This has left me stuck on an even older app version because some plugins require newer versions of the app. For example, when I tried to update a couple weeks ago, the only available version of the matrix/element plugin required openclaw version 2026.5.28 or newer. My old plugin is compatible with version 2026.5.18 so I’m continuing to use that.
It seems like the catalog used to get updated more frequently. What happened? I couldn’t find a specific open issues on the truenas apps github or on the truenas forum. Is there something I can do to help?
I got burned all the way back on FreeNAS deploying the premade jail templates. I learned how to use warden and then later iocage and was much happier. Going into Scale, off the bat I completely avoided any of the app nonsense and just deployed my own docker compose yaml files for any services I run.
I waited for a new version of app to get published. When I attempted the update, the app would start but get stuck in a redeploy loop. State was unhealthy too long and truenas would restart the container. No error messages in the log. Just an app that didn’t work in practice. I could speculate that the issue was related to hitting a memory limit, triggering OOM, but hard to say without deeper diagnostics. I ultimately did use a custom docker image without the memory cap and got the app running in healthy state. I’ve included the template I’m actually using with some placeholders.
However, I’m not happy about that change. The point of using the community edition is benefit from the community’s work and knowledge base. Plus security, version updates, potential misconfigs are all one me. If I do figure something out or run into a problem, I’m out of sync with the community version of the app too.
Having ONE maintainer and using my own solution feels like a community fail. Anyone officially from TrueNAS have any comments on this?
I am complaining but not to just rant, but because I want this process to work better. I’ll help or contribute if I can. Happy to continue discussing with anyone else that is running into these issues.
You’re free to contribute to the apps on the truenas github.
But me personally, i’ve been burned one too many time by the old kubernetes based apps system that i now deploy everything with my own compose stacks via portainer. I create the stack and i maintain it (with very little effort since nothing ever breakes).
I’m pretty happy with where i landed and will most likely never use any pre configured apps again. After deploying my own stacks they feel way too restricted in some ways…
