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https://docs.hexos.com/blog/2026-09-09 Buddy Backup is now in beta: back up your HexOS server to a friend's, fully encrypted, with no monthly cloud storage bills. Learn how it works, what your buddy can (and can't) see, and how to join the rollout.

In short Buddy Backups and Virtual Machines are beginning to roll out to test users now. The file browser and app cards are both getting deeper integrations with apps. All of this makes up HexOS 1.1, which ships on Black Friday this year (Nov 27, 2026). The $199 early access sale ends December 1, when standard pricing of $299 per server takes effect. Verbose details inside and another two blogs are slated for this week to go deeper into Buddy Backups and VMs. Beta signup: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/18XKSC5U0DPcaJL0RxrqRKqLl-mr7aS1WkTR9eftxOZw/viewform

fixed the link, didn't realize they are set to automatically expire in 30 days. this one shouldn't do that

Closing this thread as we are now LIVE with Community Translations via https://translate.hexos.com

great choice, i am running one of those myself

It looks interesting, but right now we are only curating apps that are part of the TrueNAS app catalog. Feel free to reach out to the Grist team and kindly request they submit Grist to the TrueNAS app catalog. You can also share with them the instructions for how to add apps to the TrueNAS app catalog https://github.com/truenas/apps/blob/master/CONTRIBUTIONS.md

I think creating first party apps makes sense for the core features we are directly supporting, but we are being diligent in picking which features we think we can do exceptionally well and provide some unique value, while letting existing, quality incumbent apps own there respective spaces. Case in point with Buddy Backup. With something like photos, I just don't know if we could genuinely do better both short and long term than some of the options out there already. But we do think there's are some things we can do with them to have tighter knit integrations. More soon!

We can't solve the world's problems or be their nanies. We give or customers options and they choose if they want to use them or not.

Have sent in a request for VM testing :), have a lab ready for just playing around. Thinking about setting up a MECM lab using Hexos. Have been using **raid so far. but i like the way Hexos looks and feels more, it is the only reason i bought 2 licenses for Hexos. If the system breaks does not matter, have this lab setup just for VM tinkering. Been waiting since first beta of Hexos for this posibility. So look forward for the posibility for testing.

Doublechecking the documentation for 'sure' these values are supposed to be auto generated when you need them. have you tried going through with connecting to your financial institution?

@squijello Do you still have that notification? It should have been corrected.

@mill3000 can you investigate this further?

sure is an app that uses postgres you might have to delete the sure dataset in /(HDDs or SSDs)/Applications/sure and then try reinstalling

This should have been in the update that went out a day or so ago.

Is this a NFS only dataset or a dataset without sharing option? If so, Hexos only shows datasets also supporting SMB. If it's a NFS only dataset can you try adding SMB to see if it's now visible in HexOS? Because I see every SMB dataset in Hexos but the NFS only not and I created all my datasets in Truenas :)

We put out an update recently that should have addressed this. Please let us know if you are still seeing the "attention needed" on your server.

We are looking into it and hopefully we can get this fixed in the next week or two for everyone. Thanks for taking the time to write us!

Thanks for the bug report, I will forward it to the team.

you're right, i mixed it up with the next gen where the mobile cpus where on a updated architecture compared to the desktop ones also intel's naming scheme really has gotten confusing. 4 digit and 5 digit cpu model numbers should not exist in the same gen >.> so according to google the 1235u idles at 1.5-5w and the 12100 idles at 15-25w. thats the difference of around 2 led lightbulbs if we compare 5w to 15w. depending on electricity costs in your area it could be worth the difference. I have my server on 24/7 and all savings when it comes to electricity is worth it for me. calculating a best case scenario difference of 10w using a rate of 0.25 euros per kwh (what google told me the average rate is in austria) the difference would cost you 21.92 euros in electricity per year assuming your system is running 24/7 worst case scenario of 23.5w difference at the same rate it would cost 51.5 euros per year realistically it would be somewhere in between the 21.92 and 51.5 euros per year. That is a real downside, I suggest googling to see how good aoostar's support and warranty process is. A lot of users on this forum have also bought aoostar products and i think the general concusses was that they are happy with it. Generally i don't expect motherboard or cpu to fail often. they usually follow the bathtub curve where there will be very early failures on defective mobos and cpus but there will usually be little to no failures until they die of old age Honestly i think you would likely be happy either way

