--- title: Why you should have a home server | daily.dev description: Discover the benefits of having a home server, including centralized storage, automatic backups, media streaming, personal cloud, and a dedicated development... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/why-you-should-have-a-home-server-kva4gcxch twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Why you should have a home server | daily.dev og:description: Discover the benefits of having a home server, including centralized storage, automatic backups, media streaming, personal cloud, and a dedicated development... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/why-you-should-have-a-home-server-kva4gcxch og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/kVA4gCxCh.png og:image:alt: Why you should have a home server 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. # Why you should have a home server **[DEV](https://daily.dev/sources/devto)** · 4 min read · 402 upvotes · 8 comments ## Summary Discover the benefits of having a home server, including centralized storage, automatic backups, media streaming, personal cloud, and a dedicated development environment. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@idoshamun** · 1 upvotes > @ombratteng is that you? **@johndoe422** · 0 upvotes > Smart home? LoL **@daniel88dev** · 0 upvotes > I would rather have use just Cloud, tahn home server. > By my own i have NAS, but using it mainly for home media. > > But for backups, file updates, etc. > I see better to use cloud service. > > I understand, i could setup also personal cloud, without requirment of paying for cloud service. But if i do that, it is much more complicated to setup it on every device to work correctly with that cloud. **@syedzohairabbashadi** · 0 upvotes > @saadbazaz people are waking up to reality **@rgdevment** · 0 upvotes > Wouldn't it be dangerous if they broke in and stole all your centralized data or caught fire? ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#productivity](https://daily.dev/tags/productivity) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/why-you-should-have-a-home-server-kva4gcxch) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Why you should have a home server","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/why-you-should-have-a-home-server-kva4gcxch","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/why-you-should-have-a-home-server-kva4gcxch"},"datePublished":"2024-04-01T21:29:09.502Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T08:29:02.242Z","description":"Discover the benefits of having a home server, including centralized storage, automatic backups, media streaming, personal cloud, and a dedicated development...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/c1a03d144665bd0ae897e2f74cf5c4b2?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/c1a03d144665bd0ae897e2f74cf5c4b2?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"DEV","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"DEV","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/devto","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/devto"},"commentCount":8,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/why-you-should-have-a-home-server-kva4gcxch","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":402},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":8}],"keywords":"open-source,productivity","timeRequired":"PT4M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"DEV","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/devto"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Why you should have a home server"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/why-you-should-have-a-home-server-kva4gcxch","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"@ombratteng is that you?","datePublished":"2024-04-03T07:18:06.105Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/kVA4gCxCh#c-BHlAHwxh9","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Ido Shamun","url":"https://daily.dev/idoshamun","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s---xy_OAwk--/f_auto,q_auto/v1703781380/avatars/avatar_28849d86070e4c099c877ab6837c61f0"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Smart home? 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But if i do that, it is much more complicated to setup it on every device to work correctly with that cloud.","datePublished":"2024-05-01T08:57:57.161Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/kVA4gCxCh#c-FWwtdf244","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Daniel H","url":"https://daily.dev/daniel88dev","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--tcDe0RxK--/f_auto/v1716450295/avatars/avatar_5K2WEn77tt4ABUqGlYSH0"}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"@saadbazaz people are waking up to reality","datePublished":"2024-05-07T07:38:50.983Z","dateModified":"2024-05-07T07:39:27.540Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/kVA4gCxCh#c-LlweRam78","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Syed Zohair Abbas Hadi","url":"https://daily.dev/syedzohairabbashadi","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--NQpLSkNt--/f_auto/v1730194606/avatars/avatar_ihmFld8wcFHuRcyCWH99F"}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Wouldn’t it be dangerous if they broke in and stole all your centralized data or caught fire?","datePublished":"2024-04-09T14:05:40.284Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/kVA4gCxCh#c-Neac8GEZH","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Rodrigo Garcia","url":"https://daily.dev/rgdevment","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--fjg3X28F--/f_auto/v1710454065/avatars/avatar_0pK8WepTzkO7qFVxmxSqD"}}]} ```