”
Threads where it came up
- Umbrel – Personal Cloud 11 mentions
- RISC-V Router 1 mention
- A Social Filesystem 1 mention
- Valve is about to win the console generation 1 mention
Also written as umbrelOS, Umbrel OS. Data: umbrel.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 13
“It is very similar to Umbrel [0].”
“personally, I could probably get behind recommending something like umbrel[0]”
“There's a Github link for the os, but it is under some strange not-quite OSS or Free Software license”
“Works extremely well, I highly recommend it for similar applications. Nice web based UI.”
“umbrelOS is debian”
“there seems to be a pretty big mismatch between that performance and their website claims”
“Yes looks like they offer the OS for Raspberry pi and "any x86 system"”
Sorry, isn't this running an open-source OS? The header has a link to a github with a non-commercial license[0]. If so, couldn't you just use the OS on non-premium-priced mini-PC hardware and never have to worry about them locking you out of your box? I guess maybe it's concerning if you're being forced to update by the OS? I've never actually run a system like that, but was considering umbrel OS (didn't actually kno
“Not all Umbrel repos are OSS (and that's okay)”
“the GUI limits customization and hacking. And I hit those limits super fast on Umbrel.”
“Here's a comparison on running it on your own hardware vs. theirs”
“we should start switching to solutions like this to keep control and freedom”
“Then with software wish it could easily have app store like umbrel: https://umbrel.com”