# What I Run on My $10 USD OpenStick Homelab

> A $10 USD OpenStick homelab runs Debian, Podman, and tools like Zeroclaw for self-hosting.
- Title: What I Run on My $10 USD OpenStick Homelab · Bosscher
- Summary: A $10 USD OpenStick homelab runs Debian, Podman, and tools like Zeroclaw for self-hosting.
- Keywords: openstick, debian, podman, zeroclaw, adguard home, beszel, dozzle, gatus, fusion rss, shiori, Bosscher
- Source: Bosscher — https://blog.bosscher.ch/posts/openstick
- Author: Laurens Bosscher
- Published: 2026-11-07T11:00:00+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: openstick, debian, podman, zeroclaw, adguard home, beszel, dozzle, gatus, fusion rss, shiori, technology, startups
## 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.
## Key takeaway

Bosscher runs a $10 USD homelab with Debian, Podman, and tools like Zeroclaw for self-hosting.