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Can you promote in r/homelab?

Welcome to your friendly /r/homelab, where techies and sysadmin from everywhere are welcome to share their labs, projects, builds, etc.

The short answer

Be helpful first; disclose affiliation if you mention your product, avoid links/ads, follow the 'Project: Software' and flair rules or contact mods before posting promotional content.

What works here

  • Answer user questions and give technical help
  • Share non-commercial personal projects with required flair and disclosures
  • Post software projects only with 'Project: Software' flair and required metadata

What gets posts removed

  • Posting product advertising, monetized/affiliate/referral links
  • Using the subreddit for direct lead generation or sales
  • Posting offers/deals/sales instead of using r/homelabsales

Where this comes from

View the current official rules on Reddit

No Commercial Advertising

Rule explicitly bans product advertising, company advertising, monetized referral/affiliate links and says contact mods for exceptions.

Sales & Offers redirected

Sales, deals, offers and price checks must be posted in /r/homelabsales rather than this subreddit.

Software post constraints

Software/project posts allowed but must use 'Project: Software' flair, disclose AI use, meet karma and prompt-response requirements.

Community expectations

Sidebar asks for detailed posts and flags 'no blogspam' and 'no referral linking', emphasizing research and proper flairing.

Official rules of r/homelab

  1. 01Don't be an asshole.
  2. 02Post Details.
  3. 03Not Homelab Related
  4. 04Shitpost/Low Effort
  5. 05No piracy
  6. 06No Commercial Advertising or Monetized Referral Links
  7. 07Software Project Posting Requirements
  8. 08Sales & Offers
  9. 09No Pandering
  10. 10Giveaways
  11. 11AMA's

Based on the community’s official rules, analyzed July 25, 2026. Rules change; the official rules page is always the source of truth.

Read the Intoru research and correction methodology.

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