--- title: I squeezed my entire network stack onto a Raspberry Pi... description: A home network stack combining Pi-hole, Unbound, Tailscale, and monitoring tools (Beszel, Glance) runs entirely on a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W, using DietPi as the... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/i-squeezed-my-entire-network-stack-onto-a-raspberry-pi-zero-and-it-broke-my-assumptions-about-what--yvkos7ok8 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: I squeezed my entire network stack onto a Raspberry Pi Zero, and it broke my assumptions about what's essential | daily.dev og:description: A home network stack combining Pi-hole, Unbound, Tailscale, and monitoring tools (Beszel, Glance) runs entirely on a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W, using DietPi as the... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/i-squeezed-my-entire-network-stack-onto-a-raspberry-pi-zero-and-it-broke-my-assumptions-about-what--yvkos7ok8 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/YVkoS7oK8.png og:image:alt: I squeezed my entire network stack onto a Raspberry Pi Zero, and it broke my assumptions about what's essential og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # I squeezed my entire network stack onto a Raspberry Pi Zero, and it broke my assumptions about what's essential **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A home network stack combining Pi-hole, Unbound, Tailscale, and monitoring tools (Beszel, Glance) runs entirely on a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W, using DietPi as the OS for its low memory footprint. The setup handles DNS filtering and recursive resolution, remote access, and container monitoring while using only about half the device's memory and 10 percent of disk storage, leaving room for additional lightweight containers. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Can a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W handle running Pi-hole, Unbound, and Tailscale together as a home network stack? Yes, a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W can run Pi-hole, Unbound, Tailscale, and monitoring tools like Beszel and Glance simultaneously without lag, using only about 50 percent of memory and 10 percent of disk storage. Pi-hole and Unbound run as Docker containers while Tailscale runs natively, with DietPi chosen as the OS for its low memory footprint of around 70MB. _See how daily.dev surfaces similar low-resource self-hosting builds for your own home network setup._ ### Which operating system uses the least memory on a Raspberry Pi for self-hosting projects? DietPi used the least memory in testing, running on barely 70MB, compared to Armbian and official Raspberry Pi OS Lite, which both needed more than 100MB. DietPi also includes an expansive set of preconfigured software packages and a software utility that simplifies installing Docker and Docker Compose. _Developers comparing lightweight SBC operating systems can track these trade-offs through daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [A $15 Raspberry Pi Zero 2W does Pi-hole better than any spare PC you have lying around](https://daily.dev/posts/a-15-raspberry-pi-zero-2w-does-pi-hole-better-than-any-spare-pc-you-have-lying-around-0bymqanpz) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [A "mere" Raspberry Pi Zero runs the most essential service in my home lab](https://daily.dev/posts/a-mere-raspberry-pi-zero-runs-the-most-essential-service-in-my-home-lab-yjlxvk1uz) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [I squeezed DietPi onto a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W, and it replaced my $50-a-month cloud setup](https://daily.dev/posts/i-squeezed-dietpi-onto-a-raspberry-pi-zero-2-w-and-it-replaced-my-50-a-month-cloud-setup-h7zd0m5sw) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - 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