🎉 Self-Hosting Day 2026 is officially live! Self-hosting has grown into a vibrant community built around curiosity, independence, and the joy of running things your own way. So today, September 25, we want to celebrate that community with the first Self-Hosting Day. Together with r/minilab, @AdGuard , @embyapp , @photoprism_app , @openclaw , @karakeep_app , and Blinko, we’re inviting the community to share your real self-hosting story. You can share: 🏠 Your setup 🛠️ The apps you run 💡 What you’ve learned 📸 Photos, screenshots, experiments, mistakes, and everything in between And yes, we’ve prepared 200+ prizes and licenses for the community, including ZimaBoard 2, ZimaBlade, ZimaOS Plus, AdGuard, Emby, and PhotoPrism prizes. 🎁 📅 Submit: Sep 25 – Oct 25 🏆 Winners announced: Oct 30 Let the party begin!👇 shop.zimaspace.com/pages/sel… Your server has a story. We’d love to hear it. #SelfHostingDay #SelfHosting #HomeServer #HomeLab #ZimaOS #NAS #SelfHostingDay2026

There’s always someone in the community finding a new way to push ZimaOS further. 👀 One community member built this Device Management Dashboard for their Zima setup, bringing fan speeds, drive temperatures, disk status, filesystem usage, service status, and space cleanup into one place. It’s not only packed with useful information — the design looks great too.That’s one of the things we love most about the community: people aren’t just using ZimaOS, they’re constantly extending it and shaping it around their own ideas. What else would you add to this dashboard? #SelfHosting #Homelab #HomeServer #NAS #ZimaOS

Qué belleza este Single Board Server ZimaBoard 2 que me acaban de mandar ✅ Intel N150 ✅ 8 GB RAM ✅ 32 GB Storage ✅ Refrigeración pasiva ✅ Rimowa design vibes 🔥🔥🔥 Ideal para Mini Nas y evitar el ☁️ Creo que lo voy a usar para una demo de Machine Learning

🛡️ Self-Hosting Day 2026 Partner Spotlight — @AdGuard For many homelab and self-hosting users, AdGuard Home has become an essential part of the setup — helping block ads and trackers across the entire home network while keeping control in your own hands. And for this year’s celebration, AdGuard is bringing 100 licenses to the prize pool! 🎁 If you run a home server, NAS, homelab, or simply have a self-hosting story worth sharing, come join us: 👉 Share your story on r/minilab for a chance to win prizes from ZimaSpace and our partners. 📅 Sep 25 – Oct 25 (EDT) 🎁 Hardware, ZimaOS Plus, AdGuard licenses, and more. shop.zimaspace.com/pages/sel… Your setup. Your story. Your cloud. Come celebrate Self-Hosting Day 2026 with us! 🚀 #SelfHostingDay #SelfHosting #AdGuard #AdGuardHome #Homelab #HomeServer

Your photos. Beautifully organized. Entirely yours. Meet Photos in ZimaOS 1.8 — a new way to browse, rediscover, and enjoy the moments you keep on your own private cloud. Simple on the surface. Powerful underneath. ZimaOS 1.8 Photos. Coming soon! Are U Ready? #ZimaOS #iCloud #google #Photos #SelfHosted #PrivateCloud #SelfHosting

🎁 Self-Hosting Day 2026 prizes are here! We’ve prepared 200+ prizes and licenses for the community: 🏆 5 Community Story Award winners 🍀 100 Lucky Giveaway winners ⚡️ The first 100 eligible participants will each receive a ZimaOS Plus Lifetime License Prizes include ZimaBoard 2, ZimaBlade, AdGuard, Emby, PhotoPrism, and more. shop.zimaspace.com/pages/sel… Don’t miss out, especially if you want to be among the first 100 👀 #SelfHostingDay #SelfHosting #Giveaway #ZimaOS

