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🎉 Self-Hosting Day 2026 is officially live! Self-hosting has grown into a vibrant community built around curiosity, independence, and the joy of running things your own way. So today, September 25, we want to celebrate that community with the first Self-Hosting Day. Together with r/minilab, @AdGuard , @embyapp , @photoprism_app , @openclaw , @karakeep_app , and Blinko, we’re inviting the community to share your real self-hosting story. You can share: 🏠 Your setup 🛠️ The apps you run 💡 What you’ve learned 📸 Photos, screenshots, experiments, mistakes, and everything in between And yes, we’ve prepared 200+ prizes and licenses for the community, including ZimaBoard 2, ZimaBlade, ZimaOS Plus, AdGuard, Emby, and PhotoPrism prizes. 🎁 📅 Submit: Sep 25 – Oct 25 🏆 Winners announced: Oct 30 Let the party begin!👇 shop.zimaspace.com/pages/sel… Your server has a story. We’d love to hear it. #SelfHostingDay #SelfHosting #HomeServer #HomeLab #ZimaOS #NAS #SelfHostingDay2026
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There’s plenty going on at her repair bench. Her ZimaBoard 2 quietly handles file storage, backups, VMs, and other services in the background. 👀 See how onimorin puts hers to work every day. Full video in the first reply 👇 #ZimaBoard2 #Homelab #SelfHosting
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All the cool people have home servers nowadays. You don’t? It’s way easier than you might think to start! You can just use an old desktop tower if you have one, or get a low-power mini PC like the ZimaBoard 2. 8 GB of RAM and an SSD will definitely cover a light setup to run things like Home Assistant, DNS filtering, network monitoring, or a password manager with Docker. If you plan on Proxmox with 2 or 3 VMs plus containers, 16 GB is the minimum, ideally 32 to give you more room to grow. It’s best to start with a few services you actually need though, then grow from there! You’re going to get a lot more value out of your homelab if you can access it outside of your own network. Most homelab guides will send you to port forwarding tutorial and a dynamic DNS service. Don’t do that. You can setup an overlay network that allows your devices to connect directly to each other without exposing your home ports to the wide open internet. More in this guide: netbird.io/knowledge-hub/hom…
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A tiny #ZimaBoard2. An R2-D2-inspired case. A full cybersecurity lab inside. 🤖 This creator turned a 3D-printed droid build into a Proxmox-powered homelab for malware analysis and security testing. See the build in action: youtube.com/watch?v=l_BbocNP… #ZimaBoard2 #Homelab #Proxmox
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Your 360° shots deserve better than looking like a cursed pancake. 🥞 From everyday photos and videos to full 360° content, ZimaOS Photos supports a wide range of formats natively—so you can look around and relive every angle right from your own NAS. Dust off that @insta360. It’s got a job again. 📸 #ZimaOS #ZimaOSPhotos #Insta360 #360Video #NAS #SelfHosted #DJI
Photo search that understands more than keywords. Search "cats" and the lion shows up too — same family, after all.😂 Search "sea" and ocean shots surface right alongside. No exact terms needed to find the right shot in a massive library — a small feature that makes searching genuinely easier. #PhotoSearch #Search #Photo #FindPhotos #ZimaOS
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自宅ではZimaBladeを、RAGとDBのサーバーとして常時動かしています。 中身はAtom E3950、メモリ16GB、SSD 128GBのファンレス機です。SQLiteとベクトル検索のsqlite-vecをAPI経由で使っていて、AVX2非対応のCPUでも動いています。 重い計算はGPUサーバーに任せ、ZimaBladeは保存と検索だけを担当します。GPUサーバーはRTX 5070 12GB×1+RTX 5060 Ti 16GB×1(計2枚)、RAM 64GBで、StrataでQwen3.8-Flash-Nextを動かしています。埋め込みの計算もGPUサーバー側です。 分けたのは、GPUサーバーは検証でモデルや設定を頻繁に入れ替え、再起動やメモリ不足で止まることがあるからです。DBを別にすれば、GPUサーバーが止まってもデータは使え、片方の更新がもう一方を止めることもありません。LANやTailscale経由で、ほかの機器からも同じデータを使えます。 出典付きで答えるRAGの質問は、1回8〜9秒で返ってきます。ZimaBladeは小さく静かで、つけっぱなしにしやすいので、常時稼働のデータ置き場に向いています。 ZimaSpaceとRedditのr/minilabが「Self-Hosting Day 2026」を開催中です。セルフホスティング体験をr/minilabに投稿すれば参加でき、ZimaBoard 2やZimaBladeを含む200以上の賞品があります。投稿は10月25日まで、受賞者の発表は10月30日です。自宅サーバーの工夫がある方は、ぜひ応募してみてください。
