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Summary of plugins available in OMV8
Utilities / Administration
| Plugin | GUI | Description | Documentation status | Useful forum resources | External resources |
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| Anacron | Services | Scheduled task support for systems that are not always running. | 📝 In progress. See OMV6 doc. | Debian man page: anacron | |
| APT Tool | Services | Find, install and remove APT packages from the web interface. | 📝 In progress. See OMV6 doc. | Debian man page: apt | |
| AutoShutdown | Services | Automatically shuts down the system based on usage/activity. | ❌ Not documented | Dedicated thread | |
| Compose (Docker) | Services | Docker Compose management, backups, cleanup, monitoring and networking. | ✅ Available | Official site: Docker Compose | |
| CPU Temperature | Dashboard | Display CPU temperature information in the web UI. | ❌ Not documented | Guide | Debian man page: sensors |
| CTerm | Services | Provides an interactive terminal to execute commands inside containers or virtual machines. | ❌ Not documented | ||
| Kernel | System | Manage GRUB entries, Proxmox kernel and rescue boot ISOs. | 📝 In progress. See OMV6 doc. | Official site: Proxmox Official site: Clonezilla Official site: Finnix Official site: GParted Live Official site: SystemRescue |
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| KVM | Services | Virtual machine support using KVM/QEMU. | 📝 In progress. See OMV7 doc. | Dedicated thread | Official site: KVM |
| Locate | Services | File search on the system using locate. | ❌ Not documented | Debian man page: locate | |
| Reset Permissions | Services | Reset shared folder permissions and show plugin usage. | ✅ Available | ||
| Scheduled Alarms | Services | Schedule automatic system wake-up using RTC. | ❌ Not documented | Debian man page: rtcwake | |
| Scripts | Services | Create and execute shell and Python scripts from the GUI. | ✅ Available | Dedicated thread | |
| Wake-on-LAN | Services | Send WOL packets and manage standby/wake scheduling. | ❌ Not documented | Debian man page: wakeonlan | |
| Write Cache | Services | Reduce OS writes using tmpfs and overlayfs. | ✅ Available |
Filesystems / Storage
| Plugin | GUI | Description | Documentation status | Useful forum resources | External resources |
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| Encryption | Storage | Disk encryption management using LUKS. | ❌ Not documented | Dedicated thread | Official site: cryptsetup Debian man page: cryptsetup |
| MergerFS | Storage | Pool multiple folders into a single mountpoint. | 📝 In progress. See OMV7 doc. | Official site: MergerFS Debian man page: mergerfs |
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| Mount Editor | Services | Manual editing of filesystem mount options. | ❌ Not documented | Dedicated thread | |
| Remote Mount | Storage | Mount remote filesystems such as NFS or CIFS. | 📝 In progress. See OMV6 doc. | ||
| SnapRAID | Services | Parity-based data protection for disk arrays. | 📝 In progress. See OMV7 doc. | Official site: SnapRAID Debian man page: snapraid |
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| Symlinks | Services | Create and manage filesystem symlinks. | ✅ Available | Debian man page: ln | |
| ZFS | Storage | Advanced filesystem and volume manager with snapshots and RAID-Z. | 📝 In progress. See OMV7 doc. | Official site: OpenZFS Conceptual guide: Aaron Toponce – ZFS on Linux |
Backup
| Plugin | GUI | Description | Documentation status | Useful forum resources | External resources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Backup | System | Backup and restore OMV system configuration (excluding data disks). | ❌ Not documented | Guide. FSArchiver. (ed 2025) Guide. ddfull. (2021) Guide. Restoration Guide. (2019) Restoration procedure. (2018) | Official site: FSArchiver Debian man page: dd |
| BorgBackup | Services | Encrypted, deduplicated backup solution based on Borg. | ✅ Available | Guide | Official site: BorgBackup Debian man page: borg |
| Rsnapshot | Services | Rotating incremental backups using rsnapshot. | ❌ Not documented | Official site: Rsnapshot Debian man page: rsnapshot |
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| Timeshift | Services | System snapshots similar to Windows Restore or Time Machine. | ❌ Not documented | Dedicated thread | Official site: Timeshift |
Network / Sharing
| Plugin | GUI | Description | Documentation status | Useful forum resources | External resources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fail2ban | Services | Protect services by banning malicious IPs based on log analysis. | ❌ Not documented | Official site: Fail2ban | |
| iPerf3 | Services | Network throughput testing tool. | ❌ Not documented | Official site: iPerf3 | |
| MiniDLNA | Services | Lightweight DLNA/UPnP media server. | ❌ Not documented | Debian wiki: MiniDLNA | |
| SFTP | Services | Jailed SFTP server configuration. | ❌ Not documented | Debian man page: sftp | |
| Tgt (iSCSI) | Services | Configure iSCSI targets using tgt. | ❌ Not documented | Debian man page: tgtd | |
| WebDAV | Services | Enable WebDAV access to shared folders. | ❌ Not documented | ||
| WireGuard | Services | Modern, fast and lightweight VPN solution. | ✅ Available | Official site: WireGuard |
Core plugins included in OpenMediaVault 8
The following table lists the official core plugins provided by OpenMediaVault.
It aims to give a quick overview and to centralize links to forum guides and upstream documentation where available.
| Plugin | GUI | Description | Useful forum resources | External resources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antivirus | Services | Antivirus engine for detecting malware and viruses. ClamAV | Official site: ClamAV | |
| Bcache | Storage | Use an SSD as a cache device for another block device. | Official site: BCache Official site: Linux Bcache |
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| Diskstats | Diagnostics | Extend system monitoring with disk I/O statistics graphs. | ||
| FTP | Services | FTP/FTPS server configuration. | Official site: ProFTPD | |
| Kubernetes | Services | Run Docker containers in a lightweight Kubernetes environment. | Official site: K3s | |
| LVM | Storage | Create and manage logical volumes and volume groups. | Debian man page: lvm | |
| Multiple Devices | Storage | Create, manage, and monitor software RAID arrays using Linux MD. | Official site: Linux RAID | |
| OneDrive | Services | Synchronize a shared folder with Microsoft OneDrive cloud storage. | Official site: OneDrive | |
| Podman | Services | Container engine used by several container-based plugins. | Official site: Podman | |
| Shairport | Services | AirPlay (Airtunes) audio receiver. | Official site: Shairport Sync | |
| ShareRootFS | Create shared folders located on the root filesystem. | |||
| SNMP | Services | Expose system metrics via SNMP. | Official site: Net-SNMP | |
| TFTP | Services | Provide a Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) server. | Wikipedia: TFTP protocol | |
| UPS (NUT) | Services | Configure and manage UPS devices using Network UPS Tools. | Guide | Official site: Network UPS Tools Debian man page: nut |
| USB Backup | Services | Backup internal data to external USB disks manually or on plug events. | Guide |
Podman container-based core plugins
| Plugin | GUI | Description | Useful forum resources | External resources |
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| File Browser | Services | Web-based file management interface. | Official site: FileBrowser | |
| OwnTone | Services | Media server supporting DAAP, MPD and RSP protocols. | Official site: OwnTone server | |
| PhotoPrism | Services | AI-powered photo management and sharing application. | Official site: PhotoPrism | |
| S3 | Services | S3-compatible object storage based on MinIO. | Official site: MinIO | |
| WeTTY | Services | Browser-based terminal access over HTTP/HTTPS. | Official site: WeTTY |