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The Synology End Game

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452 points amacbride | 2 comments | 29 Aug 25 06:37 UTC | HN request time: 0.727s | source
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esel2k ◴[29 Aug 25 08:30 UTC] No.45061620[source]▶
I kept beeing a fan of Synology mainly for their apps and ease of use.

I have bought a used DS920+ with 20GB or Ram - still a perfect combo of transcoding and docker. However since I started discovering the world of selfhosted apps, Synology has no unique selling point anymore. Their apps stalled in innovation and with this drama I would go for some dedicated linux hardware with docker and thats it. Most of the data fits on a simple 2Drive NAS today anyway.

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Hamuko ◴[29 Aug 25 08:35 UTC] No.45061648[source]▶
Pretty much everything on my Synology DS920+ is running inside Docker. I think the only exception is Plex, which I've installed natively on the device – but even Plex needs to be downloaded directly from Plex because the one in the package center is outdated.

When I outgrow my DS920+, I'm probably gonna build a custom Unraid machine to replace it. Most of my needs from Synology are being able to run Docker containers and mix-and-match drives.

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lostlogin ◴[29 Aug 25 10:06 UTC] No.45062222[source]▶
I graduated from Synology docker, to Docker compose and my world got better.

The weird quirks of Synology Docker are painful. Eg containers that won’t stop, or won’t start. It’s not easy to get into the containers (docker exec), recreating is tricky compared to copying and pasting docker-compose.yml.

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1. Hamuko ◴[29 Aug 25 10:16 UTC] No.45062279[source]▶
Synology Docker aka Container Manager has support for Docker Compose under "Projects". It even explicitly gives you the option or either uploading a ready-made docker-compose.yml or to create a new one.

Personally, I mainly use the CLI to manage my Compose files even on Synology DSM.

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2. lostlogin ◴[30 Aug 25 05:07 UTC] No.45072048[source]▶
I’m surprised that I haven’t noticed this before. When I click on it it still isn’t obvious that this is what it does. It’s more than slightly embarrassing.

Thank you.