Android app for home servers and NAS
NASlab is the Android app for your home server. It explains in plain words what is going on, finds the cause of problems and runs your server, Docker, disks, backups and Plex from your phone.
Unraid · TrueNAS, Synology, Linux (beta) · version 2.54.0 · formerly NZBLab
Instead of columns of numbers you get answers. And where something is wrong, the way to fix it.
Every tile tells you in one sentence how your NAS is doing.
Problem center and step-by-step help until it runs again.
SMART history flags failing disks before data is lost.
Run Unraid like an app, containers and VMs included.
Which backup ran, what is missing, and help when it matters.
SABnzbd, Sonarr, Radarr, Seerr, Plex and Jellyfin.
What is open, who tries to log in, and what to do.
Only what matters, with buttons right in the notification.
All images come from the app in demo mode, with made-up data. Tap to enlarge.
Everything that is wrong right now is in one place, sorted by urgency. One tap, and the app walks you step by step to the fix.
You pick what bothers you, such as “Plex stutters”, “NAS is slow” or “Downloads are stuck”. The app looks for the cause, shows the evidence and what helps.
Disks often announce their failure weeks ahead in their SMART values. NASlab watches the history and tells you in time what to do.
Unraid with big buttons, like an app, plus containers, virtual machines, downloads, series, movies and Plex, without switching between five web interfaces.
The app has access to your server. That is why it protects your keys, checks your NAS for open doors and sends nothing without your okay.
Unraid is fully supported. TrueNAS, Synology and Linux are in beta: built from the official documentation, some values or buttons may still be missing. Android 9 and newer, English and German. NASlab only controls services you run yourself and contains no content, indexers or servers of ours.
A small, free container for your NAS, with public source code. It measures around the clock, even while your phone sleeps, and only reads. It changes nothing on your NAS.
No account, no ads, no tracking, no analytics. The app only talks to the services you enter yourself.
Tap to expand. Features only appear in the app when the matching service is connected. That keeps it tidy.
At the top, one sentence says how your NAS is doing and what needs you right now. In the “Simple” view every tile states its condition in words.
You pick what bothers you, the app looks for the cause and shows the evidence and the steps to fix it.
Step by step to the fix, with a button to the right place and a check at the end. Before critical actions there is a dry run: “What happens if …?”.
Data protection, security, maintenance, monitoring and remote access at a glance, with a to-do list. The problem center collects everything that is wrong right now, sorted by urgency.
Updates, restarts, notifications and hot days on one timeline over 24 hours, 7 or 30 days. Plus “Why is my NAS slow?”: five seconds of measuring, then the app tells you what is holding it back.
Large buttons for array, parity check, mover, backup, Docker, VMs, notifications, shares, reboot and shutdown. Risky actions ask first, with your fingerprint if you like.
Start, stop and update containers, read logs, live CPU and RAM. Start VMs and use their screen right in the app with the built-in VNC client.
Several servers in one app, switch with one tap. “Search the network for servers” finds your NAS on your home network, also over VPN.
The Unraid app catalog with search and categories, installed through a phone form. The app checks name, port, required fields and paths and warns about dangerous settings.
SMART history per disk: when critical values rise, the app warns you with an explanation and a recommendation. The warranty alarm reminds you while you can still claim.
Do you need a parity disk, how big, what does it cost today? Step by step to installation, plus a guide for replacing a disk after a SMART warning.
How often each disk spins up after a rest and who woke it, with a tip against it and the power cost per month.
Storage analysis as a treemap, the 50 biggest files, growth per share and a space coach. The shares check verifies that appdata, system and domains are in the right place.
Data checks, backup tasks and UPS for Unraid, TrueNAS and Synology. The backup calendar shows errors and gaps in red, the data risk light what you would lose in a failure, as a PDF to share.
For Kopia you see the last backup, size, errors and next run, and start a backup after confirming. The agent detects backups made with restic, borg, Kopia and rsync.
Since when it runs, how much has moved, speed and time left, also as live progress on the lock screen. The night plan shows what runs at night and where things overlap.
Backup rescue, an emergency card and an emergency drill help when it counts. The emergency inventory saves a list of all movies and series every Sunday.
History for today, yesterday, 7 and 30 days, hot phases with the containers, programs and events running at the same time. The sensor archive keeps up to 400 days.
If the CPU stays too hot for too long, the app slows downloads, pauses Plex maintenance and turns the fans up, then sets everything back. Every action comes as a notification.
Live watts, kWh and cost per day, month and year with myStrom, Shelly, Tasmota or Home Assistant. Estimated power share per container.
When the UPS reports “on battery”, you get one warning, then “power is back”. For every server type with UPS values.
Queue with speed and time left, pause for 5 minutes up to 6 hours or until 07:00 tomorrow, throttle on a schedule. Failed downloads with “Why?” in one sentence.
