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OpenMediaVault


Last Update: 2025-05-17 18:09 UTC


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.

Popularity (hits per day): 12 months: 218 (49), 6 months: 269 (46), 3 months: 266 (50), 4 weeks: 224 (54), 1 week: 197 (57)

Average visitor rating: 9.2/10 from 9 review(s).


OpenMediaVault Summary
Distribution OpenMediaVault
Home Page https://www.openmediavault.org/
Mailing Lists --
User Forums https://forum.openmediavault.org/
Alternative User Forums
Documentation --
Screenshots https://www.openmediavault.org/screenshots.html
Screencasts
Download Mirrors https://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:
 • 2024-03-03: Distribution Release: OpenMediaVault 7.0
 • 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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Feature 7.0
sandworm
6.5.0 5.6.13 4.1.22 3.0.94 2.1 1.0.20 0.5.48 Feature
Release Date 2024-03-03 2023-07-24 2021-08-26 2019-05-17 2017-12-02 2015-06-29 2014-09-15 2014-05-20 Release Date
End Of Life     2022-06   2018-06 2017-06     End Of Life
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Price (US$)
Image Size (MB) 930-950 800-900 600-700 400-500 400-500       Image Size (MB)
Free Download ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO Free Download
Installation Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Installation
Default Desktop -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Default Desktop
Package Management DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB Package Management
Release Model Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Release Model
Office Suite -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Office Suite
Processor Architecture x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 i386, x86_64 i386, x86_64 i386, x86_64 Processor Architecture
Init Software systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd SysV SysV SysV Init Software
Journaled File Systems                 Journaled File Systems
Multilingual -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Multilingual
Asian Language Support -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Asian Language Support
Full Package List 7.0 6.5.0 5.6.13 4.1.22 3.0.94 2.1 1.0.20 0.5.48 Full Package List
Package 7.0
sandworm
6.5.0 5.6.13 4.1.22 3.0.94 2.1 1.0.20 0.5.48 Package
alsa-lib (1.2.14) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- alsa-lib (1.2.14)
amdgpu (25.0.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- amdgpu (25.0.0)
apparmor (4.1.2)                 apparmor (4.1.2)
apt (3.1.12) 2.6.1 2.2.4 1.8.2.3 1.4.8 1.0.9.8.4 0.9.7.9 0.9.7.9 0.8.10.3 apt (3.1.12)
bash (5.3) 5.2 5.1 5.0 4.4 4.3 4.2 4.2 4.1 bash (5.3)
bind (9.20.15) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- bind (9.20.15)
chromium (142.0.7444.162) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- chromium (142.0.7444.162)
cinnamon (6.4.13) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- cinnamon (6.4.13)
cups (2.4.14) 2.4.2 2.3.3 -- -- -- -- -- -- cups (2.4.14)
e2fsprogs (1.47.3) 1.47.0 1.46.2 1.44.5 1.43.4 1.42.12 1.42.5 1.42.5 1.41.12 e2fsprogs (1.47.3)
ffmpeg (8.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ffmpeg (8.0)
firefox (145.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- firefox (145.0)
flatpak (1.16.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- flatpak (1.16.1)
freetype (2.14.1) 2.12.1 2.10.4 2.9.1 2.6.3 2.5.2 2.4.9 2.4.9 2.4.2 freetype (2.14.1)
gcc (15.2.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gcc (15.2.0)
gimp (3.0.6) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gimp (3.0.6)
git (2.51.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- git (2.51.2)
glibc (2.42) 2.36 2.31 2.28 2.24 2.19 2.13 2.13 2.11.3 glibc (2.42)
gnome-shell (49.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnome-shell (49.1)
grub (2.12) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- grub (2.12)
gtk (4.20.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gtk (4.20.2)
httpd (2.4.65) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.2.16 httpd (2.4.65)
inkscape (1.4.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- inkscape (1.4.2)
kmod (34.2) 30 28 26 23 18 9 9 -- kmod (34.2)
krita (5.2.13) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- krita (5.2.13)
LibreOffice (25.8.3) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- LibreOffice (25.8.3)
Package 7.0
sandworm
6.5.0 5.6.13 4.1.22 3.0.94 2.1 1.0.20 0.5.48 Package
libselinux (3.9) 3.4 3.1 2.8 2.6 2.3 2.1.9 2.1.9 2.0.96 libselinux (3.9)
linux (6.17.8) 6.1.76 6.1.20 5.10.46 4.14.13 4.9.51 3.2.68 3.2.60 2.6.32 linux (6.17.8)
mariadb (12.0.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mariadb (12.0.2)
mate-desktop (1.28.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mate-desktop (1.28.2)
mesa (25.3.0) 1.2.2 1.2.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- mesa (25.3.0)
mysql (9.5.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mysql (9.5.0)
nautilus (49.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- nautilus (49.1)
NVIDIA (580.105.08) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NVIDIA (580.105.08)
openjdk (25) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- openjdk (25)
openssh (10.2p1) 9.2p1 8.4p1 7.9p1 7.4p1 6.7p1 6.0p1 6.0p1 5.5p1 openssh (10.2p1)
openssl (3.6.0) 3.0.11d 1.1.1n 1.1.1d 1.1.0f 1.0.1t 1.0.1e 1.0.1e 0.9.8o openssl (3.6.0)
perl (5.42.0) 5.36.0 5.32.1 5.28.1 5.24.1 5.20.2 5.14.2 5.14.2 5.10.1 perl (5.42.0)
php (8.4.14) -- 7.4.33 7.3.29 7.0.27 5.6.30 5.4.41 5.4.4 5.3.3 php (8.4.14)
plasma-desktop (6.5.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- plasma-desktop (6.5.2)
postfix (3.10.5) 3.7.10 3.5.18 3.4.14 3.1.8 2.11.3 2.9.6 2.9.6 2.7.1 postfix (3.10.5)
postgresql (18.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postgresql (18.1)
Python (3.14.0) 3.11.2 3.9.2 3.7.3 2.7.13 2.7.9 3.2.3 3.2.3 -- Python (3.14.0)
qt (6.10.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- qt (6.10.0)
samba (4.23.3) 4.17.12 4.13.13 4.9.5 4.5.12 4.2.14 3.6.6 3.6.6 3.5.6 samba (4.23.3)
systemd (258.2) 252.22 247.3 241 232 215 -- -- -- systemd (258.2)
thunderbird (145.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- thunderbird (145.0)
vim (9.1) 9.0 8.2 8.1 8.0 7.4 7.3 7.3 -- vim (9.1)
vlc (3.0.21) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- vlc (3.0.21)
wayland (1.24.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- wayland (1.24.0)
xfdesktop (4.20.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- xfdesktop (4.20.1)
xorg-server (21.1.20) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- xorg-server (21.1.20)

