r/homelab is a subreddit with 1.0M members. The most common kinds of discussions are solution requests and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses homelab, server, storage, nas, and hardware, and they frequently recommend/review hypervisor, managed switch, and virtualization software.
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Popular Themes in r/homelab
#1
Solution Requests
: "Looking for a self-hosted wiki for my homelab"
6 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "Can someone help????? Plsss"
4 posts
#3
Ideas
: "Is integrating AI with an existing SIEM like Wazuh a good cybersecurity project idea?"
2 posts
#4
Money Talk
: "Supermicro 6029U-E1CR4T Server 2x Xeon 6140 NVMe/U.2 - for $500 w/o RAM/Storage/Rails- deal or not?"
2 posts
Popular Topics in r/homelab
#1
Homelab
25 posts
#2
Server
16 posts
#3
Storage
14 posts
#4
Nas
11 posts
#5
Hardware
11 posts
#6
Networking
6 posts
#7
Linux
5 posts
#8
Struggling
4 posts
#9
Network
3 posts
#10
Backup
3 posts
Products Discussed in r/homelab
Hypervisor
128 reviews
#1
Proxmox
4.3★ from 51 reviews
#2
ESXi
4.0★ from 13 reviews
#3
XCP-ng
4.2★ from 12 reviews
Managed Switch
101 reviews
#1
Mikrotik
4.2★ from 19 reviews
#2
Cisco
3.9★ from 14 reviews
#3
TP-Link
3.9★ from 11 reviews
Virtualization Software
77 reviews
#1
Proxmox
4.3★ from 18 reviews
#2
VMware
4.5★ from 17 reviews
#3
Oracle
3.9★ from 10 reviews
Flair Used in r/homelab
#1
Help
: "Struggling with bigger (>2TB) disks in HP MicroServer N40L"
39 posts
#2
Discussion
: "Laid 1500 ft of fiber and kinked one of the strands right at the end - can I fix this?"
24 posts
#3
Project Showcase: Hardware
: "Repurposed my cracked-screen Huawei FIG-LX1 into a Headless Wireless Home Server"
19 posts
#4
Project Showcase: Operations
: "My Homelab Monitoring: full monitoring"
2 posts
#5
News
: "If your homelab uses KVM/Proxmox with nested virtualization, patch for CVE-2026-53359"
1 post
#6
Blog
: "Making a wazuh server in python from scratch for fun and maybe profit"
1 post
#7
LabPorn
: "Homelab as a CS Major"
1 post
#8
Labgore
: "Half Height Gigabit NIC wasn't originally HH"
1 post
#9
Solved
: "SFP+ to RG45 modules."
1 post
#10
Satire
: "Anyone else crimp cables in bed?"
1 post
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Last updated: July 7, 2026