Library, seasons, episodes, monthly calendar, missing episodes, automatic and interactive search. The queue tells you in one sentence what is going on.
Approve or decline requests, also right in the notification. “Where is my request stuck?” shows why a request does not arrive.
Current streams with picture and progress, and whether the GPU or the CPU converts the video. Stop streams with a message to the viewer (Plex Pass).
Pause, resume, stop and switch audio track and subtitles, for Plex and Jellyfin/Emby. “Check library” finds 4K, HDR, missing languages and duplicate versions.
Most watched, who watches most, devices, transcoding per device and title. Jellyfin and Emby with streams, library, statistics and notifications.
Immich: photos, storage, warning when a phone backup is stuck, “one year ago today”. Home Assistant: open windows, switch lights, who is home, start scenes.
Users and storage, shared links without a password, inbox with preview, import errors, whether all folders are in sync.
Outages and expiring certificates, AdGuard Home or Pi-hole with “Pause 10 min”, Nginx Proxy Manager with “Renew”, Tailscale and WireGuard devices.
Current transcode with speed and time left, space saved. Frigate: live view, latest events with picture, today's recordings.
Open folders, sort, upload, move, rename, select several. “Move to trash” with a log and restore. Images with preview and zoom.
The search also finds inexact input. With the agent across the whole NAS, instantly, and the index renews itself every 6 hours.
Errors and warnings are listed at the top of the log, a tap jumps there, “Errors only” hides the rest. The app explains common errors by itself, with “What it means” and “What to do”.
With the optional NASlab agent the app finds the services on your NAS, including address and key. You connect them with one tap on “Connect”. Keys stay encrypted on the phone. The agent only reads keys if you allow it; DISCOVER_KEYS=0 turns that off. The app is ready; the matching agent 1.16 follows shortly.
The main pages show the last known state instantly (“Updated X min ago”). If it takes longer, the app says after 8 seconds what it is waiting for; after 20 seconds you get a clear message with “Try again”. Harmless actions run immediately and can be undone with “Undo”; dangerous ones still ask, e.g. with fingerprint.
Sends only the error lines, secrets removed, addresses as placeholders. You see “This goes to …” first, and nothing is sent until you tap “Send”.
Questions about your NAS with your own API key, also by voice and with pictures. The assistant checks for itself and only acts with permissions you grant.
On a foreign Wi-Fi the app sends no keys until you confirm once “This is my home network”. Self-signed certificates are confirmed once and then pinned.
Across all servers: sign-in attempts with country, services without a password, share permissions, what is reachable from the internet. With a setup coach.
Keys and passwords encrypted in the Android keystore, app lock with fingerprint, settings export only encrypted with a password. The “Trust” page shows who the app talks to.
“Your NAS in one sentence”, “What needs me?”, space, backups, disks, security, temperature, downloads and many more areas. Plus buttons for pausing and waking the NAS.
The default is “Important only”: disks, backups, security, NAS gone, space, heat. Buttons right in the notification, live progress on the lock screen.
Drag tiles, choose sizes, add pages. Or say what you use your NAS for, and the app builds a matching home screen. Quick settings tiles: “Wake NAS”, “Mover”, “Light”, “SABnzbd”.
Anything marked “beta” is built from the official documentation; some values or buttons may still be missing.
Unraid 7.2 and newer is fully supported. TrueNAS (25.04 and newer), Synology DSM 7 and Linux servers such as Debian or Ubuntu run in beta: built from the official documentation, some values or buttons may still be missing. Many features for downloads, media and apps work with any system running those services.
No. The app works without the agent. The agent adds features that need to measure around the clock, such as history without gaps, disk activity, duplicates, inventory, backup detection or disk prices. The agent is free, its source code is public, and it only reads.
Yes, most safely over a VPN to your home, for example WireGuard or Tailscale. Then the same addresses apply as at home, and you do not have to expose anything to the internet. The app only allows unencrypted connections on your home network or over VPN. Without a connection it shows the last known values.
No. The app only talks to your own services. There is no account, no tracking and no server of ours. Only if you use the AI assistant with your own key and tap “Send” yourself does the request go to the provider you chose, with a preview and without keys and passwords.
On first start, tap “Try without a server”: the app starts built-in demo services on your phone, with an Unraid server, SABnzbd, Sonarr, Radarr, Plex and more, all with made-up data. Nothing leaves your phone. This lets you look at almost every page before you set anything up.
Risky actions always ask first, with your fingerprint if you like. Deleting moves to the trash wherever possible. The AI assistant may only do what you grant one by one, and never delete, control the array, install updates or change settings.
NASlab is in a closed test on Google Play. You can join via this link. If Google says it is not available, get in touch via the contact page and we will add you. Once the app is public, the regular store link will be here.
Demo mode needs neither a server nor an account: on first start, tap “Try without a server”. The agent is optional.
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