GoreeCloud

Privacy-first • Self-hosted • Family-owned

A private cloud built for family, ownership, and the future.

GoreeCloud is a self-hosted personal and family cloud designed to keep files, memories, media, records, credentials, and knowledge under the control of the people they belong to.

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  • Private by default
  • Built around ownership
  • Designed to be recoverable
Building a durable family digital foundation
Private. Personal information is protected by default.
Owned. Family data stays under direct control.
Recoverable. Backups and portability are core design goals.
Long-term. The goal is preservation across technology changes.

Family services

One cloud. Many parts of digital life.

GoreeCloud brings together private services for the things families use every day: files, photos, media, documents, passwords, knowledge, and communication.

Files & Sync

Nextcloud

Private file storage, synchronization, sharing, calendars, contacts, and personal cloud access.

Planned

Photos & Memories

Immich

Preserve, organize, search, and privately share family photos and videos while keeping originals under family control.

Planned

Video & Media

Jellyfin

Stream privately owned movies, television, home videos, and other visual media across approved family devices.

Planned

Music

Navidrome

Provide private access to a family music library without depending on a commercial streaming platform.

Planned

Audiobooks

Audiobookshelf

Organize and listen to privately managed audiobook and podcast libraries from supported family devices.

Planned

Documents & Records

Paperless-ngx

Ingest, classify, search, and preserve important documents and records in a dedicated records-management system.

Planned

Passwords & Secrets

Vaultwarden

Securely manage passwords, credentials, recovery information, and other sensitive account data.

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Knowledge

Notes & Knowledge

Keep personal notes, references, research, and accumulated knowledge organized under direct control.

In Development

Communication

Private Messaging

Support family communication through self-hosted, privacy-focused messaging technologies as GoreeCloud expands.

Planned

Service availability changes as GoreeCloud develops. This public website describes capabilities and plans; private application addresses and administrative systems are not published here.

What is GoreeCloud?

More than a homelab.

GoreeCloud is a privacy-first, self-hosted personal and family cloud platform built to preserve a family's digital life over the long term.

The purpose is not to preserve any single server, application, vendor, or architecture forever. The purpose is to preserve the information entrusted to those systems — including memories, records, knowledge, credentials, and personal data — so it remains accessible, portable, recoverable, and understandable as technology changes.

PrivacyProtection is a design requirement, not an optional setting.
OwnershipThe rightful owner retains control over their information.
Open SourceOpen-source, self-hosted software is preferred wherever practical.
RecoverabilityBackups and restoration are part of the architecture.
IndependenceCritical information should not depend on a single provider.
PreservationImportant information should survive technology changes.

The GoreeCloud story

Built deliberately from the beginning.

GoreeCloud started in 2026 as a plan for a private, self-hosted environment and quickly grew into a structured personal cloud platform.

Initial planning begins

The first GoreeCloud planning work begins with a goal of replacing subscription-based services with greater privacy, control, and data ownership.

The GoreeCloud name is established

GoreeCloud becomes the name for the complete ecosystem: hardware, software, infrastructure, services, configurations, and data.

GoreeCloud.com is purchased

The domain becomes the permanent public identity for the project and supports the naming and service-publication needs of the environment.

From homelab to documented personal cloud

The project expands into a governed platform with defined architecture, security policies, standards, procedures, recovery requirements, and long-term goals.

Follow the build

GoreeCloud is being documented in public.

Follow infrastructure progress, application showcases, lessons learned, privacy discussions, and self-hosting content across GoreeCloud's public accounts.

Contact GoreeCloud

Questions, ideas, or want to talk self-hosting?

Reach GoreeCloud directly at goreecloud@gmail.com.

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