Comment by leonroy

Over time I've tried to whittle down my homelab and move more of it to Microsoft 365/Google Suite/iTunes Store with mixed results.

Currently my must haves are:

* Router - pfSense - https://www.pfsense.org/

* Movies/TV/Home Videos - Plex

* Minecraft Server - AMP - https://cubecoders.com/AMPInstall

* Music - Roon - https://roonlabs.com/

* Automation - HomeAssistant - https://www.home-assistant.io/

* Unifi Controller

* Email - Zimbra - https://www.zimbra.com/downloads/

* Files - Synology

My experience:

* I can't recommend AMP enough for gamers

* Roon is £££ but if you like music it's such a unique piece of software

* Zimbra isn't what it used to be alas and I've been moving this to Microsoft 365

* HomeAssistant is fantastic and allows me to use pretty much any IoT device whether it has HomeBridge capability or not

* Synology - again expensive but after years of using Debian with my own custom setup, then OMV, then Unraid (briefly) then FreeNAS - Synology's DSM offers a level of capability and zero touch that none of the home rolled solutions match

* Plex - I really hope they never mess with this product, I find it super good although I need to check out Jellyfin

* pfSense - again, a top quality product - I'd love to use Unifi's offering but nothing I've seen (apart from OPNSense) competes feature wise