Same here

don't sleep on the jonsbo n4 either, Its a good price (in america, can't say about europe) but the main thing is that it can use matx sized motherboards which tend to be less expensive than itx and has slightly more connectivity. BIgger cooler is probably not gonna be the biggest deal for you but bigger coolers can run quieter and ironically good ones are cheaper than decent low profile coolers. Consider splurging a little for a psu that is fully modular because its a lifesaver when working with small form factor cases. good catch picking a motherboard that doesn't use a realtek nic, even i've made that mistake. I can't really check prices for where you are at but in america i can find a i5-11500 for cheaper than the i3-12100 and the 11500 is superior. Also buying used for intel cpus tend to be safe. I would skip the noctua unless it is going to be placed somewhere you can regularly hear it. even then i would check the prices of a thermalright cooler first. They cool just as well and are almost as quiet for less money. Looks like you've already thought of some of my suggestions but i'll post them anyways Everything is expensive these days, but my suggestions are to get used cpu and ram you can also cheap out on the case and get a generic case that isn't nas specific like the jonsbo. also try using pcpartpicker i think it might work for austria

thanks so much for the guide! Managed to follow it to reinstall hexos on a new boot drive. for those wondering, there's another forum post that covers parts replacement explicitly and it complements this guide.

In general i recommend using intel cpus that have gpus (older than 12th gen or newer than 14th gen) intel quick sync is still superb. Unless you are feeling constrained by the 7700t I would just stick with it. You may also want to think about if the upgrade from 5800x to 5800x3d is worth it for you. While there is a difference, a stronger gpu is more worth it imo. With the 7700t you likely wouldn't need a gpu but the 5800x doesn not have an integrated gpu so you would need one. This is correct apps can't use nvidia gpus older than the RTX 2000 series however you can still attach it to a VM Whatever you add just make sure it is not realtek This is kinda tough, whats available in the used market regularly changes What is available in my area is likely different from whats available in your area. You can also consider getting a "cheap" HBA card (LSI 9305 or newer)

I was reading into it and got the same info. Especially for 16 drives, double the heat and needs a 6pin for power. I ended up getting a LSI 9400-16i

Will do thanks.

i prefer lsi 9305 or newer because of the reduced power draw and heat.

https://docs.hexos.com/release-notes/command-deck/2026-08-28

I can't help on the expansion card, but AMD Ryzen 1000-3000 Series tends to freeze with HexOS/TrueNAS. To fix this, you have to disable C-States. Also the GTX1080 is no longer supported only 2000 Series or higher is supported.

Hi Team, I just wanted to thanks the Dev team! I have everything expected and more from the software!!! Everything has be stable for months! I have a working NAS, and automated media server, ai, plus extras. Thanks for your hard work, Brad +1

I'm happy we have met some of the need cases out there. There are more items we will be hitting shortly with Buddy Backups and then VMs as major items, along with more things in the UI to slowly require less TrueNAS UI. For me, I'll say the happy state will be after Buddy Backups and VMs. Also with the updates, TrueNAS should be pushing our fix on our Baba Yaga (websocat service issue) hopefully fixed in 25.10.7. We'll have the basics covered, and we can focus on addressing the need for the TrueNAS web UI. We can also then continue to build on all existing features, adding more depth to them.

I would only suggest fast ssds for metadata/special vdevs. The downside is that if that vdev fails you lose all the data on your pool regardless of redundancy. This is why I suggest a minimum of a double mirror for metadata/special vdevs. I've also heard that its not very useful for unless you have 10s of thousands of folders inside tens of thousands of folders. another drawback is that currently there is no good way to rebalance vdevs if you add the metadata vdev after already having data on your pool. however in the future once truenas 26 or 27 (I forget which) rolls out it should be possible.

