I tried Umbrel, CasaOS, and StartOS.
They work — but it started feeling like I was running an OS just to host apps.
So I built Yantra.
Lightweight, isolated, no system takeover.
Runs on a Pi or laptop without hijacking your machine.
Still early — what app should I add next?
https://github.com/besoeasy/Yantra
besoeasy
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2026-01-10 11:15:15 UTC
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