HomelabOS Alternatives

Apps similar to HomelabOS include Umbrel, which is free for personal use. Other options are CasaOS, StartOS, CapRover and Easypanel. In total there are nine Server Management Tools like HomelabOS for self-hosting, Linux and the web.

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HomelabOS alternatives page was last updated Mar 11, 2026

Umbrel
36 likes
A beautiful personal server OS for self-hosting for any Linux distro.
72 Umbrel alternatives
Cost / License
Free Personal
Source Available (PolyForm-Noncommercial-1.0.0)
Application typeApplication types
Linux Distro
Operating System
Origin
United States
Platforms
Linux
Debian
Raspberry Pi
United States
+2
Good alternative?Is Umbrel a good alternative to HomelabOS?
CasaOS
39 likes
CasaOS is an open-source Home Cloud system based on the Docker ecosystem and designed for home scenarios. It is committed to building the world's most simple, easy-to-use, and elegant Home Cloud system.
21 CasaOS alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Application typeApplication types
Server Management
Operating System
Origin
China
Alerts
Discontinued
Platforms
Linux
Raspberry Pi
Orange Pi
China
+2
Good alternative?Is CasaOS a good alternative to HomelabOS?
StartOS
29 likes
StartOS is a browser-based, graphical operating system for a personal server that facilitates the discovery, installation, configuration, dependency management, and health monitoring of self-hosted software services.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (MIT)
Application typeApplication types
Server Management
Linux Distro
Origin
United States
Platforms
Online
Self-Hosted
United States
+5
Good alternative?Is StartOS a good alternative to HomelabOS?
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CapRover
49 likes
CapRover is an extremely easy to use app/database deployment & web server manager, PaaS, for your NodeJS, Python, PHP, ASP.NET, Ruby, MySQL, MongoDB, Postgres, WordPress (and etc...) applications!
Cost / License
Free
Proprietary (FSL-1.1-ALv2)
Application type
Server Management
Origin
New Zealand
Platforms
Self-Hosted
Docker
New Zealand
+2
Good alternative?Is CapRover a good alternative to HomelabOS?
Easypanel
7 likes
Modern server control panel using Docker for deploying Node.js, Ruby, Python, PHP, Go, and Java applications, offering quick templates, process monitoring, resource analytics, SSL management, and containerized isolation for simplified server and app control.
33 Easypanel alternatives
Cost / License
Freemium
Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Server Management
Web Hosting
Origin
Romania
EU
Platforms
Self-Hosted
Romania
EU
Good alternative?Is Easypanel a good alternative to HomelabOS?
DockSTARTer
6 likes
DockSTARTer helps you get started with running apps in Docker.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (MIT)
Application typeApplication types
Server Management
Cloud Storage
Platforms
Online
Self-Hosted
+1
Good alternative?Is DockSTARTer a good alternative to HomelabOS?
xsrv
1 like
Install and manage self-hosted services/applications, on your own server(s).
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application type
Server Management
Platforms
Linux
Online
Self-Hosted
Good alternative?Is xsrv a good alternative to HomelabOS?
DebOps
2 likes
The DebOps project is a set of Free and Open Source tools that let users bootstrap and manage an IT infrastructure based on Debian or Ubuntu operating systems. Ansible is used as the main configuration management platform.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Origin
International
Platforms
Linux
Good alternative?Is DebOps a good alternative to HomelabOS?
RepoCloud
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Deploy and scale your favorite open source applications effortlessly with one click - for half the price of major cloud hosts.
Cost / License
Paid
Proprietary
Application type
Server Management
Platforms
Online
Good alternative?Is RepoCloud a good alternative to HomelabOS?