TrueNAS
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TrueNAS (formerly FreeNAS) is an operating system that can be installed on virtually any hardware platform to share data over a network. TrueNAS is the simplest way to create a centralized and easily accessible place for your data.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Linux
- BSD
- Self-Hosted
Features
TrueNAS News & Activities
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Recent News
- POX published news article about TrueNAS
TrueNAS 24.10 “Electric Eel” has been released with a shift from Kubernetes to DockerTrueNAS has announced the release of version 24.10, code-named “Electric Eel”, bringing a host of n...
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TrueNAS information
Developed by
iXsystemsLicensing
Open Source (LGPL-3.0) and Free product.Written in
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Average rating of 5Alternatives
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Backup & Sync, Network & Admin, File Sharing, Security & Privacy, OS & Utilities, System & HardwareGitHub repository
- 2,379 Stars
- 499 Forks
- 15 Open Issues
- Updated Mar 18, 2025
Comments and Reviews
TrueNAS core, and TrueNAS Scale are great choices for home NAS or even business.
TrueNAS core is BSD based while TrueNAS Scale is Debian based OS which gives you more flexibility and ability to create VMs in no time.
TrueNAS only problem is that it requires separate disks to install rather than installation on same disk as storage, similar how you would install Proxmox, but TrueNAS requires separate drives which is kinda bad in my opinion.
This is not a problem if you have loads of drives but if you have 4 bay NAS or even less then I would not recommend TrueNAS.
Other than that it runs great, web GUI configuring is not that simple so it takes a bit to find where everything is.
Both version (BSD and Debian) allow you to host VM. For Scale, you could easily install it on a partition (while not recommended by the purist) by editing the script installer
Reply written Nov 1, 2024
True, Core aka Debian based version does it pretty easy and simple while BSD version opens a Jail that emulates Artix to run docker in it, a workaround...
At this point id rather run Linux based TrueNAS without extra step needed for running docker :P
Reply written Jan 3, 2025
BSD based network storage OS. very stable.
It's an extremely powerful software that is also easy to use.