{"repo":"momenbasel/timenest","free":true,"listed":false,"github":"https://github.com/momenbasel/timenest","clone":"git clone https://github.com/momenbasel/timenest.git","description":"Network Time Machine for every Mac on your LAN. Runs on Mac mini, Raspberry Pi, or any home server. Docker stack: Samba + vfs_fruit, Avahi Bonjour discovery, FastAPI admin UI.","language":"Shell","stars":21,"topics":["avahi","backup","bonjour","docker","fastapi","homelab","mac-mini","macos","network-backup","raspberry-pi"],"license":"MIT","category":"deployment-docker-iac","readme_excerpt":"Network Time Machine for every Mac on your LAN. Turn an external drive on a Raspberry Pi , Intel NUC , or any Linux home server into a Time Machine target. Zero cables. Zero Apple Time Capsule. Zero iCloud upsell. Already own a Mac mini? Use Apple's built-in File Sharing - Time Machine destination instead - TimeNest is for hosts that don't already ship a Time Machine server. TimeNest is a free, open-source, self-hosted Apple Time Capsule alternative . It packages Samba 4.18 with vfs fruit , Avahi for Bonjour discovery, and a FastAPI admin UI into one docker compose stack, so any Mac on your LAN finds it in Finder and in System Settings - Time Machine automatically, without typing an IP or mounting an SMB URL. Runs on macOS, Raspberry Pi OS, Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, and Arch. Quick Start - Install - Connect a Mac - Architecture - FAQ - Troubleshooting --- Why TimeNest Apple discontinued the Time Capsule in 2018. Keeping a USB drive plugged into every Mac is fragile, and iCloud does not back up your full disk. TimeNest fills that gap with three design goals: 1. Plug-and-forget. One Docker stack. One web UI. Runs on the hardware you already have. 2. True auto-discovery. Your Mac finds the share in Finder and in System Settings without typing an IP or mounting an SMB URL. 3. Per-user quotas. Household or team drives with hard size limits so one Mac cannot fill the disk. Feature matrix Capability TimeNest macOS File Sharing Apple Time Capsule Raw SMB share :------------------------","default_branch":null,"files":null,"tree":[],"storefront":"/r/momenbasel","claimed":false,"request_supported":{"post":"https://gitbuyer.com/r/momenbasel/timenest/request-supported","requests":0},"note":"indexed from public GitHub; nothing is for sale on this page. Clone it from GitHub. Paid listings live at /search."}