DiskStation Manager (DSM) is the operating system for all Synology NAS servers. It’s a powerful and flexible operating system that provides a host of features to help you get the most out of your server.
Synology NAS can be used as a file server, media center, surveillance station, VPN server, web server, and more. The DSM interface provides an easy-to-use environment that allows you to set up and manage all of these functions without needing to know much about network administration or programming.
In this article we’ll explore some of the best apps for Synology NAS. These apps will help you turn your Synology into a powerful tool for managing and organizing your data.
Best Apps For Synology Nas
Below I want to introduce you to a collection of the best Synology applications for your NAS. But do keep in mind that what I consider to be the best apps for me might not coincide with what you consider to be the best apps for you. Any applications you install on your NAS will be applications you need. Below you can find links to all Synology Packages and the top ten packages that I frequently use on my own Synology NAS.
LIST OF ALL SYNOLOGY PACKAGES
Active Backup for Business
Active Backup for Business is designed to provide a comprehensive while centralized data protection solution, helping you back up business PCs, VMs, physical servers, and file servers all alike.
Snapshot Replication
Snapshot Replication is an expert of data backup and recovery with the point-in-time copy mechanism. Businesses need data protection to prevent data loss from accidental deletion, application crashes, data corruption, and viruses.
Hyper Backup
Hyper Backup helps you back up data and LUNs, and retains multiple data backup versions to keep important information handy and easy to track. Hyper Backup also makes restoring data and LUNs simple and straightforward.
Audio Station
With Audio Station and its mobile app DS audio, you can enjoy high-quality playback, listen to radios, manage your music collection, create personal playlists, and share with friends anywhere.
Video Station
Video Station lets you manage and watch your video collection—movies, TV shows, home videos, and TV recordings—with intuitive convenience. It provides instant watching by streaming videos to your computers, AirPlay devices, iOS/Android devices, Windows 10 tablets/laptops, Apple TVs, Android TVs, and more. What’s more, it can enrich your videos with posters and subtitles from the Internet, and create a watchlist or favorite list for quick access.
Surveillance Station
Surveillance Station is a web-based application that can manage IP cameras to safeguard your home or office environment. With Surveillance Station, you can watch and record live view videos, set up scheduled recording, playback recorded events via web browser, VisualStation, or mobile device for remote monitoring. Notifications can also be sent to you whenever important events occur.
Docker
Docker is a lightweight virtualization application that gives you the ability to run thousands of containers created by developers from all over the world on DSM. The hugely popular built-in image repository, Docker Hub, allows you to find shared applications from other talented developers.
Web Station
With Web Station you can easily host and publish your own website. Additionally, after installing the PHP package, you can freely create dynamic websites for your personal use, or business. For website hosting, the Web Station package works in conjunction with MariaDB 10, PHP and phpMyAdmin.
Synology MailPlus Server and Synology MailPlus
Synology MailPlus Server provides a cost-effective mail solution for enterprises requiring high-level security and stable performance. The high-availability architecture provides single server fault-tolerance to maximize service uptime. Synology MailPlus is a powerful webmail service with rich features. You can send/receive mails via any mail servers at your will, and enjoy the centralized management of all the incoming and outgoing mails. You can design a beautifully-formatted mail with built-in stickers and inline images. Synology MailPlus provides labels and smart search functions to help you efficiently find and manage your mails. Through the integration with Synology Note Station, you can save any mails to Synology Note Station without any hassle.
Synology Photos
Synology Photos provides a series of smart and flexible features, allowing both photography lovers and home users to manage photos with ease.
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If you’ve just picked up a Synology enclosure or are looking to make the most of your existing one, there is a bunch of apps you should know about – some of these can save you a few tenners. However, because Synology has made so many apps, figuring the best ones are a bit of a challenge. But worry not: we’ve broken down what Synology’s various apps have to offer and whether they’re any good. We’ve also gathered a few third-party integrations that work well with Synology.
Synology Apps
1) Synology Photos
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In an alternate universe, Synology Photos could be Google Photos. The two are eerily similar, with Google Photos just a few steps ahead. Both group photos by faces, offer a decently-powerful search experience, and have a similar user interface. Synology, however, lacks editing tools. The upshot is you won’t need to a monthly subscription fee with Synology, since all your media is stored on your very own NAS. We even tried out the service when Google Photos stopped unlimited free storage and were satisfied with the experience.
