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OpenMediaVault


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OpenMediaVault is a Network-Attached Storage (NAS) solution based on Debian GNU/Linux. It contains services like SSH, (S)FTP, SMB/CIFS, DAAP media server, rsync, BitTorrent and many more. Thanks to a modular design it can be enhanced via plugins. OpenMediaVault is primarily designed to be used in home environments or small home offices, but is not limited to those scenarios. It is a simple and easy-to-use out-of-the-box solution that will allow everyone to install and administrate a Network-Attached Storage without deeper knowledge.



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Average visitor rating: 8.83/10 from 6 review(s).


OpenMediaVault Summary
Distribution OpenMediaVault
Home Page http://www.openmediavault.org/
Mailing Lists --
User Forums http://forums.openmediavault.org/
Alternative User Forums
Documentation http://wiki.openmediavault.org/
Screenshots http://www.openmediavault.org/screenshots.html
Screencasts
Download Mirrors http://www.openmediavault.org/download.htmlDistroWatch Torrent Archive
Bug Tracker https://github.com/openmediavault/openmediavault
Related Websites  
Reviews 1.x: LWN
0.4.x: ABC Linuxu (Czech)
0.2.x: DistroWatch
Where To Donate, Buy, or Try

Recent Related News and Releases
  Releases announcements with download links and checksums:
 • 2022-05-04: Distribution Release: OpenMediaVault 6.0.24
 • 2020-03-30: Distribution Release: OpenMediaVault 5.3.9
 • 2017-06-14: Distribution Release: OpenMediaVault 3.0.79
 • 2015-06-30: Distribution Release: OpenMediaVault 2.1
 • 2014-09-16: Distribution Release: OpenMediaVault 1.0
 • 2013-08-25: Distribution Release: OpenMediaVault 0.5
 • More OpenMediaVault releases...

  Headlines:
 • 2020-04-06 OpenMediaVault 4 nearing its end of life
 • 2018-06-05 OpenMediaVault closes Facebook page
 • 2016-12-30 OpenMediaVault focuses on 64-bit
 • More OpenMediaVault headlines...

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  • Colour scheme: green text = latest stable version, red text = development or beta version. The function determining beta versions is not 100% reliable due to a wide variety of versioning schemes.
Feature 6.5.0 5.6.13 4.1.22
Release Date 2023-07-24 2021-08-26 2019-05-17
End Of Life   2022-06  
Price (US$) Free Free Free
Image Size (MB) 800-900 600-700 400-500
Free Download ISO ISO ISO
Installation Text mode Text mode Text mode
Default Desktop -- -- --
Package Management DEB DEB DEB
Release Model Fixed Fixed Fixed
Office Suite -- -- --
Processor Architecture x86_64 x86_64 x86_64
Init Software systemd systemd systemd
Journaled File Systems      
Multilingual -- -- --
Asian Language Support -- -- --
Full Package List 6.5.0 5.6.13 4.1.22
abiword (3.0.5) -- -- --
alsa-lib (1.2.11) -- -- --
amdgpu (23.0.0) -- -- --
bash (5.2.21) 5.1 5.0 4.4
bind (9.18.21) -- -- --
chromium (121.0.6167.139) -- -- --
cups (2.4.7) 2.3.3 -- --
dhcp (4.4.3-P1) 4.4.1 4.4.1 4.3.5
e2fsprogs (1.47.0) 1.46.2 1.44.5 1.43.4
firefox (122.0) -- -- --
freetype (2.13.2) 2.10.4 2.9.1 2.6.3
gcc (13.2.0) -- -- --
gimp (2.10.36) -- -- --
glibc (2.39) 2.31 2.28 2.24
gnome-shell (45.3) -- -- --
gnucash (5.5) -- -- --
gnumeric (1.12.56) -- -- --
grub (2.12) -- -- --
gtk (4.12.5) -- -- --
httpd (2.4.58) -- -- --
inkscape (1.3.1) -- -- --
k3b (23.08.4) -- -- --
kmod (31) 28 26 23
krita (5.2.2) -- -- --
LibreOffice (24.2.0) -- -- --
linux (6.7.3) 6.1.20 5.10.46 4.14.13
lxpanel (0.10.1) -- -- --
mariadb (11.1.3) -- -- --
mate-desktop (1.26.2) -- -- --
mesa (24.0.0) 1.2.1 -- --
mysql (8.3.0) -- -- --
nautilus (45.2.1) -- -- --
NVIDIA (545.29.06) -- -- --
openbox (3.6.1) -- -- --
openjdk (21.0.2) -- -- --
openssh (9.6p1) 8.4p1 7.9p1 7.4p1
openssl (3.2.1) 1.1.1n 1.1.1d 1.1.0f
perl (5.38.2) 5.32.1 5.28.1 5.24.1
php (8.3.2) 7.4.33 7.3.29 7.0.27
plasma-desktop (5.27.10) -- -- --
postfix (3.8.5) 3.5.18 3.4.14 3.1.8
postgresql (16.1) -- -- --
Python (3.12.1) 3.9.2 3.7.3 2.7.13
qt (6.6.1) -- -- --
samba (4.19.4) 4.13.13 4.9.5 4.5.12
systemd (255.3) 247.3 241 232
thunderbird (115.7.0) -- -- --
vim (9.1) 8.2 8.1 8.0
vlc (3.0.20) -- -- --
wayland (1.22.0) -- -- --
xfdesktop (4.18.1) -- -- --
xorg-server (21.1.11) -- -- --


Reader Ratings
Reader supplied reviews for OpenMediaVault

Average rating
8.8
from 6 review(s)



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Version: 6.0.24
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-06-22
Votes: 5


I like to use Linux as my NAS base OS. This is a great distro for that. Very stable (which is no surprise because it's based on stable Debian) and easy to manage via the WebUI. I almost never have to go into CLI. I've been using since version 4.0 with no issues and have always been able to upgrade to latest version.

I have fewer permissions issues with OpenMediaVault than other solutions; this is probably because I am more familiar with Linux than BSD. Supports many file systems including ZFS via the community plugin. I find mdadm more flexible when I need to expand my arrays. I also like that it supports MergerFS and SnapRAID when you don't need a true RAID pool and just want to toss a bunch of random disks together.

If you want a very stable NAS distro that is based on Linux, I highly recommend this distro.


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Version: 6.0.24
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-05-09
Votes: 3


Awesome anyway you look at it.
I just upgraded from 5x to 6x.
A note that mite help others:
1. Upgrade via CLI.
2. #export PATH=$PATH:/usr/sbin
3. #omv-release-upgrade
4. #systemctl reboot

Cons, I guess some of the menu options are confusing took me a while to figure out how to properly add SSH keys for the users using the web-interface after some trial and error I figured it out but still had to hit up google, that's about to really everything else was straightforward, for me anyway.


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Version: 6.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2022-01-29
Votes: 1


Solid, stable, powerfull NAS system. Upgrade from OMV5 to OMV6 is possible and easy working.
I like this small system for my docker containers and nas disks.
Thank you for this wonderfull system.


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