ArkOS

arkOS is a Linux-based operating system and software stack designed to easily host your own website, webapps, email, "cloud", social networks and more, all within arm's reach. It does this by interfacing with existing software and allowing the user to easily update and change settings with a graphical interface. No more need to depend on external cloud services, which can be insecure "walled gardens" that require you to give up control over your data. No more need to rely on proprietary boxes in your house that do fifty different tiny things but not all of them at once. And no more need for volumes of books on system administration, and years of time spent learning the tips-and-tricks. arkOS makes running a server just as easy as running your own desktop PC, with no need to touch the command line.

It is far more than just an operating system. arkOS will have several different components that come together to make a seamless self-hosting experience possible, no matter what device you are using it on. Each of these components will work with each other out-of-the-box, allowing you to host your websites, email, social networking accounts, cloud services, and many other things from your arkOS node. Chief among these is the graphical server management application called Genesis.

Genesis is the server management interface that allows you to add, remove, modify and customize the different facets of your arkOS node. From here, you can easily install plugins and server apps, upload files, manage your cloud, update your system and much more. You can monitor the health of your system and get alerts if a problem occurs. Genesis can even back up your information and store it in case you make a mistake.

Components

 * Genesis - server management GUI
 * arkOS Installer - for installing arkOS onto a target system
 * Logrunner - log buffering utility for systems that run off of volatile media (SD cards)
 * Beacon - socket server broadcasting arkOS presence and allowing low-level operations to be run remotely

See more at Category:arkOS Components.