Open-source tax prep 📜, TrueNAS per-app IPs ✨, 3D printed NAS 🖨

News & Deals

• Federal and state taxes filed for free from your homelab? The IRS, along with fellow agency and vendor partners, has released an open-source tax preparation service. File your 2025 taxes using Direct File.

• Want to experience the power of a homelab in the palm of your hand? Sipeed has announced their 7-node Raspberry Pi compute module cluster platform. Pre-order your NanoCluster for as low as $45 today.

• The MINISFORUM BD795i SE could be your next low-power server board! Get your MINISFORUM BD795i SE on Amazon for nearly $45 off official price. We paired ours with a Fractal Design Node 202 case and love it.

Discussions & Tutorials

• Stuck for your next homelab project? A recent Reddit thread asked what everyone is self-hosting in 2025, and the community delivered. Dive into hundreds of ideas, from practical utilities to ambitious new setups.

• Bring "Desktop as a Service" to your homelab with Kasm. This open-source app allows you to stream remote applications, provide isolated browser sessions, and access remote workspaces, all via a web browser. Ready to deploy Kasm today? Learn how with Jay from Learn Linux TV.

• TrueNAS brings per-app IPs to their latest update. Follow along with Tom from Lawrence Systems as he guides us through the process of assigning per-app IPs in TrueNAS.

Resources & Tools

• Radarr / Sonarr / Lidarr stack fetching garbage media? Say goodbye to improper aspect ratios, unacceptable audio, and mislabeled releases by following the incredibly detailed and always updated TRaSH Guides.

• Looking to power up your Linux terminal game? NetworkChuck has you covered by masterfully walking you through 37 41 amazing Linux terminal commands and utilities in just under 12 minutes.

Miscellaneous

• Follow along with Hayden James as he documents his pfSense install on a $300 Intel Alder Lake N100 edge server. We at Homelab Society are big fans of how clean Hayden’s homelab setup is at the end of the article.

• 3D print or CNC cut your next homelab enclosure with downloadable designs from MODCASE.

• Get inspired to stay on top of your own documentation and management by learning how Christian Lempa documents his homelab.

Quick Links

• A Mac Mini in Your Server Rack? It might be time. With Apple's recent release of a native Linux containerization Swift package, their low-power, high-performance hardware just became a serious contender for your next homelab server.

• Need some stupid simple physical asset management in your life? Run DumbAssets on Docker today to provide some much needed organization and peace of mind without much effort.

• Did you know you can set custom side panels in Home Assistant? Check out this reddit post to find out how to take advantage of this often overlooked feature within your favorite home automation platform.