Review – Umbrel for self hosting

Checkout the self hosting dream post for more context

Verdict: The closest to ideal solution right now on the market.

Pros

  • Stunning UI & UX
  • Great visuals
  • Seamless installs & updates. dependencies just work.
  • Authentication for all apps using a proxy in front of all services
  • Vision: these folks also do hardware. seem to be playing the long game. excited to see where they’ll take it.

Cons

  • No WordPress support (blocker for me personally)
    • Umbrel operates in a single user, single app install territory. which means by philosophy multiple wordpress instances won’t work. Multi-site would work though. Which is good enough if they happen to deliver. Maybe I can make a PR.
  • No systematic & scheduled backups – as of yet at least (blocker again)
  • They seem to stress on crypto. Not a big fan.
  • No multiple user support