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🎉 Self-Hosting Day 2026 is officially live! Self-hosting has grown into a vibrant community built around curiosity, independence, and the joy of running things your own way. So today, September 25, we want to celebrate that community with the first Self-Hosting Day. Together with r/minilab, @AdGuard , @embyapp , @photoprism_app , @openclaw , @karakeep_app , and Blinko, we’re inviting the community to share your real self-hosting story. You can share: 🏠 Your setup 🛠️ The apps you run 💡 What you’ve learned 📸 Photos, screenshots, experiments, mistakes, and everything in between And yes, we’ve prepared 200+ prizes and licenses for the community, including ZimaBoard 2, ZimaBlade, ZimaOS Plus, AdGuard, Emby, and PhotoPrism prizes. 🎁 📅 Submit: Sep 25 – Oct 25 🏆 Winners announced: Oct 30 Let the party begin!👇 shop.zimaspace.com/pages/sel… Your server has a story. We’d love to hear it. #SelfHostingDay #SelfHosting #HomeServer #HomeLab #ZimaOS #NAS #SelfHostingDay2026
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Photo search that understands more than keywords. Search "cats" and the lion shows up too — same family, after all.😂 Search "sea" and ocean shots surface right alongside. No exact terms needed to find the right shot in a massive library — a small feature that makes searching genuinely easier. #PhotoSearch #Search #Photo #FindPhotos #ZimaOS
Over the years, our photo libraries naturally grow with moments captured on different phones and cameras. With Zima Client now optimized for Duo, it’s easier to revisit those memories, see which device each photo came from, explore the rich metadata behind every shot, and share it directly to the apps you use. Take a look at how your photos come to life on Duo. 📸 #ZimaOS #ZimaClient #NAS #PhotoLibrary #Sony #iPhoneduo
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⏰ Only 5 days remain in Self-Hosting Day 2026! Your server has a story. We want to hear it! Share your setup, favorite apps, lessons learned, or homelab journey for a chance to win hardware and software prizes. reddit.com/r/minilab/comment… #SelfHostingDay #ZimaOS #homelab #NAS #degoogle
🎉 Self-Hosting Day 2026 is officially live! Self-hosting has grown into a vibrant community built around curiosity, independence, and the joy of running things your own way. So today, September 25, we want to celebrate that community with the first Self-Hosting Day. Together with r/minilab, @AdGuard , @embyapp , @photoprism_app , @openclaw , @karakeep_app , and Blinko, we’re inviting the community to share your real self-hosting story. You can share: 🏠 Your setup 🛠️ The apps you run 💡 What you’ve learned 📸 Photos, screenshots, experiments, mistakes, and everything in between And yes, we’ve prepared 200+ prizes and licenses for the community, including ZimaBoard 2, ZimaBlade, ZimaOS Plus, AdGuard, Emby, and PhotoPrism prizes. 🎁 📅 Submit: Sep 25 – Oct 25 🏆 Winners announced: Oct 30 Let the party begin!👇 shop.zimaspace.com/pages/sel… Your server has a story. We’d love to hear it. #SelfHostingDay #SelfHosting #HomeServer #HomeLab #ZimaOS #NAS #SelfHostingDay2026
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Over the years, our photo libraries naturally grow with moments captured on different phones and cameras. With Zima Client now optimized for Duo, it’s easier to revisit those memories, see which device each photo came from, explore the rich metadata behind every shot, and share it directly to the apps you use. Take a look at how your photos come to life on Duo. 📸 #ZimaOS #ZimaClient #NAS #PhotoLibrary #Sony #iPhoneduo
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You’re home after a full day of shooting and your iPhone is full of new photos. 📸 Turn on Auto Backup in ZimaOS 1.8, lock your phone, and get on with your day. Your photos keep backing up to your personal NAS, with progress visible right from the Lock Screen. No backup babysitting. Just keep shooting—ZimaOS has the rest covered. #ZimaOS #NAS #Photo #Backup #SelfHosted #DataOwnership
