How it works
From a laptop in a closet to a private server in your house.
- 01
Find an old computer
Any 64-bit machine you no longer use. An old laptop works fine.
- 02
Boot it from a USB stick
Flash the free image, plug the stick in, boot from it. Setting up erases that computer’s whole disk, so use one you are done with.
- 03
Set it up from your phone
Open start.local on the same network. Set a password, save the recovery phrase, and paste your claim code. Ask us for that code before you start, there is a link in the footer.
- 04
Pick your subdomain
That name becomes yourbox.serverstick.com. Every app you install gets its own address under it, reachable from anywhere, not just your house.
- 05
Pick your services
One click each, from the 52-app catalogue. These are the ones most people start with.
Nextcloud
Replaces Dropbox, Google Drive
Vaultwarden
Replaces 1Password, LastPass
File Browser
Replaces a shared folder
Uptime Kuma
Replaces Pingdom
- 06
That's it
The box runs itself from here. Hermes keeps it updated and online, and you use it like any other app.