Sneak Peek: ZimaOS 1.8 Photos is coming. 👀 Stop paying over and over just to store your own photos. With ZimaOS 1.8, the all-new Photos is on the way. Back up, browse, and organize your photos, all in your own private cloud. Life in Full View! #ZimaOS #SneakPeek #ComingSoon #SelfHosting #PrivateCloud #PhotoBackup #NAS

Is your system drive filling up, but you’re not sure what’s taking all the space? Installed Plex, Immich, or Paperless, but don’t know where the app data is actually stored? Sometimes, the issue is simply that your App Data path isn’t set up properly. In ZimaOS, you can choose which drive stores your app data, helping keep your system drive clean and making backups, migration, and storage upgrades much easier. Spend a few minutes getting your app paths organized now, and app management will be much easier later. 👉 zimaspace.com/docs/zimaos/do… #ZimaOS #SelfHosting #Docker #HomeServer #tips

The new ZimaOS GUI Installer is ready for testing! We’re making ZimaOS installation easier and more beginner-friendly with two new tools: 1️⃣ New GUI Installer with mouse support 2️⃣ Faster USB writing 3️⃣ ZimaOS USB Creator for Windows & macOS 4️⃣ Works with Etcher & Ventoy 5️⃣ Supports PVE, ESXi / VMware Workstation, Hyper-V & VirtualBox You can try the full experience through ZimaOS USB Creator, or download the test ISO directly if you only want to test the new installation flow. 🔗 USB Creator: drive.google.com/drive/folde… 🔗 Test ISO: github.com/jerrykuku/staff/r… ⚠️ The ZimaOS 1.7.1 test ISO is only for testing the new installer experience. It is not a complete ZimaOS system and should not be used in production. Give it a try and let us know what works, what doesn’t, and what we can improve. 🐳 #ZimaOS #SelfHosting #HomeServer #Homelab #NAS #Proxmox #VirtualBox

Stop making your AI agent live in a browser tab. Give it a machine. Give it storage, compute, and a job that runs 24/7. DeepSeek Harness is now on the ZimaOS App Store, so your agent can finally live and work on your own server. You sleep. It works. You leave. It stays online. Your machine. Your data. Your AI agent just moved into the homelab.🤖 👋Setup guide: zimaspace.com/docs/zimaos/ap… #ZimaOS #DeepSeek #AIAgent #SelfHosting #Homelab

Just Duo it. ZimaOS × iPhone Duo #ZimaOS #iPhoneDuo #NAS #HomeLab #SelfHosted #Apple

Zima Client Remote Access Beta — We Need U! The new remote access experience is ready for more real-world testing. ⚡ Remote connections in as little as 3S 🔄 Switch between remote muti-devices in under 1S 🌐 LAN, Remote ID, direct IP (Tailscale / ZeroTier) 📱 Available on iOS, Android, Windows & macOS We want to see how it performs across different devices, networks, and locations. 🎁 Try the Beta, upload your test report, and send a screenshot of the successful upload to shop@icewhale.org to receive a $10 gift card. 👇 Join the test: Beta Guide & Download github.com/IceWhaleTech/Zima… #ZimaOS #ZimaClient #BetaTest #SelfHosting #RemoteAccess

Zima Client Android 1.6.4 is here. This update brings a smoother “Continue Using” experience, better web app controls, more reliable photo backups, sharper thumbnails, and improved device reconnection and network switching. You can also now view your current ZimaOS version details and release notes directly in the app. Update now and let us know what you think. zimaspace.com/zimaos/downloa… #ZimaOS #Zima #SelfHosting #HomeServer #Android

We’ve been working on ZimaScope recently, a network analyzer built with Rust + eBPF. It helps you see what’s generating traffic, which domains and services are being contacted, where the traffic is going, and what’s using the most bandwidth. We think self-hosting should also mean being able to see and understand what your own system is doing. Would you use something like this? What else would you want to see? #ZimaScope #SelfHosting #Homelab #eBPF #Rust