Below you’ll find a list of published community and commercial add-ins for Windows Home Server. If you know of an add-in that isn’t listed here, or you’re an add-in developer who would like to be listed here, then please use the contact link above to get in touch.
Each add-in listed has a dedicated forum for the community to discuss and share their experiences with the add-in over at WGS Forums.
The ratings you see are aggregated from WGS reader feedback on a quarterly basis.
View List: Free Community Add-Ins | Commercial Add-Ins
Free Community Add-Ins
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Add Website |
1.0.3.0 | - | Steve Vanhorn | 3 |
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| Advanced Admin Console Advanced Admin Console allows you to extend access to various parts of your home server’s administration controls from within the WHS Console. |
0.4.0 Beta | 01/05/08 | Andreas M | 5 |
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| Any Service Installer Install any Windows Home Server Application as a Service, to permit it to run without a user logged in. |
1.0 | - | Marcel Nouwens | 4 |
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| AutoExit 2008 for Windows Home Server Remote administration (Shutdown, reboot, message or open a Remote Desktop session) of any home computer attached to your home server from within the Windows Home Server Console, as well as Wake on LAN functionality. |
1.0.1081 | - | Asoft | 5 |
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| Client Info Client Info displays hardware information about your home server, and each of the home computers on your network including the processor, memory, IP address, drive size, drive temp, and hard drive health. |
2.0.0.1 | 08/02/08 | Eric Maurer | 3 |
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| DHCP for Windows Home Server A DHCP server to allow you to control DHCP leases from within the Windows Home Server Console. |
0.8.4 | - | Brendan Grant | 3 |
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| Download Manager Download Manager allows you to schedule and manage file downloads from your home server, including automatic login and authentication for secure sites. |
1.0.9 | - | Christof Rakowski | 3 |
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| DupeCleaner DupeCleaner scans your shares for duplicates and then displays the duplicate files. Then you can choose the files to clean. |
0.0.0.1 | 25/04/08 | Brent Friedman | - |
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| Duplication Info for Windows Home Server Duplication Info for Windows Home Server enables the user to see which files have been duplicated to a second hard drive, via Windows Home Server’s Drive Extender technology. |
1.1.0.0 | - | Yotsuba | 4 |
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| EasyRadius EasyRadius allows simple management and installataion of a Radius server for added securoty on your home server. |
0.0.0.1 | 28/04/08 | Brent Friedman | - |
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| Event Viewer Event Viewer displays your home server’s event logs within the WHS Console. You can choose which log to monitor, filter the entries (Show All, Warnings, Errors, etc.) and clear the logs. |
1.1 | 09/05/08 | Benjamin Robichaud | 3 |
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| Firefly Firefly is a media server application which allows you to stream music to DMR’s like the Roku Soundbridge and to iTunes. |
0.0.2 | 27/04/08 | Nic Bedford | 3 |
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| Fritz!Box Call Monitor Fritz!Box Call Monitor helps you configure and manage your Fritz!Box Router. |
0.7.0 | - | Andreas M | 2 |
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| FTP Manager FTP Manager allows you to install and configure the IIS FTP component for Windows Home Server - this allows you to set-up an FTP Server on your Home Server. |
0.0.0.6 | Brent Friedman | - | |
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| Home Base Home Base is an add-in which enables you to log in to and download files from your home server from a Windows Mobile powered device. Home Base also allows you to host a blog directly from your home server, which you can maintain from any of your home computers or a wireless device whilst you’re on the move. |
1.0.0 | - | Aleksei Nipirakis | 2 |
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| ipsHomeControl ipsHomeControl allows you to take control of various home automation tasks. |
1.0.4 | 04/02/08 | Peter Leibling | 2 |
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| Lights Out LightOut is a power management add-in that allows you to place your home server in sleep or hibernation at scheduled times. |
0.7.1 | 01/04/07 | Martin Rothschink | 4 |
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| Media Connect Controller Media Connect Controller allows your to share more of your shared folders to devices around the home using Windows Media Connect from within the WHS Console. |
- | 03/08/08 | Brendan Grant | 3 |
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| On The Fly Unzipper Allows you to upload and automatically unzip files remotely to your home server. |
1.08 | - | Alex Köplinger | 3 |
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| Photosync for Windows Home Server Automatically syncs the contents of your Photos folder on WHS to Flickr. |
