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Audit: three years of the PROHARDVER! home-server forum read against Felhom; R-990, R-991 filed
Read-only. fetch.py (polite, 5 s apart, 34 pages, all 200), parse.py (own text only; four parser
defects found by the controls and fixed), build.py + spotcheck.py (stdlib). tags.csv holds post
numbers and tags only - no username, author id, salt or post text in git. FINDINGS.md (2,908 posts,
195 people, 82 beginner threads in 7 clusters), FELHOM.md (catalog gap, hardware fit, 15 website
questions, objections, ten ranked recommendations), METHOD.md (controls, spot-check: role and
hardware below 85 % after two rounds, the table-driving splits 92.5 % and 97.3 %), REPORT.md.
R-990: operator rules on the recommendations. R-991: no buyer-readable hardware floor.

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# FELHOM — what three years of the PROHARDVER! home-server topic mean for Felhom
Evidence: `FINDINGS.md` (table and row named per line). Hobby forum — the beginners are the closest
match to our buyer, the experts are the do-it-yourself competition. **Nothing here is acted on.**
## 1 Catalog gap — wanted by ≥ 3 people, not in `app-catalog-felhom.eu/templates/`
The spec named `templates.json`; that file is the LEGACY Portainer index (10 apps). The live catalog is
the `templates/` folder (62 apps) and was used instead.
| App (job) | People wanting | One line |
|---|---|---|
| DLNA media server (MiniDLNA, Serviio) | 7 | Plays films on a TV with no app; Jellyfin/Plex cover it only partly (FINDINGS 3c) |
| Ad / DNS blocker (Pi-hole, AdGuard Home) | 5 (+14 experienced run one, 3b) | Network-wide; a DNS role on the box needs a design, not just a template |
| Camera recorder / NVR (Frigate, ZoneMinder, MotionEye) | 5 | CPU- and disk-heavy; changes the hardware advice |
| Router / firewall (OPNsense, pfSense, OpenWrt) | 6 | Not an app for a home server — out of scope; say so on the website |
Every other app wanted by ≥ 3 people is in the catalog: Plex, Jellyfin, Emby, qBittorrent,
Transmission, Home Assistant, Nextcloud, Immich, Sonarr, Radarr, a Minecraft server
(`crafty-controller`). Samba is built in (Felhom's SMB sharing).
## 2 Hardware fit
**No document states what hardware Felhom supports.** Searched: `documentation/architecture/`,
`website/` (gyik, technologiak, letoltes), `scripts/felhom-host-install.sh`. What exists: the FAQ
recommends an N100 mini PC with 16–32 GB RAM and says an old desktop „often” works after an
assessment; the download page says the installer is built on Proxmox VE 9.2 — so x86-64 only (inferred
from Proxmox, not stated). No RAM, disk or CPU floor is written anywhere a buyer can read it.
| What beginners own (FINDINGS 4a) | People | Fits the installer? |
|---|---|---|
| Used business mini PC / desktop, N100-class, self-built, old desktop/laptop, thin client | 25 of 33 owners | Yes in principle (x86-64); RAM unknown — thin clients and old laptops often have 4–8 GB |
| Only a Synology / QNAP / other NAS box, a router with a USB disk, or a Raspberry Pi | 8 of 33 | **No** — ARM or a closed appliance; the ISO cannot install |
So about one beginner in four who names their hardware owns nothing Felhom can install on, and
nothing on our site tells them so.
## 3 Questions our website should answer (Hungarian, our own words)
| # | Question | Cluster |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nekem kell eldöntenem, hogy TrueNAS, OMV vagy Proxmox kerüljön a gépre? | 1 |
| 2 | Kell hozzá Linuxot tudnom, vagy parancssort használnom? | 1 |
| 3 | Jó a meglévő régi vagy irodai gépem, vagy újat kell vennem? | 7 |
| 4 | Milyen gépet vegyek, ha most kezdem, és mennyibe kerül? | 2 |
| 5 | Miért nem elég egy Synology vagy más kész NAS? | 5 |
| 6 | Működik Raspberry Pi-n, Synologyn vagy a routerre dugott lemezen? | 5 / §2 |
| 7 | Mennyi áramot fogyaszt egy évben, és mennyire hangos? | 2, pains 1–2 |
| 8 | Hogyan érem el a fényképeimet és filmjeimet telefonról, otthonon kívül? | 6 |
| 9 | Kell portot nyitnom a routeren? Biztonságos ez? | 6 |
| 10 | Mi történik, ha tönkremegy egy lemez? Elvesznek a családi fotók? | 3 |
| 11 | Hány lemez fér bele, és bővíthetem később? | 3 |
| 12 | Megy rajta a Plex vagy a Jellyfin a tévén, és a torrent? | 4 |
| 13 | A családom többi tagja is tudja majd használni, gép-tudás nélkül? | pains 10 |
| 14 | Ha egy frissítés elront valamit, ki javítja meg? | pains 14 |
| 15 | Ha leállok a szolgáltatással, megmaradnak az adataim és a gépem? | 5, pains 12 |
## 4 Objections — why people choose „do it yourself”, and the fears a paid service must answer
| Why DIY wins today (people) | Evidence |
|---|---|
| It is a hobby: the tinkering is the point | #10213, #10959; 295 own-setup posts |
| Cheap: a used office PC at 20–60k HUF beats a NAS | budget median 60–61k (4); #8303, #8313 |
| Freedom from a vendor: Synology's 2025 disk lock and TrueNAS's app change | lock-in 15 (6); #10352, #8752 |
| The forum answers for free | 1,600 answer posts in three years |
| Fear a paid service must answer | People (6) |
|---|---|
| Power bill, noise, heat, space | 60 · 43 · 24 · 38 |
| It is too complex / costs too much time | 39 · 22 |
| Losing data; a disk or the machine failing | 19 · 29 · 14 |
| Security of remote access | 17; remote-access confusion 11 |
| Family will not or cannot use it | 18 |
| An update breaks it | 14 |
| Lock-in (a paid service is itself a vendor) | 15 |
## 5 Recommendations — ranked; none acted on
| # | Recommendation | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Publish a „which machine works” page: x86-64 only, a RAM and disk floor, and a plain „not a Synology, not a Raspberry Pi, not a router disk” | §2; 4a; cluster 2, 5 |
| 2 | Answer the cluster-1 question head-on: „you do not choose an operating system — we do” | 2 row 1 (20 threads, the biggest) |
| 3 | Offer „bring your old or office PC” with a check of the machine, as the cheap entry | 2 rows 2, 7; 4a/4b; budget median ~60k |
| 4 | Put measured power draw and noise for the recommended box on the website | 6 rows 1–2 |
| 5 | Add a DLNA media server to the catalog | 3c (7 people) |
| 6 | Decide whether an ad/DNS blocker belongs on the box (network-wide DNS is a design choice) | 3b, 3c |
| 7 | Decide whether a camera recorder belongs in the catalog (it changes the hardware advice) | 3c (5 people) |
| 8 | Position against Synology, the one product people name (43 people): price, lock-in, „it is yours” | 5e; 6 row 12 |
| 9 | One line on remote access: how the household reaches the box from outside, and whether a router port or a VPN app is needed (the site does not say today) | 2 row 6; 6 row 16 |
| 10 | Show family use: one link per app for a household member who knows no computers | 6 row 10 |