r/truenas is a subreddit with 93k members. The community frequently discusses struggling, looking, apps, truenas, and scale, and they frequently recommend/review backup software, nas, and torrent client, and the most common flair used is community edition, hardware, general, scale (legacy), and core/freenas (legacy).
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Popular Topics in r/truenas
#1
Struggling
19 posts
#2
Looking
15 posts
#3
Apps
7 posts
#4
Truenas
6 posts
#5
Scale
6 posts
#6
Annoying
5 posts
#7
Docker
4 posts
#8
Update
3 posts
#9
Server
3 posts
#10
Vm
2 posts
Products Discussed in r/truenas
Backup Software
5 reviews
#1
Nextcloud
4.0★ from 3 reviews
#2
PhotoSync
5.0★ from 1 review
#3
FolderSync
4.0★ from 1 review
Nas
4 reviews
#1
UnRAID
4.0★ from 1 review
#2
Synology
4.0★ from 1 review
#3
TrueNAS
4.0★ from 1 review
Torrent Client
2 reviews
#1
qBittorrent VPN
4.5★ from 2 reviews
Flair Used in r/truenas
#1
Community Edition
: "Optaine as a SLOG"
73 posts
#2
Hardware
: "Backblaze's Q2 2026 failure rates are out - full CMR/SMR list + reliability comparison - what it means for a ZFS pool"
32 posts
#3
General
: "TrueNAS Proxmox Plugin available on GitHub"
28 posts
#4
SCALE (Legacy)
: "Critical Fail for Apps"
7 posts
#5
CORE/FreeNAS (Legacy)
: "Need to update FreeNAS-12.0-U2 to newest version (been offline for years.)"
3 posts
#6
Enterprise
: "Need help building a DIY NAS for a startup company by myself as a side project."
2 posts
#7
TrueNAS Connect
: "I built RocketZero — mount your NAS as a drive from anywhere, no port forwarding (Synology/OMV/TrueNAS)"
1 post
Member Growth in r/truenas
Yearly
+24k members(33.9%)
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Last updated: September 30, 2026