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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.

TrueNAS was initially developed for big enterprise companies and later retrofitted to be also suitable for other groups as well. So, yes the system is more then suitable for business as well, the importance here is more the HW then the OS, to be able to handle the writes/reads for the amount of users. And HexOS is just building on top of this already rock solid OS and makes it easier to setup and manage and backup. And since you still have TrueNAS underneath, you have the flexibility to do what you want in TrueNAS if you would require some more advanced features not yet available in HexOS. Also Synology NAS are only working correctly nowadays with Synology drives which are just rebanded drives with a +10% pricetag

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.

Stay tuned... 😎

Hello, I can confirm your issue and that it's only part of the current setup wizard. We have a new setup wizard that is all reimagined and doesn't have this issue in it. We should release that in the next few updates.

i see what you mean i will be passing on the feedback to the team

At this time I'm not aware of any plans to do that but the scope of HexOS is constantly expanding

I see where you are coming from i'll pass on the feedback to the team

Hey, you don't need to install or user neither docker nor dockage/portainer etc. HexOS takes care of everything for you. All you need to do, is login the HexOS Dashboard, go to curated Apps and install all the apps you want and need and HexOS is taking care off everything. No docker compose files, not folder mapping, no db user/PW to take care off, just super simple one click install apps. Under the hood HexOS is configuring and running those apps in docker, but you absolutely don't need to worry about this yourself. Just give it a try and install the apps and please report back how it went :)

This one is cleans up our workflow dialogs for more consistency throughout the UI (and better navigation), and addresses some bugs with mobile. We also snuck in the VM beta, but it's invite-only to start. Remember to sign up here if you haven't! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/18XKSC5U0DPcaJL0RxrqRKqLl-mr7aS1WkTR9eftxOZw/viewform https://docs.hexos.com/release-notes/command-deck/2026-09-18

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

We know what we want to do and are building the tooling to do it right. It's just premature to get into the details at this point, which is why we aren't sharing much at this stage. All in due time. Why would we take on investors and dedicate our lives to building something we didn't believe in? We definitely knew this would be popular which is why we built it. We are primarily targeting NAS newbies. The entire product is designed with that in mind. That is the majority of our currently deployed users. We have sold to an even larger audience that hasn't deployed yet for one of many reasons (waiting for certain features, waiting for hardware market to stabilize, etc.). Everyone has their opinion, but we are more than a "skin" or an "app." We are an entire replacement management solution for TrueNAS SCALE. SCALE is the engine, but we're the UX. I don't understand your comment about the "blurry line." TrueNAS is responsible for building the OS, middleware, their API, and ensuring a solid and stable platform. We are responsible for the UI/UX and everything we deliver through it. App publishers are responsible for the apps and OS vendors for the VMs. The "blurriest lines" are the responsibilities between app/VM OS vendors and us, but even that we take responsibility for the majority of the time (e.g. handholding all the Immich users through their database migration woes). The ugliest part of support is when the issue is hardware-specific and typically is the result of a hardware vendor doing a poor job of keeping their drivers in lockstep with the Linux kernel, which is not a HexOS or TrueNAS problem nearly as much as it is a hardware vendor problem. It's a good thing I have a great team around me to make all of this and so much more possible at the same time. The vast majority of customers are not having this issue. I've spoken with @mill3000 regarding your support tickets and it sounds like we've spent a lot of time trying to help as best we can, but at the end of the day, there is only so much we can do with bring-your-own-hardware. We have been consistently improving both reliability and performance and we rarely get the disconnect issue from users nowadays and when we do, it's fixed in short order. One of the downsides of being a software-based product is we don't control the hardware or the environment its placed within. Sometimes the combination of components and network just doesn't work right with certain platforms. It's unfortunately the case across the entire software-defined ecosystem. If you want a guaranteed experience with hardware, purchasing TrueNAS gear would be best, but that comes at a premium. I will say that we are working on a hardware advisor for both existing customers and new prospects that will help guide customers to the right gear to help avoid these kinds of pitfalls wherever possible.

It means we recognize the demand for what you are asking but no, we will not be creating an "enterprise" version. That's TrueNAS itself. We see an opportunity to be a stepping stone for SMBs to use before they are large enough to justify an "enterprise" product price point.

Esthek cannot guarantee any uptime, because the server is running locally not in a cloud? Esthek has already made bug reports in the past to TrueNAS which have subsequently been fixed. Also your remark is exactly the same for Synology, but you didn't mention that...

The language in the "setup storage" flow when needing approval to wipe the designated drives is not straightforward: "I confirm that any existing data on your drives will be permanently deleted in this process." Who is confirming data is wiped from whose drives? better perhaps: "I confirm that any existing data on the selected drives will be permanently deleted in this process." /M

Please keep it up, the request curation button can take a punch or a hundred Thats a great idea and it's been forwarded to the dev team

when you click the install button for uncurated apps it gives you the option to request curation. But yes you are right it should be made more obvious

The notification is gone and everything working normally, thank you!

Hey, you can check this post to find an explanation to what you are seeing: Generally it's recommended to not spin down the discs, since this adds significant wear on the drives and potentially makes them die faster and therefor any amount saved on electricity is negated by the fact that you possibly need to buy a new drive way sooner then you initially would have needed without spinning drives down. This is just the general recommendation, but everyone can do as he wishes :)

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

great choice, i am running one of those myself

Wow, that's a heck of an alternative to Excel.

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

Having AMP (https://cubecoders.com/AMP) supported would allow users to get game servers up and running super fast and easy! I know my primary use cases for hexos is media streaming, image backups, and gaming servers. The first two are already covered with plex and immich. Just need a game server app for hexos and therefore recommend AMP!