# CasaOS (Server OS Based Around Docker)

**URL:** https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/casaos-server-os-based-around-docker/31093
**Category:** Tool Suggestions
**Created:** 2024-03-18T03:20:40Z
**Posts:** 4

## Post 1 by @jonah — 2024-03-18T03:20:40Z

Continuing the discussion from [Umbrel (Server OS)](https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/umbrel-server-os/31094)

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User reviews of Umbrel look… extremely not promising. Anything like this which isn’t FOSS makes me think it’ll go the way of Cloudron. But I did get lead to this which could have potential:

> **[CasaOS - A simple, easy-to-use, elegant open-source personal cloud system](https://casaos.zimaspace.com/)**
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> CasaOS is a simple, easy-to-use, elegant open-source personal cloud system

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## Post 2 by @dngray — 2024-03-18T04:14:16Z

I’m not sure these things work as flawlessly as the glossy website makes out.

Installing a package with `curl -fsSL` that doesn’t really track with the underlying system seems like it would be prone to all sorts of breakages [when something changes underneath](https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/start9-review-from-experts-embassyos/16654/4). Trying to support a heap of distributions seems like pointless duplication. If you’re using something like this I can’t see why you couldn’t just commit to a stable base.

In this situation it would have been smart to select something like rpm-ostree base on [https://universal-blue.org](https://universal-blue.org). That way then they can focus purely on the UI and making that compatible with the base they’re using.

At the end of the day these OSes are basically just a GUI/status board around docker. I guess maybe we’ll give it some time and see.

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## Post 3 by @jonah — 2024-03-18T15:10:59Z

Yep, I came to the same conclusion after looking into it more yesterday. Turns out making a system that is actually usable by non-technical people is not as easy as slapping a UI on Docker lol

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## Post 4 by @Nostradamus — 2024-03-20T14:14:17Z

> [@Move or Remove FreedomBox](https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/move-or-remove-freedombox/11774/1):
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> and either put on a new “Server OS” category or removed entirely.

A NAS OS section would also be interesting.

In the case of CasaOS I can confirm that it is not ready to be handle over to a new user with no docker/linux knowledge. But I also think that overall self-hosting is a subject that by its nature, needs a technical background, so I wouldn’t stop recommending it because of that, I would tho, because it makes some stupid mistakes, like not adding passwords to SMB shares :grinning: