OpenMediaVault (OMV) is a free Linux distribution designed for network-attached storage (NAS).[3][4] The project's lead developer is Volker Theile, who instituted it in 2009. OMV is based on the Debian operating system, and is licensed through the GNU General Public License v3.[5]
Developer | Volker Theile |
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Written in | Web interface: PHP, JavaScript (Ext JS) |
OS family | Unix-like |
Working state | Current |
Source model | Open source |
Initial release | 17 October 2011 |
Latest release | 6.9.15[1] / 23 March 2024; 4 April 2024 |
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Available in | English, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, French, Galician, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian[2] |
Update method | APT |
Package manager | dpkg |
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Kernel type | Monolithic (Linux) |
Userland | GNU |
Default user interface | Web-based |
License | Free software (GPL v3) |
Preceded by | FreeNAS v0.7 |
Official website | www |
By the end of 2009, Volker Theile was the only active developer of FreeNAS, a NAS operating system that Olivier Cochard-Labbé started developing from m0n0wall in 2005.[6][7][8] m0n0wall is a variation of the FreeBSD operating system, and Theile decided he wanted to rewrite FreeNAS for Linux. The project team had known for months that FreeNAS needed a major rewrite in order to support crucial features.[7] Since Cochard-Labbé preferred to stay with a FreeBSD-based system, he and Theile agreed that Theile would develop his Linux version under a different name;[6] that name was initially coreNAS, but within a matter of days Theile discarded it in favour of OpenMediaVault.[8]
Theile chose Debian because the large number of programs in its package management system meant that he wouldn't have to spend time repackaging software himself.[9] OpenMediaVault makes a few changes to the Debian operating system. It provides a Web-based user interface for administration and customisation, and a plug-in API for implementing new features. One can install plug-ins through the Web interface.
By default, OpenMediaVault comes with a limited set of plug-ins. These include:
Additional plug-ins are available via additional package repositories. The majority of those Plug-ins are developed by a group called OpenMediaVault Plugin Developers.[12] The status of all Plug-ins can be viewed online.[13] In October 2014 there were around 30 plugins available. In June 2015 there were more than 70 stable plug-ins available.
Some of the software that is controllable via third-party plug-ins are:[14]
For each OpenMediaVault release, Theile chooses a project code name from Frank Herbert's Dune novels.[17]
Version | Name | Release Date | EOL Date | Base | Notes |
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0.2 | Ix | 2011-10-17[18] | ? | Debian 6 | Named for the planet Ix. |
0.3 | Omnius | 2012-04-18[19] | 2012-12-30[20] | Introduced multi-language web interface and graphical user prompt for rights administration via Access Control List. The release is named for Omnius, a sentient computer network in the Legends of Dune trilogy. | |
0.4 | Fedaykin | 2012-09-21[21][22] | 2013-12-09[23] | Named for the Fedaykin commandos of the Fremen people. | |
0.5 | Sardaukar | 2013-08-25[24] | ? | Revised API renders v0.4 plugins incompatible.[25] | |
1.0 | Kralizec | 2014-09-15[26] | 2015-12-26[27] | Debian 7 | Improves support for weaker systems; adds a dashboard with support for widgets; improved infrastructure for plug-ins. This release is named for Kralizec, a battle predicted to occur at the end of the universe. |
2.0 | Stone burner | 2015-06-29[28][29] | 2017-12-06[30] | Sencha ExtJS 5.1.1 Framework for the WebGUI; revised GUI supports configuration of WiFi, VLAN, et al. This release is named for the stone burner, a nuclear weapon held by House Atreides. | |
3.0 | Erasmus[31] | 2017-06-13 | 2018-07-09[32] | Debian 8 | Named for the robot Erasmus. |
4.0 | Arrakis[33] | 2018-05-08 | 2020-06-30[34] | Debian 9 | Named for the planet Dune. |
[35] | 5.0Usul[36] | 2020-03-30 | 2022-06-30[37] | Debian 10 | Named for the secret name of Paul Atreides (Usul) in Dune. |
[38] | 6.0Shaitan | 2022-05-04[39] | ? | Debian 11 | Named for the Fremen term for demon and later to the transformed God Emperor Leto Atreides II. |
7.0 | Sandworm | 2024-03-03[40] | ? | Debian 12 | Named for the sandworm creature. |
Old version Older version, still maintained Latest version |