YOUR DATA, YOUR HARDWARE.

Make computers
personal again.

Your photos, passwords and files live on
your own computer, not a cloud platform.

Replace rented services with free, self-hosted apps.

Set up your own server ↗What runs on it? ↓
A hand-painted violet jellyfish rising from an everyday laptop, sheltering photos and documents.
The computer is the server.
The USB stick gets it started.
01 / YOUR APPS

Same everyday needs.
Your own apps.

Photos, files, music. Choose what moves home.

A home for photos beyond Google Photos.

Phone backups, albums and search on your own server.

On your server · example address photos.yourdomain.serverstick.com Not stored on Google's servers
Immich’s public demo: a photo timeline with albums, search and a map.
In the StartOS app catalog. Try the Immich demo
Demo notes & image credit

Immich’s public demo. Choose “Login as demo user”. Please don’t upload personal photos.

Screenshot of Immich’s public demo.

02 / YOUR ASSISTANT

OK, computer.

Your AI can help manage your digital life. Your apps live together on your computer. Connect the apps you choose, and your assistant can work with your photos, files and calendar, not just give advice.

“Find my dentist’s letter and put the appointment on my calendar.”

Painted sample appointment letterOCT 16 · 9 AM
Painted calendar leaf
OCTOBER169:00 AM
Working across your apps

Friday at 9. I’ve drafted the entry. Shall I add it?

04 / WHO IT SERVES

Whose computer
are you asking?

The same photos, letters and memories can live on a platform’s servers, or on a computer at home.

A visual comparison: on the left, a machine processes personal photos and letters into a profile; on the right, the same belongings stay with a jellyfish, laptop and home.
On an ad-funded platformYour belongings can become information about you. On your hardwareYour library stays with the computer you control.
What still connects outside?

Local storage is not a magic barrier. Apps can contact outside services, remote access uses infrastructure, and managed AI receives the prompts and context you send it.

Stored on your server.

Apps such as Immich and File Browser store their data on your server. You choose what to upload and who can access it. Keeping a separate backup still matters.

  1. Your phone
  2. Your home network
  3. Your server

Local storage does not make every app offline or air-gapped. An app can still contact external services.

A FEW THINGS YOU MIGHT WONDER

Good questions.

Is ServerStick free?

Yes. The software is free. You provide the computer and its electricity.

Are managed services required?

Managed tunneling for remote access and managed AI are optional. You can run in independent mode with your own tunnel and AI provider. Compute contribution is a separate, opt-in choice: it uses only spare CPU, pauses when your computer is under load, and can be switched off at any time. It may use extra electricity, and service limits apply; no specific credit amount is promised.

Does everything stay on my computer?

Your local apps and files live on your server. Managed AI sends your questions and any included context to an outside provider. Remote access also uses managed infrastructure. You choose what you connect.

Do I depend on ServerStick?

For managed AI and tunnels, yes. Your hardware and local apps remain yours. Running without those managed services means arranging your own AI and remote access.

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Your server.
Where do you start?

Ask about the setup, the apps, or what's yours to keep.

AI product demo · Answers may be inaccurate. No access to your apps or files.

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Answers use product notes and an external AI provider, not your apps or files. AI can make mistakes. Each question is answered independently.

05 / INSTALLATION

Set up
your server.

One computer. One USB drive.

  1. 01

    Prepare the USB

    Flash the installer. This erases the USB.

  2. 02

    Install on the computer

    Boot from USB. Follow setup. Back up first: installation erases the selected drives.

  3. 03

    Add your first app

    Open the dashboard. Pick an app. Keep a backup.

Pull your digital life
out of the clouds.

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