📸 ZimaOS v1.8.0 Released: Life in Full View. Meet ZimaOS Native Photos—a design-led, self-hosted photo library that keeps every memory organized, easy to find, and privately stored on your own device. ✨ Browse your memories by Year, Month, or Day 🔍 Find moments using natural language, image text, or visual content 🗺️ Explore photos on the map and organize them with albums, Favorites, and Memories 📱 Automatically back up photos from your phone and resume after network interruptions 🎞️ Open Live Photos, RAW files, and 360° panoramas without conversion 🔒 Keep your entire library on your own ZimaOS device Beyond Photos, ZimaOS 1.8 also introduces Spotlight integration, new fan controls, expanded Intel touchscreen and GPIO support, AMD CPU temperature monitoring, and system-wide reliability improvements. Already using ZimaOS? Update to v1.8.0 now and bring every memory into full view. ▶️Watch the full demo: youtube.com/watch?v=r_p-_IuP… #ZimaOS #Photos #SelfHosted #NAS #HomeServer #DataPrivacy #iCould #degoogle
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📸 ZimaOS v1.8.0 Released: Life in Full View. Meet ZimaOS Native Photos—a design-led, self-hosted photo library that keeps every memory organized, easy to find, and privately stored on your own device. ✨ Browse your memories by Year, Month, or Day 🔍 Find moments using natural language, image text, or visual content 🗺️ Explore photos on the map and organize them with albums, Favorites, and Memories 📱 Automatically back up photos from your phone and resume after network interruptions 🎞️ Open Live Photos, RAW files, and 360° panoramas without conversion 🔒 Keep your entire library on your own ZimaOS device Beyond Photos, ZimaOS 1.8 also introduces Spotlight integration, new fan controls, expanded Intel touchscreen and GPIO support, AMD CPU temperature monitoring, and system-wide reliability improvements. Already using ZimaOS? Update to v1.8.0 now and bring every memory into full view. ▶️Watch the full demo: youtube.com/watch?v=r_p-_IuP… #ZimaOS #Photos #SelfHosted #NAS #HomeServer #DataPrivacy #iCould #degoogle
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That "Storage Full" notification always hits at the worst time. Mid-vacation. Perfect sunset. One photo left to take. 🌅 We're fixing that. Remote backup means you snap it, and it's safe at home. No iCloud. No Google. No stress. ZimaOS 1.8 dropping soon. Go live your life—we'll handle the rest. ✨ #ZimaOS #NAS #PhotoBackup #SelfHosted #ComingSoon
Sneak Peek: ZimaOS 1.8 Photos is coming. 👀 Stop paying over and over just to store your own photos. With ZimaOS 1.8, the all-new Photos is on the way. Back up, browse, and organize your photos, all in your own private cloud. Life in Full View! #ZimaOS #SneakPeek #ComingSoon #SelfHosting #PrivateCloud #PhotoBackup #NAS
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Something new is coming to ZimaOS. 👀 Meet Photos—a brand-new native app arriving with ZimaOS 1.8. Live Photos, 360° captures, and RAW files. Different formats will soon have one native home, right inside ZimaOS. Every format welcomed. Every frame honored. Stay tuned. 📸 #ZimaOS #Photos #NAS #SelfHosted #ComingSoon #iOS
Sneak Peek: ZimaOS 1.8 Photos is coming. 👀 Stop paying over and over just to store your own photos. With ZimaOS 1.8, the all-new Photos is on the way. Back up, browse, and organize your photos, all in your own private cloud. Life in Full View! #ZimaOS #SneakPeek #ComingSoon #SelfHosting #PrivateCloud #PhotoBackup #NAS
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📱 Zima Client App v1.7.1 is here! This update makes photo backup, file management, and remote connections smoother and more reliable. 🍎 iOS 1. Faster Apps page loading and fixes for incorrect app icons 2. Fixed misplaced file menus and page-switching display issues on iPad 3. More stable photo backups across different iOS versions, with less lag 4. Smoother performance on the Devices page 🤖 Android 1. Faster photo backup preparation and smoother backups for large photo libraries 2. Fixed an issue where photo backup might not start 3. Clearer login progress messages, with the option to retry if something goes wrong 4. Improved remote connection stability and reduced lag when closing the app 5. Fixed crashes on some devices when uploading files, selecting folders, or browsing the Apps page Update to Zima Client App v1.7.1 today for a smoother and more reliable experience! Have feedback or questions? Please comments! #ZimaOS #ZimaApp #NAS #HomeServer #Photo #Backup #iOS #Andriod
