{
  "name": "TrueNAS Community Edition",
  "slug": "truenas-community-edition",
  "categories": [
    2
  ],
  "date_created": "2026-01-16",
  "type": "vm",
  "updateable": true,
  "privileged": false,
  "interface_port": null,
  "documentation": "https://www.truenas.com/docs/",
  "website": "https://www.truenas.com/truenas-community-edition/",
  "logo": "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/selfhst/icons@main/webp/truenas-core.webp",
  "config_path": "",
  "description": "TrueNAS Community Edition is the world's most deployed storage software. Free, flexible and build on OpenZFS with Docker.",
  "install_methods": [
    {
      "type": "default",
      "script": "vm/truenas-vm.sh",
      "resources": {
        "cpu": 2,
        "ram": 8192,
        "hdd": 16,
        "os": null,
        "version": null
      }
    }
  ],
  "default_credentials": {
    "username": null,
    "password": null
  },
  "notes": [
    {
      "text": "The default install uses the latest stable release. Please use advanced install for more options.",
      "type": "info"
    },
    {
      "text": "8 GB of RAM is the minimum requirement, but 16 GB+ is recommended for optimal performance.",
      "type": "info"
    },
    {
      "text": "After installation, you will be prompted to unmount the media. To do this: Go to the VM's Hardware tab > select the CD/DVD Drive > Edit > select 'Do not use any media'",
      "type": "info"
    },
    {
      "text": "While you can import onboard disks during install, it is highly recommended to use an HBA to pass through disks for production environments.",
      "type": "warning"
    },
    {
      "text": "ECC RAM is strongly recommended to ensure data integrity, as ZFS checksumming can be compromised by bad data in RAM before the data is written to the pool.",
      "type": "warning"
    }
  ]
}