0.9.93 Beta 2 | 21/06/07 | Ed Holloway | 1 |
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| PowerSwitch PowerSwitch puts WHS into standby and resumes it at user defined times. |
0.82 | 05/03/08 | C Hanlon | 1 |
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| Program Launcher Launch any application directly from the Windows Home Server Console. |
1.21 | 03/08/07 | Dan Forsyth | 4 |
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| Remote Notification Remote Notification is an Add-In for the Microsoft Windows Home Server operating system. It is designed to forward the System Health Notifications from the Home Server to an email address of your choosing. |
1.0.0.47 Beta | 09/11/07 | Alex Kuretz | 4 |
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| Tab Manager Tab Manager enables you to display all of your installed add-ins within a separate window in the Windows Home Server Console. |
0.5.0 | 23/01/08 | Brendan Grant | 2 |
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| Tab Reorderer Tab Reorderer allows you to change the order of tabs in your Windows Home Server console. |
0.7.3 | - | Brendan Grant | 2 |
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| Tab Scroller Tab Scroller allows you to scroll through your WHS Console Tab List with your mouse wheel. |
0.8.0 | 28/11/07 | Brendan Grant | 2 |
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| TiVo Publisher for Windows Home Server Play your Music, Videos and Photos on any TiVo in the house. |
1.21 | 24/01/08 | Rob Durfee | 5 |
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| To Desktop To Desktop allows you to minimize, close or exit full screen from the WHS console. |
1.0.1 | - | C Hanlon | 3 |
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| µTorrent A µTorrent client for Windows Home Server for downloading Bittorrent files. |
1.1.0.0 | - | Marcel Nouwens | 3 |
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| Vista Caller-ID Vista Caller-ID automatically logs telephone caller-ID information, when used in conjunction with the Vista Caller-ID application. |
1.0.6b | - | Vista Caller-ID | 3 |
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| Web Folders 4 WHS Web Folders 4 WHS allows full browser-based drag and drop functionality for files and folders when uploading and downloading files remotely. The add-in also allows you to access your files through the Windows Explorer shell and any other WebDav client that supports HTTPS. |
0.6.2 | 19/11/07 | Brendan Grant | 3 |
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| WHS Customizer WHS Customiser allows you to change the default image displayed on your home server’s remote webpage. |
1.0.1 | - | Jay Hinrichs | 4 |
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| Webguide for Windows Home Server WebGuide extends Windows Home Server to allow you to view and stream your media (DVDs, Videos, Music and Photos) remotely whilst away from home. If you have a Media Center PC on your home network, WebGuide also supports remote record scheduling and Live TV streaming. |
4.4.13 | - | Doug Berrett | 4 |
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| WHS Event Monitor Windows Home Server Event Monitor is a new add-in from Dave Mercer which monitors your home server’s event log and sends an email to the address of your choice when a pre-defined event occurs. |
1.1.1.0 | 01/12/07 | Dave Mercer | 4 |
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| Whiist Whiist is a Windows Home Server Add-In that allows you to create and manage websites on your server. Once installed Whiist adds a new “Website Management” option to your Windows Home Server Console where you can create new websites and links for your family in a few simple steps. |
0.8.0 | - | Andrew Grant | 5 |
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| WHS Disk Management WHS Disk Manager is an extension of the standard WHS Server Storage interface, helping users identify the physical disks they’re working with. |
1.0.7.3 | 02/05/08 | Sam Wood | 5 |
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| Xbox Community Feeds Xbox Community Feeds allows you to stream audio and text xml based feeds to your Xbox 360 video game console, delivering constantly refreshing and exciting content to your Xbox 360. Read about the latest news, rumors and gossip from your favorite websites, as well as listen to your favorite blogcast and podcast personalities while playing your favorite games all on your Xbox 360 video game console. |
- | - | XBStream | 3 |
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Digital ArcHound |
- | 28/01/08 | Digital ArcHound | |
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| Jungle Disk With Jungle Disk, you can back up your shared folders online using Amazon’s S3 system. |
1.02.2b Beta | 16/12/07 | Jungle Disk | |
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LobsterTunes |
1.2.11.0 | - | Lobstertunes | |
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| Recorded TV Manager Recorded TV Manager automatically moves or copies DVR-MS Recorded TV files from a Media Center PC to your home server. |
- | - | Rick Drasch | |
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| Sage TV for Windows Home Server Play your music, video and photos on any PC at home or remotely directly from your Windows Home Server. |
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Wake on LAN |
- | - | Evangelos Hadjichristodoulou |
