Unraid May Digest

All things Unraid for May 2026

Unraid Digest #079

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Hey Unraiders,

May was a busy one, especially on the security front.

The team shipped five releases this month keeping pace with a wave of CVEs, and Unraid 7.3.0 crossed to stable. Tons to cover. Here's everything you need to know. ⤵️

Unraid 7.3.0 is stable. The headliner is Internal Boot: Run Unraid from an NVMe, SSD, or eMMC- no USB needed now! We also shipped a new onboarding wizard, fixed MAC address support for Docker containers, QEMU/libvirt updates, and so much more.

Unraid 7.3.1 is also out now. A security-focused maintenance release addressing a myriad of security updates along with kernel, Docker, and ZFS updates. This one’s recommended for all users.

Unraid 7.2.7 also shipped for users not on the 7.3 branch. 7.2.7 brought a broad set of security updates, a kernel upgrade, Docker fixes, and package refreshes across core system components. Upgrade now!

Scroll on for the latest Unraid videos, top forum threads, App/Merch of the month, and more! ⬇️

Community Content

Unraid 7.3.1 Walkthrough: Internal Boot, TPM, SR-IOV and More

Moving Unraid OFF USB Drives! (Internal Boot Setup Guide)

Local AI on Unraid - The Stuff Nobody Tells You

KILL ADS on Your Network - Easy Pi-hole Setup (Unraid)

Bambu Lab Goes to War, Is Unraid's Slackware Era Ending? & much more | Ed & Stefano Unleashed

No more need for a USB drive? (Tutorial & Analysis) en français

App of the Month:
OpenWebUI

Your homelab, your AI. Open WebUI is a self-hosted chat interface for running large language models entirely on your own hardware. No subscription, no cloud, nothing leaving your server.

Pair it with Ollama and you can run Llama, Mistral, Gemma, and more. Chat with your own documents, use a vision model to analyze photos, and manage multiple users with role-based access. The whole stack runs quietly alongside everything else on your Unraid server.

Ed walks through the full setup this month: installing Ollama, connecting Open WebUI, picking the right model for your hardware, and getting the most out of it.

Merch of the Month

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Thanks very much for reading!

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