From Bosscher · Laurens Bosscher · · 1m 30s
What I Run on My $10 USD OpenStick Homelab
A $10 USD OpenStick homelab runs Debian, Podman, and tools like Zeroclaw for self-hosting.
In brief
A $10 USD OpenStick homelab runs Debian, Podman, and tools like Zeroclaw for self-hosting. Bosscher runs a $10 USD homelab with Debian, Podman, and tools like Zeroclaw for self-hosting. Originally reported by Bosscher.
OpenStick Purchase
I bought an OpenStick for 10 dollars including shipping because it seemed like a cool novelty piece of hardware.
OpenStick Specs
It has 512 MB RAM (~450 MB usable), 4x ARM Cortex-A53 CPU cores at 1 GHz, 4 GB eMMC flash, 150 Mbit/s Wi-Fi, 4G modem and GPS, and a silent design.
Self-Hosting Setup
The OpenStick runs Debian with systemd and Podman for minimal power usage and zero noise.
CastSponsorSkip
CastSponsorSkip skips sponsorships on Google Cast devices using minimal resources for a better YouTube experience.
AdGuard Home
AdGuard Home blocks spyware and malware at the DNS level, blocking 60% of queries with a custom fork for efficiency.
Zeroclaw
Zeroclaw is an AI agent harness with 30 channels, sensible security defaults, and a web UI for Telegram, email, and WhatsApp.
Cloudflare Tunnel
Cloudflare Tunnel exposes services securely to the internet for free, with a trade-off of potential nsas access.
Beszel
Beszel shows memory and CPU usage graphs with alerts, using only 20 MB for monitoring.
Dozzle
Dozzle manages Podman containers with a better interface for logs than Beszel, but less stats.
Gatus
Gatus monitors services and creates a pretty web interface for notifications when services crash.
At a glance
Bosscher runs a $10 USD homelab with Debian, Podman, and tools like Zeroclaw for self-hosting.
