We go over the rise of virtualization and the open software adopted by home server enthusiasts, as well as the current challenges and the future of the hobby.

Look back at the decades of tinkering, community building, and digital independence that shaped home servers.

Learn essential design principles for creating OpenSFF-compatible Compute Nodes, from mechanical alignment to serviceability requirements.

Discover how OpenSFF's Core Enclosures offer vendors the freedom to innovate while maintaining interoperability with any OpenSFF Compute Node.

We showcase five homelab builds and imagine how OpenSFF could make these impressive setups more serviceable and upgradeable.

Learn about our uphill battle against e-waste and how OpenSFF's open hardware standard can help.

Learn about our specification for a KVM device for OpenSFF systems, with a provision for advanced variants that provide IP-KVM and remote management features.

Find out how the OpenSFF Enclosure specification can be applied to a wide variety of hardware form factors.

Our modular system board's standardized form factor and connector system enable single and multi-node systems while giving vendors flexibility in component selection.