What I run on my $10 USD OpenStick homelab
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What I run on my $10 USD OpenStick homelab was first seen on Hacker News · Front page on Nov 7, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 94 checks on 2 different days. Its best position was #2 of 30, reached on Nov 8, 16:39 UTC. It is #2 right now, climbing from #3 to #2 over the last 6 checks.
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I've had a lot of fun with this little gadget and it's pretty cool to see how much you can host on a cheap gadget if you pick the right software! Given how expensive RAM is these days, I figured, this might be a good option for other people to get started with self-hosting as well! Happy to answer any question and…
Fusion is quite interesting. I forked miniflux into https://github.com/rcarmo/picoflux because I wanted something lighter, but I like Fusion's screenshots better than the mini/picoflux web UI, so I will be looking at that ASAP.
It’s more powerful than the RPi Zeros I use on my cluster - kind of same as a Zero 2. What I’d love to see is a stick that plugs into an Ethernet switch with PoE so you assemble a cluster just by literally plugging nodes to a cluster. For that to work, the best form factor would be a vertical board with a male…
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Is What I run on my $10 USD OpenStick homelab trending on Hacker News right now?
Yes. As of Nov 8, 17:39 UTC it is #2, climbing from #3 to #2 over the last 6 checks.
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#2 on Hacker News · Front page, on Nov 8, 16:39 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 15 minutes.
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It was first seen on Nov 7, 2026 and has been on the list on 2 days (94 checks) since.
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490 points and 98 comments; submitted by LaurensBER on Nov 7, 2026.