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r/homelab is a subreddit with 797k members. Its distinguishing qualities are that the community is huge in size, and has crazy activity.
Welcome to your friendly /r/homelab, where techies and sysadmin from everywhere are welcome to share their labs, projects, builds, etc.
Popular Themes in r/homelab
#1
Solution Requests
: "As requested in my previous post, updated my 8-bay design to allow a cheaper backplane"
15 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "Looking for Feedback & Security Advice"
5 posts
#3
Ideas
: "2025 Optiplex Homelab Setup"
2 posts
#4
Pain & Anger
: "The feeling you get when you see them laying down fiber in your city, but your apartment complex refuses to get it installed."
1 post
Popular Topics in r/homelab
#1
Homelab
: "My first Homelab!"
123 posts
#2
Server
: "Dual Epyc 9654 Server with Silverstone AIO liquid cooling"
42 posts
#3
Rack
: "Childhood me network Rack"
27 posts
#4
Hardware
: "What’s the weirdest old piece of IT Hardware you’ve seen just sitting around?"
27 posts
#5
Nas
: "Made my Nas and adding 2.5Gb capabilities. Put it all in an Ikea bookshelf. Would appreciate any feedback."
23 posts
#6
Networking
: "Owning IP Addresses as an Individual and not just a Corporation? It may be possible soon with new proposed policies at ARIN"
13 posts
#7
Storage
: "My Storage cabinet homelab"
11 posts
#8
Proxmox
: "Upgraded my Proxmox from 128gb to 256gb of RAM"
10 posts
#9
Docker
: "How's your Docker/VM experience in old HPE DL560 Gen8 ?"
9 posts
#10
Network
: "Ikea Eket // Network rack"
8 posts
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