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If you are running a homelab or home server setup, this post is intended for you! If you are anything like me, you always look for something new to run in your lab. This article should help you find some popular applications being used and installed in 2024, along with some less-known ones that could unlock new features from your lab.

If you're running a homelab, you may already be running lots of applications for your own personal cloud or to assist in running your homelab stack. If you are just like me, your lab is never complete and your always looking for something else to install and try out.

I have been running a homelab for some time now, and it has taken a few different iterations during its lifespan. It’s grown from a single server setup to a multi-node HA configuration that guzzled power and hard drives using old enterprise machines. Recently I’ve gone through a move and done some planning to downsize and make my homelab a bit more compact, and it got me thinking a bit about all the things I have learnt from the lab and its different forms. I wanted to write up this post to share some of the lessons I have had running and learning with this homelab to hopefully help you make a better decision about starting a lab or the one you are running right now that needs a pick me up to get building on it again.

When you're looking to set up a homelab to learn more about running applications or administering computers effectively, You can get away with running labs on your computer. Still, you might start hitting bottlenecks on CPU and memory resources, or your current computer doesn't have the features or hardware you want more hands-on time.