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HOMESTEAD FREE · 0.6.8.31

Bring Homestead home.

Download the Free development preview for a fresh installation on your own hardware. No paid subscription or paid-feature trial is included.

Development preview for a trusted home network. Direct public-internet exposure is unsupported. Back up your data before updating and use a separate folder and data directory when testing alongside an existing installation.
WINDOWS

Windows setup

Install and start Docker Desktop first, then run the installer. It builds and starts Homestead and opens the local app when ready.

Download Windows setup

EXE · 5.60 MB · Docker Desktop required. This installer is unsigned; Windows may show an unknown-publisher warning.

UNRAID / LINUX / DOCKER

Server package

A standalone source package with Docker Compose files for a fresh server installation. Docker Engine and Compose v2 are required.

Download server ZIP

ZIP · 5.42 MB · Builds locally. A published container image and Community Applications listing are not supplied.

What’s included in Free?

Movies, TV shows, music, books and locally archived YouTube, with local search, playback, watchlists, collections, watch orders and progress. Higher-tier libraries may appear locked; they are not unlocked by this download.

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Server installation

Extract into a new folder. Review the included INSTALL.md and media volume paths, then run from that folder:

docker compose up -d --build

Open http://YOUR-SERVER-IP:7312 on your home network and complete owner setup. For Unraid media mappings and side-by-side testing, follow INSTALL.md in the ZIP.

Preview status

The release notes report a successful client build, regression checks and clean-server tests. The final Docker image still needs Docker/Unraid verification. Software licensing and the registry publishing setup remain unfinished; this is not a production-ready release.

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Compare the downloaded file’s SHA-256 hash with the supplied checksum list.

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Homestead is actively in development. Features, availability, plan names, pricing and tier inclusions are subject to change. Some functionality is not implemented, and some pages or screenshots contain placeholders. Planned features are not guaranteed for release.

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