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Start9 Labs

Start9 Labs is a sovereign-computing company that sells personal servers and develops StartOS, a self-hosting operating system. Its products help individuals run open-source services, including Bitcoin and Lightning-related services, privately without relying on third parties.
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Current stage: Seed7 current maintainers5 active leads2 new active leads2 lead step-downs

Maintainer signals as of Aug 10, 2026


StartOS


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StartOS is a sovereign computing platform that makes it easy to run a personal server. Its browser-based interface handles service installation, networking, backups, and system administration.

Category: Node Software

Server One


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Server One is a configurable private server with up to 4TB of NVMe storage and 32GB of LPDDR5 RAM. It runs StartOS 0.4.0-beta and is intended to run and manage self-hosted open-source services through StartOS’s browser-accessible graphical interface. The product includes a two-year limited hardware warranty and a lifetime membership to Start9 Support.

Category: Node Hosting

StartTunnel


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StartTunnel is a minimal, self-hosted virtual private router deployed on a VPS rather than in a user's home. It supports private remote access to self-hosted services and can expose services to the public internet while concealing the user's home IP address. Its documentation includes installation, subnet and device management, published ports, HTTP redirects, IPv6, DNS records, updates, uninstallation, CLI reference, architecture, and FAQ material.

Category: Transport