The World’s Most
Deployed Storage Software
Powerful, Flexible, and Free. TrueNAS Community Edition delivers next-generation unified storage with lightning-fast app deployment, robust Docker support, and enhanced cloud and data migration features, all built on OpenZFS.
Reliable OpenZFS Data Management
Scale-Up with HDDs and Flash
File, Block, Object Storage
SMB, NFS, iSCSI, S3
Stories From Our Users
Discover how TrueNAS powers everything from home labs to enterprise data centers. Real stories from real users who rely on TrueNAS every day.
Rich Visotcky, Consultant
“TrueNAS makes it easy. Whether it’s your family photos or your consulting files, this is a system that lets you set it and forget it.”
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Jens Neubauer, Software Developer
“I don’t like surprises, especially when it comes to my data. The openness of TrueNAS is what made it stand out to me from the beginning. I knew what was coming and I could plan for it.”
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Dan Akhtar, Home Lab User
It was true to its nature as an appliance OS. Just reinstall, set up, and go. That’s when I realized how solid this system really was.”
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Omar Vallenilla, IT Professional
“With TrueNAS, it was just really easy to set up and have all the permissions and everything really well done. So I was like, ‘Okay, I’m switching as soon as possible.’ And I did.”
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TrueNAS, built on the legendary ZFS filesystem, delivers unmatched data protection with features like snapshots, replication, and RAID-Z, making it the trusted choice for businesses and individuals alike. As the world’s most popular storage OS, TrueNAS is the only universal and unified data platform, empowering you to scale with file, block, or object storage alongside integrated container and VM support.
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TrueNAS Features
| Community Edition 25.04 | Enterprise | ||||||
Management |
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| Multi-Systems | TrueCommand, RBAC, Auditing | Single Sign-On, Cloud | Alerting, Reporting, Analytics | Fleet & Replication Management | |||
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| Administration | Web UI, SNMP, Syslog, Reporting, CLI | TrueNAS API | Rootless Admins | ACLs | Restricted Admins, vCenter Plugins | ||
| Systems Utilities | Tasks, Cron Jobs, Scripts, Log Management, Session Monitoring | In-Service Updates, UI Search | Alerting, Email, Debugs, Bug Reporting, Custom Dashboards | Netdata | SMB Namespace, Data migration, Remote assistance, Proactive Monitoring | ||
| Clients and Applications | Windows, MacOS, Linux, UNIX, iOS, Android | Many applications via SMB, NFS, S3, or iSCSI | Integrated Applications via ZFS and Containers/VMs/LXC | Multichannel SMB, Enterprise Filesync | RDMA for iSCSI/NFS | ||
Services |
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| Application Services | Apps, Catalogs, Docker Compose, Docker Containers | GPU Sharing, Sandboxes (LXC, Docker) | VMs: Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, PCIe/USB pass-thru, CPU pinning | Apps: OverlayFS, GPU Support, Bulk App Updates | HA Apps | ||
| Directory Services | Active Directory | Local Users and Groups | LDAP, Kerberos | Two Factor Authentication | Admin authentication via Active Directory | ||
| Storage Services | File: SMB 2/3, Multichannel, Import NFSv3/v4.1, SMB/NFSv4 Compatibility | Block: iSCSI, VAAI, Openstack Cinder, Fiber Channel, CSI | Object: Scalable MinIO, CloudSync, Credentials | SMB Share Proxy, SMB Auditing, Rsync, Syncthing, inotify | vCenter Plugin, Enterprise CSI, ZFS | ||
ZFS |
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| Data Management | Unlimited and Immutable Snapshots, Pool Checkpoints | Space-efficient Clones, RAID-Z Expansion | Replication: Remote, Local, Auto-resume, and to Linux ZFS | Storage Web UI, Automated pool creation | Enclosure Management | ||
| Data Protection | Accelerated Copy-on-Write, 2-Copy Metadata | RAID-Z1/Z2/Z3, Mirrors, Fast Resilvering, Fast Boot, dRAID | Self-Healing Checksums, Background scrubbing | iX-Storj Cloud Backup, RAIDZ Expansion | |||
| Data Reduction | Thin/Thick Provisioning | In-Line Adaptive Compression | Clones, Fast-Dedup, Trim | ZFS Copy Block, File Copy Acceleration | Veeam SMB Fast Copy | ||
| Data Acceleration | All-Flash fusion pools, Metadata on Flash, Million file directories | Read Cache (ARC/L2ARC): RAM Flash | Flash Write Cache, Fast File Copy | NVMe Optimizations | HA NVDIMM, Dual-Port SAS/NVMe | ||
Operating System |
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| Networking | IPv4, v6: 1 - 400 GbE, DHCP | LAGG, VLANs, Bridging | Jumbo frames, TCP options | Full IPv4 and IPv6 | |||
| Data Security | Self-Encrypted Drives (TCG Opal), Dataset Encryption | Encrypted Replication, Wireguard, OpenVPN | ACLs, IP Filtering | KMIP, GPOS STIG, FIPS 140 Validated Encryption | |||
| Foundation | Boot Management, SSH | Docker, KVM, LXC | System Logging, NTP | Linux Kernel 6.6, Debian 12 | |||
Hardware |
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| High Availability | Fast ZFS Replication | VLANs or LAGG | Fast Failover, 1200 drive scalability | Tri-mode - SAS | Dual Controller High Availability (with hardware) | ||
| Hardware Support | IPMI Remote Management, GPUs | SAS JBODs, Global Spares | SMART (HDDs, NVMe SSDs) | Visual Enclosure Management (with hardware) | Tri-mode - NVMe | ||
| Platforms | Any x86 system | Mini X+ & Mini R | R/M/H/F-Series (Single or HA), NVMe: R60, H/F-Series (HA) | ||||
| Support | Community Support: Forums, Documentation, Release Notes, Bug Ticketing, AI Bot | Professional: Up to 24/7x365 | |||||
| Download the TrueNAS Features Table | |||||||
