r/homelab

Your homelab research |deserves a proper index.|

Hardware comparisons, Docker configs, and network guides from r/homelab — organized for your next build.

The Problem

  • That NAS comparison post with the power consumption data? Somewhere in your 300 saves
  • Docker compose configs are scattered across dozens of saved posts
  • Hardware recommendations from last year may be outdated — but you can't find them to check
  • You've saved multiple network topology posts with no way to compare approaches

How Readdit Later Helps

  • Search by service, hardware, or configuration — "Proxmox GPU passthrough" finds the guide
  • Label as Hardware, Docker, Networking, Storage, or Security
  • AI summaries extract the key specs and configurations from comparison posts
  • Export hardware recommendation threads to CSV for spreadsheet comparison

Homelabs are built on research

Every homelab project starts with hours of Reddit research — hardware comparisons, configuration guides, and lessons learned from others' builds. r/homelab is the single best resource for this research, and you save posts religiously.

But homelab builds are iterative. You research NAS options in January, networking in March, and Docker optimization in June. By the time you're ready to build, your research is spread across months of unsorted saves.

Posts r/homelab Users Typically Save

  • My $200 homelab runs 30 services — complete parts list and docker-compose
  • Proxmox vs ESXi in 2026: I've run both for 3 years
  • The network diagram and hardware behind my self-hosted everything setup
  • Power consumption comparison: 8 popular mini PCs for home servers
  • I replaced every cloud service with self-hosted alternatives — honest review after 1 year