Self-Hosting Day 2026 - Share Your Setup, Win Some Goodies

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Self-Hosting Day 2026 is here!

If you're running a homelab, NAS, mini PC, Raspberry Pi, server, or basically anything you've decided to self-host instead of handing it over to the cloud, there's an event happening that you might want to check out.

The first Self-Hosting Day is running from September 25 to October 25, and the idea is simple: share your self-hosting story with the community.

You don't need an impressive rack or a room full of servers. Maybe you've got a single Raspberry Pi running a couple of services, or you've been running a homelab for years. Either way, your experience is worth sharing.

And there are some pretty good prizes

This isn't just a "share your story for the warm fuzzy feeling" event.

There are a lot of prizes up for grabs, including hardware and software:

🏆 5 Community Story Awards

• 1st prize: ZimaBoard 2 1664 + AdGuard Lifetime Family + PhotoPrism Plus Lifetime + 1 year of Emby Premiere
• 2nd prize × 2: ZimaBoard 2 832 + AdGuard Lifetime Family + PhotoPrism Plus Lifetime + 1 year of Emby Premiere
• 3rd prize × 2: ZimaBlade 7700 + power supply + AdGuard Lifetime Family + PhotoPrism Plus Lifetime + 1 year of Emby Premiere

🍀 100 additional giveaway winners

There are another 100 chances to win software licenses from AdGuard and Emby, including AdGuard Ad Blocker, AdGuard VPN, Private AdGuard DNS and Emby Premiere.

🎁 Early-bird bonus

And this one is particularly worth mentioning: the first 100 eligible participants each receive a ZimaOS Plus Lifetime License.

So if you've been thinking about sharing your setup, don't wait until the end of October.

What should you share?

Pretty much anything related to your self-hosting journey:

• Your current homelab setup
• The services you run
• Your journey from your first Raspberry Pi to your current setup
• Something you've built yourself
• Services you've moved away from the cloud
• Lessons learned from breaking things
• Your favourite self-hosted applications
• Your plans for the next stage of your homelab

Photos and screenshots are welcome too.

There are no points for having the biggest server rack. The event is about sharing what you've learned and helping other people discover what's possible with self-hosting.

Join Self-Hosting Day

Head over to the r/minilab Self-Hosting Day 2026 post and share your story in the comments:

https://www.reddit.com/r/minilab/comments/1wprzvc/selfhosting_day_2026_is_here_share_your_story_and/

📅 Event: September 25 – October 25, 2026
🏆 Winners announced: October 30, 2026

If you've put the time and effort into building a homelab, this is a good opportunity to show it off — and potentially get rewarded for it.

Happy Self-Hosting Day!