Service → hardware
Pick a service, get the hardware
Select the services you want to run — Plex, Immich, Home Assistant, Frigate, Docker, local AI — and see exactly what hardware each one needs, in four honest tiers from Minimum Sensible to Overkill.
Storage
3
Media
5
Plex Media ServerStream movies, shows and music to every screen in the house — with optional hardware transcoding.
JellyfinThe open-source media server: free transcoding, multi-user, no accounts required.
NavidromeYour own music streaming server, compatible with Subsonic clients.
Calibre / AudiobookshelfYour ebook and audiobook library — Calibre, Audiobookshelf, Kavita.
Arr media automationSonarr, Radarr, Prowlarr and download clients — automated media fetching.
Virtualization
3
AI
4
Security
1
Development
5
Docker servicesRun containers: dashboards, downloaders, self-hosted apps.
PostgreSQL / RedisManaged databases for apps and labs — Postgres, MySQL, Redis with backups.
Gitea DevOps stackGit hosting, code review and CI runners — the self-hosted dev platform.
Grafana homelab opsMonitoring and dashboards for the whole lab — Grafana, Prometheus, alerts.
Uptime KumaLightweight uptime monitoring and alerts for every service.
Smart home
3
Networking
4
Gaming
3
Personal cloud
6
NextcloudSelf-hosted files, sync, calendar and collaboration.
VaultwardenPassword manager for the whole family, hosted at home.
Joplin / notesSelf-hosted notes and documents with sync.
Email serverSelf-hosted email with spam filtering, webmail and push (Mailcow / Mailu).
Matrix chatFederated chat for family or team — Synapse, Element, Mattermost.
PaperlessScan, OCR and archive every document — Paperless-ngx with full-text search.
Frequently asked questions
Want one system that runs several services together? The planner weighs the combined workload.
Where do the tiers come from?
The tiers come from WisePC's workload model: for each service, the minimum that works, the recommended sweet spot, the comfortable headroom and a derived Overkill tier (comfortable × 1.6 compute, × 2 storage).
Can I run several services on one machine?
Yes — most services share resources. Use the planner and select several services; the engine sums and overlaps the requirements instead of stacking them.
What if I already have hardware?
Register it in My hardware and the analysis shows exactly which services your current system can comfortably run — including an honest “do nothing”.