NASty Alternatives

NASty is described as 'NAS operating system built on NixOS and bcachefs. It turns commodity hardware into a storage appliance serving NFS, SMB, iSCSI, and NVMe-oF — managed from a single web UI, updated atomically, and rolled back when things go sideways' and is an app in the development category. There are six alternatives to NASty for Linux, Self-Hosted and BSD. The best NASty alternative is TrueNAS, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like NASty are openmediavault, Unraid, XigmaNAS and Rockstor.

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  1. TrueNAS icon
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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.

    25 TrueNAS alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
     
  2. openmediavault icon
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    openmediavault is the next generation network attached storage (NAS) solution based on Debian Linux. It contains services like SSH, (S)FTP, SMB/CIFS, DAAP media server, RSync, BitTorrent client and many more. It can be enhanced via plugins.

    19 openmediavault alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  3. Unraid icon
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    Flexible operating system combining storage management with support for mixed drive sizes, Docker containers, virtual machines, hardware and GPU passthrough, browser-based interface, file protocols, scalable expansion, integrated parity, and monitoring features.

    28 Unraid alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  4. XigmaNAS icon
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    XigmaNAS (formerly NAS4Free) is an embedded Open Source Storage NAS (Network-Attached Storage) distribution based on FreeBSD. This project is a continuation of TrueNAS 7 series project.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
     
  5. Rockstor icon
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    Rockstor is a free and open source NAS (Network Attached Storage) operating system. It’s a software solution and can be installed on commodity hardware or a hypervisor satisfying minimum system requirements.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  6. EasyNAS icon
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    It uses openSUSE Leap as a base with the Btrfs advanced file system. EasyNAS is managed through a web-based interface and offers such features as on-line growing of file systems, snapshots and copy-on-write.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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