Build Your Own Server.
Everything you need to install ZimaOS on any x86 device, run your apps, and get the most out of ZimaCube, ZimaBoard, and ZimaBlade.
Set it up.
Start here after your first boot. Install ZimaOS, get your storage right, and make your files reachable from anywhere.
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Write the image to a USB drive, boot your device, and create your account. Proxmox VE and offline installs are covered too.
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Pick a RAID level, add your drives, and choose where app data lives. Single-disk and JBOD setups work too.
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Reach your files from Finder and File Explorer on the local network, or from anywhere using remote access and share links.
Run your apps.
Turn your device into a media server, a photo library, or a private AI box. Install with one click from the App Store, or use your own Docker Compose.
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Jellyfin, Plex, or Emby, with GPU transcoding when you need it. Your library, on every screen in the house.
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Syncthing, Pi-hole, Paperless, and a few hundred more. Install from the App Store or bring your own Docker Compose.
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Run DeepSeek and other models on your own hardware. Add a GPU when you want more headroom.
Go deeper.
RAID, ZFS, iSCSI, networking, and the ZimaOS API. For when the defaults stop being enough.
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ZFS pools, RAID 6, encrypted folders, iSCSI targets, and rebuilds that survive a reinstall.
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Open a shell, set static addresses, tune transfer speeds, and connect to another NAS over SMB.
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Publish a Docker app, call the ZimaOS OpenAPI, or send a pull request to the docs.
