r/homelab is a subreddit with 680k 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
: "Mobile Homelab for camping"
20 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "Mother is not amused that we have lost a room to the heat of my home lab :/"
18 posts
#3
Advice Requests
: "What do I do with this? Keep or sell it?"
15 posts
#4
Money Talk
: "Be honest. How poor is the cyber security setup in your homelabs?"
3 posts
#5
News
: "HomeLab upgrades"
2 posts
#6
Self-Promotion
: "Got a chance to check out the Beta version of Craft Computing's Axe Effect. This is a great alternative to dealing with flaky used UPS environmental sensors, and the best option if you have nothing with the capability currently."
1 post
Popular Topics in r/homelab
#1
Homelab
: "Jankiest Homelab ever, but it's a start"
93 posts
#2
Server
: "My new travel Server (one package, that can be torn apart easily)"
42 posts
#3
Hardware
: "Is Hardware RAID obsolete?"
21 posts
#4
Rack
: "I'm designing a micro Rack"
17 posts
#5
Storage
: "TWO Holes make My Day. "
14 posts
#6
Network
: "A UPS that shuts everything down across the Network? How do I accomplish this?"
14 posts
#7
Nas
: "Building a Nas "
11 posts
#8
Ups
: "85db - Is my Ups in battery mode supposed to be this loud?"
10 posts
#9
Networking
: "My current homelab and Networking rack"
8 posts
#10
Virtualization
: "Testing Proxmox Cluster + PBS to replace ESXi"
6 posts
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Member Growth in r/homelab
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Monthly
+7k members(1.0%)
Yearly
+94k members(16.0%)
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