About r/TrueNAS
Official subreddit for TrueNAS, the Mission-Critical Open Enterprise Storage Platform delivering Data Sovereignty to the global community. TrueNAS is tuned for performance at scale, enabling multi-petabyte installations and integration into existing production workflows with ease. Built on OpenZFS with unified file, block, and object storage, TrueNAS is open-core, available as turnkey TrueNAS Enterprise appliances for commercial use, as well as the free TrueNAS Community Edition. OWN YOUR DATA.
The community at a glance
r/TrueNAS is a Subreddit for Self-Hosters with roughly 93K members. It uses a forum format for communication. It also includes 1:1 member pairing. On the Hive Index it ranks #6 in the Self-Hosting communities list.
Roughly 24K members have joined in the past year. Popular discussion topics include Struggling, Looking, and Apps. Product recommendations often mention recommended ssd drives, recommended ram slots, and recommended hbas.
Community Topics
Subreddit Analysis
via GummySearchMember growth over time
All time (yearly)
- 2023: 12K members
- 2024: 19K members
- 2025: 27K members
- 2026: 17K members
Past year (monthly)
- Nov: 2K members
- Dec: 2K members
- Jan: 2K members
- Feb: 2K members
- Mar: 2K members
- Apr: 2K members
- May: 2K members
- Jun: 2K members
- Jul: 2K members
- Aug: 2K members
- Sep: 1K members
- Oct: 70 members
Topics
- Struggling19 posts in the past month#119Struggling
- Looking15 posts in the past month#215Looking
- Apps7 posts in the past month#37Apps
- Truenas6 posts in the past month#46Truenas
- Scale6 posts in the past month#56Scale
Flair
- Community Edition73 posts in the past month
- Optaine as a SLOG
- Services ram through the roof
- Started on FreeNAS 12+ years ago and now this.
#173Community EditionOptaine as a SLOG · Services ram through the roof · Started on FreeNAS 12+ years ago and now this. - Hardware32 posts in the past month
- Backblaze's Q2 2026 failure rates are out - full CMR/SMR list + reliability comparison - what it means for a ZFS pool
- My Home Server ❤️
- First TrueNAS build check, anything I should change?
#232HardwareBackblaze's Q2 2026 failure rates are out - full CMR/SMR list + reliability comparison - what it means for a ZFS pool · My Home Server ❤️ · First TrueNAS build check, anything I should change? - General28 posts in the past month
- TrueNAS Proxmox Plugin available on GitHub
- Got called a “real OG” at the TrueNAS booth at IBC
- Three new TrueNAS integrations announced this week: Cinder, Proxmox, and Terraform
#328GeneralTrueNAS Proxmox Plugin available on GitHub · Got called a “real OG” at the TrueNAS booth at IBC · Three new TrueNAS integrations announced this week: Cinder, Proxmox, and Terraform - SCALE (Legacy)7 posts in the past month
- Critical Fail for Apps
- Set up Stash and Whisparr on TrueNAS Scale
- How would you add 2x 4TB WD Reds to this tiny OptiPlex TrueNAS build?
#47SCALE (Legacy)Critical Fail for Apps · Set up Stash and Whisparr on TrueNAS Scale · How would you add 2x 4TB WD Reds to this tiny OptiPlex TrueNAS build? - CORE/FreeNAS (Legacy)3 posts in the past month
- Need to update FreeNAS-12.0-U2 to newest version (been offline for years.)
- Finally getting ready to move on from Core. Should I jump straight to Goldeye or go to Fangtooth.
- Safest way to migrate TrueNAS CORE 13.0-U6.2 to Community edition/scale?
#53CORE/FreeNAS (Legacy)Need to update FreeNAS-12.0-U2 to newest version (been offline for years.) · Finally getting ready to move on from Core. Should I jump straight to Goldeye or go to Fangtooth. · Safest way to migrate TrueNAS CORE 13.0-U6.2 to Community edition/scale?
Product recommendations
- recommended ssd drives2 posts in the past month
- Recommended SSD drives?
- Recommended ssd for mirrored vdev
#12recommended ssd drivesRecommended SSD drives? · Recommended ssd for mirrored vdev - recommended ram slots1 post in the past month
- Kernel panic restarts issue solved! Finally! (tl;dr wasn’t using recommended ram slots on MB)
#21recommended ram slotsKernel panic restarts issue solved! Finally! (tl;dr wasn’t using recommended ram slots on MB) - recommended hbas1 post in the past month
- Questions regarding recommended HBAs?
#31recommended hbasQuestions regarding recommended HBAs? - recommended cloud storage1 post in the past month
- Recommended affordable cloud storage for TrueNAS Scale backup
#41recommended cloud storageRecommended affordable cloud storage for TrueNAS Scale backup - recommended sata expansion cards1 post in the past month
- Need SATA expansion ports on Truenas scale - recommended cards
#51recommended sata expansion cardsNeed SATA expansion ports on Truenas scale - recommended cards
Community Reviews
Frequently asked questions
- Who is r/TrueNAS for?
- Best for Self-Hosters enthusiasts looking for a Reddit-based community with forum discussion.
- Is r/TrueNAS free to join?
- This listing is not marked as paid-only. Access rules and any fees are decided by the community.
- How many members does r/TrueNAS have?
- Roughly 93K members, based on figures reported by the community or its host. Member counts are approximate and change over time.
- What platform is r/TrueNAS on?
- r/TrueNAS runs on Reddit. Reddit communities (or "subreddits") are forum-based groups on the popular social news aggregation, web content rating, and discussion website Reddit. Reddit is commonly known as "the front page of the internet". Users submit content to the site such as links, text posts, and images, which are then voted up or down and discussed by other members. From investing Reddit communities, to professional ones, to ones just for laughs, you're likely to find a community for you on Reddit.
- What topics does r/TrueNAS cover?
- On the Hive Index, r/TrueNAS is organized under Self-Hosters.
- How do I join r/TrueNAS?
- You can join r/TrueNAS by clicking this link, or pressing the "Go to community" button above.
- What are the Self-Hosting communities like?
- Communities for people running their own servers, home labs, and self-hosted applications. Reddit dominates with massive communities for home automation, self-hosted media servers, and container orchestration, covering everything from beginner setup to advanced homelab builds.
Monthly Stats
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- Views /mo (+36%)
- 14
- Visitors /mo (+27%)
- 1
- Referrals /mo
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