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2) DS video
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If you’ve got hard drives packed with movies and TV shows, DS video will let you stream them on your mobile or laptop anywhere you want. The interface is simple (maybe too simple) to follow and allows you to sort and group your collection. It can also fetch information such as film covers, actors, and episode titles for your existing media collection. However, if you’re looking for more functionality, you might want to check out Plex–more on this below.
3) DS audio
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The death of Google Play Music might’ve been bad news for you, but if you’ve got a NAS you can access all your audio files on the go with the help of DS audio. Granted, it looks nowhere close to some popular streaming services, but you needn’t pay to listen to high-quality audio on the go. You can even download music for offline playback on your phone.
4) DS note
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DS note lets you jot down notes or to-do lists that you can access from anywhere. However, given the nature of notes and just how less storage they end up taking, you’re better off using alternatives like Evernote, Google Keep, or Bundled Notes that are feature-rich and don’t look like they were made in 2015.
5) Synology Drive
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Synology Drive is a must-have because it lets you access files and media located in My Drive (\homes\userid\Drive), as long as you’re connected to the internet. You can not only download and upload files using the app but also open documents and spreadsheets and share them with other users. There’s also an option to save files for offline access, but unfortunately you’ll have to select individual files as you can’t offload an entire folder at once. There are PC/Mac apps available too that can sync folders to the NAS.
6) DS file
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DS file is not as sleek or new as Synology Drive–the interface should speak for itself–but it does allow access to all files unlike its younger sibling. If you don’t want to install Photos or Drive apps on your NAS, DS File has you covered because it gives you access to everything and even offers camera sync.
7) DS cam
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Security cameras are relatively cheap nowadays, but most companies like Wyze and Nest require you to pay a monthly subscription to store recordings in the cloud. If you own a Synology NAS and a compatible smart camera though, you can store to your heart’s hard disk’s content. DS cam lets you watch the live feed of these cameras, playback recordings, and even manage these cameras on the fly.
8) Synology LiveCam
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If an old phone is collecting dust but works fine, you can turn it into a security camera with the help of Synology LiveCam – we tried it! Simply install the application, and connect the phone to your NAS via Surveillance Station. Keep in mind, that you’ll require a camera license if you have more than two cameras in your system, and they’re expensive.
9) DS finder
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If you’re looking to set up a Synology NAS without a computer or laptop, the DS finder app will rescue you. It can install DiskStation Manager on your drive as long as your phone is connected to the same Wi-Fi network. You can also use it to manage your NAS and receive notifications.
10) Synology MailPlus
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If you’re looking for privacy-focused alternatives to Gmail or Outlook, Synology lets you host your own mail server which ensures that you have complete control over the data. The MailPlus app lets you access your mails on the go but it’s surely not as feature-rich as mainstream services. Unless you really want to host your own mail server without really paying for it, you probably won’t need this app/
11) Synology Chat
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This is an app you most likely should skip unless you’re making use of the email client Synology has to offer and a bunch of people using the service. As the name suggests, it’s an instant messaging service that runs on your NAS and can be accessed on your laptop, mobile, or desktop.
12) Synology Active Insight
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Active Insight is built to enable remote health monitoring of your NAS. You can check current and past performance, CPU load, memory consumption, and IOPS in easy-to-understand graphs and dashboards. The app can also notify you of system alerts and provide detailed troubleshooting steps in case something goes wrong.
13) DS get
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DS get is your companion if you want to manage downloads on your NAS remotely. You can view the download status and speeds, control download schedules, and even start downloads using the built-in browser. Unfortunately, for those who care, the app doesn’t provide any information on how many seeds and peers you are connected to.
14) Synology Secure SignIn
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You can never be too careful with your data, and if it’s your NAS we’re talking about, you shouldn’t be taking any chances. Secure SignIn as the name might suggest, is a 2FA app that can authenticate DSM login requests. That’s not all, if you wish, you can configure it to work with just about any service that supports 2FA apps.
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