r/homelabgore is a subreddit with 3k members. The most common kinds of discussions are pain & anger and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses homelab, server, cable management, rack, and op.
homelab related gore - and other IT gore
Popular Themes in r/homelabgore
#1
Pain & Anger
: "Bye bye Google Drive"
16 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "Home server"
7 posts
#3
Advice Requests
: "Hospital server room"
6 posts
#4
Ideas
: "My First Homelab"
4 posts
#5
Self-Promotion
: "Finally decided to hang my homelab here :3"
3 posts
#6
Money Talk
: "When your budget says "kitchen rack" but your heart says "datacenter" 🇲🇲"
2 posts
#7
Opportunities
: "What do you think about OP’s new Home Server?"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/homelabgore
#1
Homelab
: "Allow me to make you feel much better about your Homelab"
21 posts
#2
Server
: "OP made a Server out of cardboard, zip ties and spare parts"
11 posts
#3
Cable Management
: "The Cable Management of a deranged serial killer"
10 posts
#4
Rack
: "My Rack ears don't fit my switch, so wooden support it is!"
5 posts
#5
Op
: "Op needs a daily reminder"
4 posts
#6
Home Server
: "What do you think about OP’s new Home Server?"
4 posts
#7
Lab Setup
: "Do you reckon OP can hook their lab up to this?"
2 posts
#8
Works
: "If it Works, don’t touch it"
2 posts
#9
Data Center
: "Their friend actually built a whole ass Data Center at home 😭"
2 posts
#10
Friend
: "Their Friend actually built a whole ass data Center at home 😭"
2 posts
Flair Used in r/homelabgore
#1
💩 ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
: "Flush DNS "
3 posts
#2
💩💩💩 ☆ ☆
: "OP asked not to get roasted too hard. OP didn’t get roasted enough"
3 posts
#3
💩💩 ☆ ☆ ☆
: "I used zip ties so you can tell it's safe."
2 posts
#4
not homelab
: "How to repair this?"
2 posts
#5
💩💩💩💩💩
: "Closest thing to actual homelabgore I’ve seen "
2 posts
Member Growth in r/homelabgore
Yearly
+2k members(331.6%)
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Last updated: June 18, 2026