Buddy backups were moved to a future version 1.1 release. you can check out our roadmap here https://docs.hexos.com/blog/2025-11-26 Its always a good idea to practice the 3-2-1 backup strategy You are welcome to voice questions/concerns/observations from the standpoint of this being a production product

We have one experimental Curation this week. Palworld Server - Create and manage a multiplayer palworld server. Instructions for use can be found on our docsite here This was a larger project than I had previously anticipated with over a 100 options exposed for the ultimate palworld experience. I would appreciate any feedback on how we can improve our curation for palworld server going forward.

There will definitely be more game servers.

PeaNUT shows you your UPS's info. However at this time UPS setup and graceful shutdown will still have have to be configured via the truenas ui It's still on our list of things to add to HexOS

Yes we left beta with the 1.0 release a couple months back

Thank you for the kind words. We will try to make it even more perfect

Knowing it's for the home, I'll look into this and see if we can add something like this to the to-do list. Thanks for elaborating and explaining.

No, not at this time. That seems like adding complexity we'd stay away from until we get all the major features out of the way. I know there seems to be many people who want to use this in a small business-type environment, which is great, but normal home users have been getting the short end of the stick win NAS software because every company has focused on business to make the big $$.

Would be awesome to get a curated app for Homey Self hosted: https://homey.app/en-us/homey-self-hosted-server/ This one already supports TrueNAS so maybe its not that hard to get done?

Very Cool! Game servers are awesome!'

https://docs.hexos.com/release-notes/command-deck/2026-08-07 Pretty significant update and groundwork has been laid for buddy backups (coming soon)!

Thanks Hades!! Side perk of being a community contributor to our translations ;-).

Yes, still the plan. The UI is already mobile responsive, so it works well on phones, but we definitely plan to have an app in the future. Aside from being a native app to use to navigate the UI/UX, there are some other features we're thinking about that would be uniquely available through the app that wouldn't apply to simple browser-based management. Not ready to reveal all of that just yet.

Hi Chris and thank you for your interest in HexOS. You can definitely adapt your current setup to HexOS without having to destroy your existing data. HexOS is based on TrueNAS SCALE, so importing your existing ZFS pools won't be a problem. Here's my recommendation if you decide to purchase: 1) Backup your existing TrueNAS SCALE configuration: navigate to System -> Advanced Settings and download your configuration file as shown in the screenshot below: 2) Reinstall HexOS on your boot drive using our installation media. 3) After rebooting, navigate to deck.hexos.com to claim your server (keep in mind, you'll need to purchase a license to do this), and when you get to the storage configuration part, click "skip". 4) If you have other customizations you've made to the configuration of your system that aren't showing up, you can navigate to the TrueNAS UI again and restore the configuration file you backed up previously. Let us know if you have any additional questions and thanks for considering HexOS!

I lvoe getting a sneak peek into the next features by translating HexOS -- Buddy Backup beeing the obviuos (and known) feature, but there are so many small (and some bigger) things i can gleam from the translations...I can't wait to see them come to a public build (and no, i will not spoil them - you will need to start translating to find them....) Thank you for your work Hades

Hello Eshtek team, Online are many guides to set up a perfect QBittorrent, Sonar, Radar, and Lidar setup with Gluetun for maximum convenience. With the new additions to scripts, would it be possible to make an all-in-one solution so that one just has to pass one's VPN credentials at the beginning and then everything is set up?

We recommend only torrenting legally, that could mean Linux iso's or free domain tv and movies. As for a vpn bundled release, we will evaluate that in the future. For now I recommend using a socks5 compatible vpn and setting up qbittorrent with a socks5 proxy in the app settings.

That would be so nice to have something like that for novice user.