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📱 Zima Client App v1.7.1 is here! This update makes photo backup, file management, and remote connections smoother and more reliable. 🍎 iOS 1. Faster Apps page loading and fixes for incorrect app icons 2. Fixed misplaced file menus and page-switching display issues on iPad 3. More stable photo backups across different iOS versions, with less lag 4. Smoother performance on the Devices page 🤖 Android 1. Faster photo backup preparation and smoother backups for large photo libraries 2. Fixed an issue where photo backup might not start 3. Clearer login progress messages, with the option to retry if something goes wrong 4. Improved remote connection stability and reduced lag when closing the app 5. Fixed crashes on some devices when uploading files, selecting folders, or browsing the Apps page Update to Zima Client App v1.7.1 today for a smoother and more reliable experience! Have feedback or questions? Please comments! #ZimaOS #ZimaApp #NAS #HomeServer #Photo #Backup #iOS #Andriod
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Not your usual ZimaBoard 2 project 👀 Roni Bandini turned a ZimaBoard 2 into an AI-powered Wi-Fi analysis tool using Ubuntu, Python, an Alfa Wi-Fi adapter, and Jev. Wi-Fi packets are processed locally, while Jev evaluates coverage quality, congestion levels, and possible optimization actions—all presented through a real-time dashboard. A great example of how ZimaBoard 2 can go beyond NAS and self-hosting into network diagnostics, RF monitoring, and even lightweight intrusion detection. Check out the full build: hackster.io/roni-bandini/jev… #ZimaBoard #WiFi #Homelab #Networking #AI #OpenSource
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ZimaSpace retweeted
ANTHROPIC BILLS $200/MO AND OPENAI BILLS $200/MO. THIS FANLESS BOARD UPDATED ITS ENTIRE OS IN 20 SECONDS, IDLES AT 86 DEGREES AND HOSTS THE SAME STACK FOR $3 IN ELECTRICITY 00:34 the whole update is over before he finishes the sentence, "well that was quick and easy, probably 20 seconds later it said it's done and restarting device" 86 degrees. 20 seconds. $3 a month. open zimaos settings, 1.5 sitting on 1.61 -> click update -> 40% downloaded before he can narrate it -> done, device restarting, refresh the page, logged back in -> btop is already installed, cpu, memory, disk, network, processes, 33 color themes -> two 2.5 gigabit ports, one still unused -> no fans, no cooling fight, no license synology sells you a box with an os you cannot leave, unraid charges for a key, and this thing ships a full web ui with a linux system monitor baked in and updates itself in less time than it takes to read a changelog, which is the entire argument for owning the always-on node instead of renting one the honest part: a fanless board at 86 degrees is not running a 70b model, this is the machine that stays awake and holds your files, the inference lives on whatever card you point it at zimaboard 2 + zimaos 1.61 + btop + 2x 2.5gbe + fanless at 86f + no license key and no subscription watch and save it, then stop renting the agent, elon put the same harness on github for free and the full $400 to $25 build is in the article below
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Ever open a file from your NAS on your phone, then struggle to find it again? 😅 "Recent Files" is now live on mobile. Any file you view on your phone will automatically show up here. No folders, no digging—just open and go. What else do you want to control on your phone?👇 Tell us in the comments! #NAS #PrivateCloud #SelfHosted #Mobile #iOS #Android
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Ever open a file from your NAS on your phone, then struggle to find it again? 😅 "Recent Files" is now live on mobile. Any file you view on your phone will automatically show up here. No folders, no digging—just open and go. What else do you want to control on your phone?👇 Tell us in the comments! #NAS #PrivateCloud #SelfHosted #Mobile #iOS #Android
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