# OpenMediaVault

5 Hacker News commenters recommended OpenMediaVault and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as a free, reliable NAS operating system that runs Docker containers without trouble. Critics say it feels slow compared with TrueNAS and ZFS.

## Why people recommend it

- Reliable and runs without problems (2 comments): "OMV was reliable, but felt slow compared to how I remembered TrueNAS and ZFS feeling" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46066200)) "it just runs with zero problems with openmediavault and dockers" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47385385))

## What people warn about

- Feels slow next to TrueNAS and ZFS (1 comments): "OMV was reliable, but felt slow compared to how I remembered TrueNAS and ZFS feeling" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46066200))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [TrueNAS](https://hackerapproved.com/p/truenas.md): 48 recommend
- [Unraid](https://hackerapproved.com/p/unraid.md): 20 recommend
- [TrueNAS SCALE](https://hackerapproved.com/p/truenas-scale.md): 7 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "OpenMediaVault", https://hackerapproved.com/p/openmediavault/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).