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StackKits is the standalone, open homelab standard. It provides portable kit definitions, the stackkit CLI and MCP connector, and a local lifecycle for validating, generating, applying, and verifying a stack. StackKits works against a host you already control; it does not require a kombify account or a hosted kombify endpoint.

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Release-specific documentation

Check the use-case catalog, OS compatibility, and application delivery compatibility for listed components and declared compatibility. Each reference identifies and links the published release it describes. OS compatibility and the Lifecycle test column of application delivery compatibility come from automated lifecycle runs of that release on fresh virtual machines: install, init, generate, apply, verify, backup and restore. The use-case catalog and the declared adapter capabilities are not evidence of deployment or verification on a real host. Guides and examples that name a version describe that version. Do not assume an older example has been verified against a newer release.

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Kit definitions

Basement Kit

The current local, single-environment kit for hardware on your home or private network.

Cloud Kit

A released single-environment definition for an existing VPS or cloud host that you operate.

Modern Homelab (alpha)

An alpha definition archive spanning Home and Cloud; it validates and generates today but is not an install target yet.
Modern Homelab ships in every release as an alpha definition archive for authoring and validation; it is not an install path. Choose the kit by the environment you control, not by the number of services you want to run. The first successful standalone path is on the Quickstart.

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What StackKits does not do

  • create or buy a server for you
  • hold provider credentials or manage provider resources
  • require a hosted control plane for Standard Mode
  • replace the local owner and evidence produced by the standalone lifecycle

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Next steps

Quickstart

Install the released CLI and create a first Basement Kit workspace.

Use cases

Photos, files, passwords and more, with the applications that provide them.

Guides

Configure intent, inspect a plan, apply, verify, and practice recovery.