FEATURES
What is Eight.ly?
A single binary for NAS storage, Docker management, virtual machines, and 3,400+ self-hosted apps. Nova AI manages all of it with 41 tools and plain English commands.
Nova AI assistant
41 tools, dual-model architecture. Ask "how much free storage do I have?" and Nova calls your disks and tells you. Natural language NAS management, container control, and system diagnostics. No cloud required.
3,400+ apps, ranked search
Fourteen categories. Global ranked search. App detail modals with configuration and screenshots. The largest curated container catalog anywhere.
VMs + LXC containers
KVM/QEMU virtual machines with noVNC console, snapshots, and templates. LXC containers for lightweight isolation. Full hypervisor built in.
Web terminal
Full terminal in your browser with tmux session persistence. No SSH client needed. Reconnect where you left off.
Three deploy modes
Standard (IP:port), Traefik (SSL + subdomain), or Authelia (SSO + 2FA). Pick what fits your setup, upgrade when you're ready.
NAS management
SnapRAID + MergerFS for mixed drives. ZFS pool management. SMB/NFS file sharing from the UI. The Shelver — a scheduled cache mover for tiered storage.
Full Docker management
Containers, Stacks, Images, Networks, Volumes, Events. Per-container console, live stats, JSON inspect, SSE log streaming, bulk actions. One-click Prometheus + Grafana + Loki.
Multi-host agent
Deploy the Eight.ly Agent on remote machines and manage all your Docker hosts from one dashboard. Heartbeat monitoring, API key auth, TLS cert pinning. Comes free with Eight.ly OS.
Media server integrations
Sonarr/Radarr/Lidarr calendar view in the dashboard. Overseerr/Jellyseerr for requests. Point your *arr stack at Eight.ly and everything lines up.
GPU passthrough
Auto-detects NVIDIA and Intel Arc GPUs for AI apps (Ollama, ComfyUI, Stable Diffusion) and transcoding (Plex, Jellyfin, Tdarr).
EBS backup
Eight.ly Backup Server, a deduplicating backup target built in Go. Buzhash chunking, AES-256-GCM encryption, PBKDF2 600K iterations. Comes free with Eight.ly OS.
Security
HMAC-SHA256 signed-cookie sessions with RBAC. API keys encrypted at rest with AES-256-GCM. TLS TOFU cert pinning on agent/EBS connections. Session key rotation.
Tablet app
Companion app, included with Eight.ly OS. iOS submitted to App Store. Android coming soon.
SCREENSHOTS
Every screen. No mockups.
This is the real Eight.ly OS interface. Click any image to enlarge.