LabTether
One self-hosted hub for every machine, VM and container in your homelab.
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You already run Proxmox, TrueNAS, Docker and maybe Home Assistant. Each one has
its own login, its own dashboard and its own alerts. When a disk starts failing
at 2 AM, you end up with five tabs open, trying to piece together what happened.
LabTether brings it all into one hub. Every node, VM, container, alert and log
is on one screen, and you can open a terminal or a remote desktop on any
machine from the same page. It runs on your own hardware, so your data stays on
your network.
What you get
- Every device on one dashboard. CPU, memory, disk, network and temperature
for each node, with its VMs and containers beside it.
- Works with what you already run. Connect Proxmox VE, Proxmox Backup
Server, TrueNAS, Portainer and Home Assistant with an API key, with nothing
to install on them. Docker hosts need the agent.
- Terminal and remote desktop in the browser. Open a shell, or a VNC, RDP,
SPICE or WebRTC desktop, on any node. Agent nodes need no SSH keys.
- Alerts you can act on. Alert rules, notification routes and maintenance
silences. Group related alerts into an incident and track it to the fix.
- Day-to-day jobs in one place. Move files between machines, restart
services, search logs and roll out package updates with a dry run first.
- A map of what depends on what. The Map shows what else goes down
before you reboot something.
- Automation. Save a command once, then run it on a group or on a schedule.
Webhooks send hub events to your other tools.
- Ask your AI agent. The built-in MCP server gives Claude, Cursor or any MCP
client 32 tools for your homelab. Each API key has its own scopes, so an
agent can only touch what you allow.
- Locked down from day one. HTTPS from first boot, 2FA, single sign-on
(OIDC), owner, admin, operator and viewer roles, and an audit log. Tailscale
Serve puts the hub on your tailnet without opening a port.
- Open source. The hub is Apache 2.0 and runs with Docker Compose.
Try it
Click around the live demo. No sign-up.
Install
You need Docker with Compose 2.33.1 or newer.
curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -fsSLo install-labtether.sh https://labtether.com/install.sh
less install-labtether.sh # read it before you run it
LABTETHER_VERSION=vX.Y.Z bash install-labtether.sh
Use the version from the latest release.
The installer checks the release checksums and starts pinned images. When it
finishes, open http://localhost:3000 and the setup wizard takes it from there.
To upgrade, run the installer again from the same folder with the new version.
It keeps your .env.deploy. The changelog lists what each
release changes.
External Postgres, custom TLS and other options are in the
installation guide.
Add your machines
Mix both kinds as you like.
Connectors cover Proxmox VE, Proxmox Backup Server, TrueNAS, Portainer and
Home Assistant. You give the hub an API key and it finds your VMs, pools and
containers. Docker containers come from the agent on each Docker host. See
connectors.
Agents add live metrics, terminal, desktop, files and actions on a machine.
In the hub, click Add Device and copy the command for your OS. See
your first node.
| Platform | Status | Get it |
|---|
| Linux (amd64, arm64) | Supported | labtether-agent |
| macOS 13+ | Supported | Menu bar app |
| Windows 10+ (amd64, arm64) | Partial. Metrics and terminal work; more is in progress. | labtether-agent, or the tray app (x64) |
| FreeBSD | Planned | For now, add it as a manual device and reach it over SSH |
Full details: platform support.
More ways in
- CLI: run your hub from a terminal or a script.
- MCP: point Claude, Cursor or any MCP client at
https://your-hub:8443/mcp.
- REST API: scoped API keys and a built-in OpenAPI reference.
- Home Assistant: your hub's devices as Home Assistant sensors and switches.
- iPhone and iPad: a native app is on the way.
Screenshots
Help
Contributing
CONTRIBUTING.md gets you set up. If you work with an AI
coding agent, point it at AGENTS.md first. It has the repo map,
the checks to run and the house rules. Architecture notes are in
docs/internal/.
License
Apache 2.0. Copyright 2026 LabTether.