Reader Ratings
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Average rating
9.2
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Version: 7.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2025-11-10
Votes: 0


Running OMV on a Raspberry PI 4 8 GB and then upgraded to a RPI 5 with 16 GB RAM after 2 years. Extremely rock solid and easy to use, you can even install plugins to enhance it more (started studying docker by using its plugin). Forum has a nice community. Perfect for a small home network or even a small business. Plug in a couple of 4 TB disks and you will have a very nice and stress free storage system with minimum maintenance. I set a cronjob on my install to reboot the PI every month, just for sanity, but I think its not needed.

Only time it broke it was because of me messing around with packages manually instead of using the web interface.


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Version: 7.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-07-21
Votes: 6


I've been using it for about 10 years, it's very good for home and office use.

I store photos, videos, documents and have convenient access to them via the Internet via a mobile phone.
I run any programs in Docker, host my websites, and also use an external VPN for access from the Internet.
For hardware I use a currently old ddr3 computer, a couple of hard drives and a third drive for an ssd system.
User-friendly interface and friendly to novice users.
During use there have been no unpleasant moments or equipment failures.
With each update, the system becomes more convenient and invaluable functionality is added (photoprism, filemanager, downloader yotube, torrent).

Very friendly community on the forum.

Without knowing it, I learned Linux.



Was this review helpful? Yes No
Version: 6.5.0
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-02-21
Votes: 13


I've been using it for about 10 years, it's very good for home and office use.

I store photos, videos, documents and have convenient access to them via the Internet via a mobile phone.
I run any programs in Docker, host my websites, and also use an external VPN for access from the Internet.
For hardware I use a currently old ddr3 computer, a couple of hard drives and a third drive for an ssd system.
User-friendly interface and friendly to novice users.
During use there have been no unpleasant moments or equipment failures.
With each update, the system becomes more convenient and invaluable functionality is added (photoprism, filemanager, downloader yotube, torrent).

Very friendly community on the forum.

Without knowing it, I learned Linux.


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