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This author has tested a lot of IP KVMs and compares them in this post: https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/i-tested-every-ip-kvm...

He likes JetKVM. However, they appear to be sold out. The Mini seems great but I have yet to receive a preordered item on the advertised timeline.

That article pointed to ArkKVM which is a hardware clone of JetKVM but they have now released their own software stack as open source which has Tailscale support

* https://store.arkkvm.com/blog/detail/arkkvm-fully-open-sourc...

* https://store.arkkvm.com/blog/detail/arkkvm-ota-release-note...

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It’s 3x the cost of jetKVM though. For someone with 8 machines in their home lab this is a big commitment.

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Do you really need a KVM on every machine permanently?

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It's not though.

JetKVM typically $100-120 ArkKVM $99-115

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JetKVM mini is ~$40 or ~$100 for 3.

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Yes I am aware but the comment explicitly compared it to JetKVM, not the mini which is not yet available anyway

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