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UGREEN NAS

Network storage device in Computers

Recommended as a personal NAS for photos and files, with 4-bay models under $500 and Linux running without problems.

Recommended as a personal NAS for photos and files, with 4-bay models under $500 and Linux running without problems.

12 people gave an opinion

recommend it
8
criticize it
4
approval share
67%
Each figure is one person. RecommendsCriticizes

Recommended in 6 of 13 months

  1. November 2025: recommended
  2. December 2025: recommended
  3. January 2026: not recommended
  4. February 2026: not recommended
  5. March 2026: not recommended
  6. April 2026: recommended
  7. May 2026: not recommended
  8. June 2026: recommended
  9. July 2026: not recommended
  10. August 2026: recommended
  11. September 2026: recommended
  12. October 2026: not recommended
  13. November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)

Why it doesn’t carry the badge

  • 8 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
  • 2 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
  • Recommended in 6 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.

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What people say about it

The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.

Why people recommend it

Each mark is one comment

  • Runs Linux and alternative operating systems

    “I'm running Linux on a UGREEN NAS without a problem from the OS perspective.”

    Comment from 20 Sep 2026 in “FreeBSD on Aoostar WTR Pro NAS”

    “please do more like ugreen and support alternative OS”

    Comment from 4 Aug 2026 in “Ten Ways NAS Is Getting Enshitified”

What people recommend instead

The same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.

UGREEN NAS compared with 1 alternative
ProductRecommendCriticizeApprovalMonthsOwnedBadge
Ubiquiti Enterprise NAS121544%2——
UGREEN NASThis page8467%6——

What people said

11 of the 12 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.

“was a pain in the ass to install my own OS on”

CriticizesComment from 20 Oct 2026 in “NixOS is making me less afraid”

“I'm running Linux on a UGREEN NAS without a problem from the OS perspective.”

MixedComment from 20 Sep 2026 in “FreeBSD on Aoostar WTR Pro NAS”

“you'll always find various issues like power consumption or fan speed control not working”

CriticizesComment from 20 Sep 2026 in “FreeBSD on Aoostar WTR Pro NAS”

“please do more like ugreen and support alternative OS”

RecommendsComment from 4 Aug 2026 in “Ten Ways NAS Is Getting Enshitified”

“that's kinda a bit more limited in what you can do”

CriticizesComment from 1 Aug 2026 in “Ten Ways NAS Is Getting Enshitified”

“For that use case I recommend UNas from ugreen”

RecommendsComment from 18 Jun 2026 in “Ubiquiti: Enterprise NAS, Built on ZFS”

“I've been very content moving away from OneDrive/GDrive to a personal NAS setup with Synology/Ugreen.”

RecommendsComment from 14 Apr 2026 in “Backblaze has stopped backing up your data”

“a 4-bay UGREEN NAS is under $500”

RecommendsComment from 24 Dec 2025 in “Build Your Own 100TB NAS in 2025: Complete TrueNAS Storage Guide”

“It has conditional albums in which one can setup rules like person, file type, location, anniversary and more”

RecommendsComment from 6 Dec 2025 in “Self-hosting my photos with Immich”

“They check all the boxes for server / NAS.”

RecommendsComment from 30 Nov 2025 in “Don't throw away your old PC–it makes a better NAS than anything you can buy”

“many (all?) current UGREEN boxes can't support ECC RAM”

CriticizesComment from 27 Nov 2025 in “DIY NAS: 2026 Edition”

Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.