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An elegant home server OS. Run OpenClaw, store your files and, and do more with over 300 apps in the Umbrel App Store.

13 mentions on Hacker News by 13 people: 2 stories, 11 comments · first 2021-12-09 · latest 2025-12-16

Mentions per year 13 mentions · busiest year 2025 (5)
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  1. …a Github link for the os, but it is under some strange not-quite OSS or Free Software license... https://github.com/getumbrel/umbrel
    comment by MegaSec · 2025-12-16 · in Umbrel – Personal Cloud
  2. …their software. All the details are indeed public and open, if you know what you're looking for: https://github.com/getumbrel/umbrel/tree/master/packages/os
    comment by tredre3 · 2025-12-15 · in Umbrel – Personal Cloud
  3. Yes looks like they offer the OS for Raspberry pi and "any x86 system" https://github.com/getumbrel/umbrel
    comment by jazzyjackson · 2025-12-15 · in Umbrel – Personal Cloud
  4. …about the hardware until this post), so if I'm being naive about something, it's in earnest. [0] https://github.com/getumbrel/umbrel
    comment by catapart · 2025-12-15 · in Umbrel – Personal Cloud
  5. Here's a comparison on running it on your own hardware vs. theirs: https://github.com/getumbrel/umbrel/wiki/umbrelOS-on-Umbrel-...
    comment by EvanAnderson · 2025-12-15 · in Umbrel – Personal Cloud
  6. …If (/once) they do, it'd solve for disasters / availability as well. [1]: https://umbrel.com [2]: https://github.com/getumbrel/umbrel
    comment by vishnumohandas · 2024-07-17 · in Self Hosting 101 – A Beginner's Guide
  7. …has Invidious, Nitter, and Syncthing. And the OS seems to live under a noncommercial-only license ( https://github.com/getumbrel/umbrel/blob/master/LICENSE.md ). Overall the vibes seem to run somewhat in conflict with the "by the…
    comment by nyanpasu64 · 2023-07-27 · in A world where people pay for software
  8. …For an example, compare https://github.com/meienberger/runtipi/blob/master/scripts/a... with https://github.com/getumbrel/umbrel/blob/master/scripts/app .
    comment by GeorgeHahn · 2022-09-11 · in Tipi – A personal homeserver for everyone
  9. …support services for Umbrel or its derivates, etc is not permitted under our license. [0]: https://github.com/getumbrel/umbrel/wiki/License-FAQ
  10. …believe software is their core advantage, rather their brand is; but then again, what do I know): https://github.com/getumbrel/umbrel/issues/291#issuecomment-... That said, Umbrel already brings a lot to the table... its licensing is a…
  11. Umbrel's source code is public and there's no vendor lock-in: https://github.com/getumbrel/umbrel