UPDATE: As of 4/17/26, we have updated the ISO installer to run on version 25.10.3 of TrueNAS SCALE. Existing users should NOT reinstall to get this version. You can update from within the Activity card on the Dashboard (or the Notification). Hello and thank you for joining the HexOS beta program! You are an elite and vital part of this project and your participation is greatly appreciated. This post contains all the information you will need to get started with HexOS and how to communicate with our team during your beta experience. Disclaimer Beta Products, Software, and any related Services are still in development, and therefore, you are advised to safeguard important data, to use caution, and not to rely in any way on the correct functioning or performance of the products, software, or any related services. Beta Products and Services are provided to you “AS IS”, without any warranty whatsoever. Expectations During your participation in the beta, we expect you to do the obvious: use and test the software. But we also expect you to communicate with us when things don’t go right or if you’re having trouble. Please post feedback and let us know about your experiences, good and bad. That being said, please remember that this is beta software and early access. HexOS has a long and healthy roadmap ahead. Quickstart Guide For those that just want to get started, here’s the TLDR: NEW: We have released our own imaging tool for creating the OS installation media on a USB stick. You can find it here in our docs; https://docs.hexos.com/getting-started/installation/InstallGuide Alternatively, you can download the ISO here: https://downloads.hexos.com/TrueNAS-SCALE-25.10.7-HexOS.iso or https://hexos-downloads.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/TrueNAS-SCALE-25.10.7-HexOS.iso (SHA256 Checksum: e551911445c95c1943e6638091896f34d2d423900cccd688ac09d811e78ed450) Use a tool such as Balena Etcher to image a USB flash device with the ISO. Boot your server from the flash device and install the OS to preferably an SSD. When given the option, opt to create the admin password in the installer (do not select the option to "Configure using WebUI"). Remove the flash device and reboot your server when the install is complete. From another device (mobile, tablet, desktop) that is on the same LAN as your server, login to https://deck.hexos.com using your HexOS credentials. Follow the instructions to complete your server configuration. NOTE: As of the 24.10.2.2 build of this ISO, configuring the admin password via the webUI option has been removed from the installer. However, if you select to create an admin password, but then attempt to "cancel" that process, the ISO will proceed with an installation with no admin password set. This is a known bug and the TrueNAS team will be addressing this in a future update to the ISO. Just don't cancel out of creating the admin password in the installer ;-). Hardware Requirements Booting HexOS is designed to support a wide variety of x86 hardware (Intel or AMD). The minimum requirements are a 2-core 64-bit CPU, 8GB of memory, and a 16GB or larger SSD boot device. However, depending on your needs for performance and applications, more resources may be required. Storage Pools Pools are made up of storage devices based on size and type (HDDs vs. SSDs). Storage devices in each pool need to be roughly the same size*. The OS boot device cannot be a part of a pool. Expandable pools require a minimum of 3 devices and can be grown one device at a time. Non-expandable pools can be created with 2 devices. Initial pool width should not exceed 8 devices. Maximum expanded pool width should not exceed 12 devices. At least one storage pool must be created to use HexOS. *In the event of slight variations (e.g. 240GB and 256GB), devices can be grouped, but total capacity for the pool will sacrifice the larger device’s excess storage. Build Recommendations HexOS has been designed so that a relatively modern PC can be easily transformed into a very viable home server. This means using standard HDDs/SSDs and using onboard controllers for storage/networking. However, since we’re based on TrueNAS, our hardware support is actually rather vast. For more detailed hardware recommendations for advanced builds, please refer to the TrueNAS SCALE Hardware Guide. Installing in a VM As HexOS is based on TrueNAS SCALE, it can be installed as a virtual machine as well. While the process should be fairly self-explanatory, please see the TrueNAS SCALE documentation for additional instructions on VM installation. Setup and Configuration Once the OS has been installed and rebooted, you will use a web browser on the same network as your server to register your system and complete the setup process. This can be a PC, tablet, or mobile device. Using a capable browser, login to https://deck.hexos.com. Beta 1 Features Our first release is focused on providing a streamlined user experience for setup and configuration and laying the framework for what’s to come. The main features of Beta 1 include: Setup and configuration wizard Configure your home server in minutes with ease. Analyze system health, with warnings for SMR HDDs. Auto-configure storage pools to safeguard against device failures. Securely manage your server remotely via Command Deck. Storage device management Detect error states and conditions and report through the dashboard Highlight individual storage devices and their respective faults Replace devices from storage pools due to failure or preventative maintenance Expand pools as little as one device at a time Folders and users Create and share folders over your local network. Easily manage permissions for secure access. Apps One-click deploy Immich as a personal photo library app. One-click deploy Plex as a home media server. Automatic folder creation for app storage. Dashboard / UI Access key statistics like CPU, memory, network, and storage usage at a glance. Monitor storage health and see alerts for errors or degraded pools. Manage multiple servers from a single, unified interface. Enjoy mobile-responsive design for effortless navigation on any device.