A vibecoded NAS appliance built on bcachefs.
Released on April 1st. Not a joke. Probably.
NASty is a self-contained NAS operating system built entirely through vibecoding. One human making decisions, one AI writing code, and a mass of caffeine turning commodity hardware into something that stores your data and serves it over every protocol invented since the 90s.
- bcachefs — yes, you read that right — compression, checksumming, erasure coding, tiering, encryption, O(1) snapshots
- File sharing — NFS, SMB — managed from one UI
- Block storage — iSCSI, NVMe-oF — because sometimes you need raw blocks
- Web UI — manage filesystems, subvolumes, snapshots, shares, disks, VMs, and more
- Web terminal — built-in shell access from the browser
- Virtual machines — QEMU/KVM with VNC console (here be dragons)
- Apps — k3s-based container runtime (here be bigger dragons)
- Alerts — configurable rules for filesystem usage, disk health, temperatures
- Kubernetes integration — CSI driver for dynamic volume provisioning across all 4 protocols
- Atomic updates — NixOS-based, with one-click rollback to any previous generation
- File browser — browse and manage files on your filesystems from the web UI
Dashboard
Filesystems
Subvolumes
Sharing
Updates
Terminal
- Download the latest ISO from Releases
- Boot it on your hardware — the "installer" (generous term) lets you pick a disk and press Enter
- Open the WebUI at
https://<nasty-ip> - Default credentials: admin / admin
NASty has three update flavors. All of them will eventually break something. The only question is how fast.
| Flavor | What you get | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mild | Tagged stable releases (v0.0.1) |
Tested once. Probably fine. |
| Spicy | Pre-release builds (s0.0.1) |
Moves fast, breaks things. You were warned. |
| Nasty | Latest commit on main | git pull && pray. No refunds. |
Switch flavors from Settings → Update → Flavor in the WebUI.
| Component | Technology | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Engine | Rust | Because segfaults are for people with free time |
| Web UI | SvelteKit + TypeScript | React was too mainstream |
| OS | NixOS | Because normal package managers are too predictable |
| Filesystem | bcachefs | See "yes, you read that right" above |
| Glue | JSON-RPC 2.0 over WebSocket | REST is for people who like latency |
engine/ The part that actually works (Rust)
webui/ The part that looks pretty (SvelteKit)
nixos/ The part that makes updates terrifying (NixOS)
The full ecosystem (CSI driver, Helm chart, kubectl plugin, and more) lives at github.com/nasty-project.
See FAQ.md — answers to questions like "are you insane?" and "is bcachefs production ready?" (spoiler: no and no)
I spy on you. Just kidding. I count drives and storage usage. That's literally it. I just want to know if anyone actually uses this thing. Disable anytime from Settings → Telemetry. Full disclosure at nasty-telemetry.
GPLv3
