Glance
Highly customizable dashboard that puts all your feeds in one place.
Best self-hosted Personal Dashboards software in 2026
Dashboards for accessing information and applications.
We track 19 open-source, self-hosted Personal Dashboards apps. 15 of them had commits in the last 90 days, 16 can run with Docker, and the most common licenses are MIT (10), AGPL-3.0 (5), GPL-3.0 (2). The most-used languages are Nodejs, Go, PHP. Below are the top picks by GitHub stars, followed by every app ranked by stars weighted by maintenance health.
Top 5 by GitHub stars
| # | App | Stars | Health | Last activity | License | Language | Docker |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Glance | 38.2k | Active | 2026-11-07 | AGPL-3.0 | Docker, Go | ✓ |
| 2 | Homepage by gethomepage | 33.7k | Active | 2026-11-09 | GPL-3.0 | Docker, Nodejs | ✓ |
| 3 | Dashy | 27k | Active | 2026-11-07 | MIT | Nodejs, Docker | ✓ |
| 4 | Homer | 11.7k | Active | 2026-11-08 | Apache-2.0 | Docker, K8S | ✓ |
| 5 | Heimdall | 9.4k | Active | 2026-10-29 | MIT | PHP | – |
- Glance — Highly customizable dashboard that puts all your feeds in one place.
- Homepage by gethomepage — Highly customizable homepage (or startpage / application dashboard) with Docker and service API integrations.
- Dashy — Feature-rich homepage for your homelab, with easy YAML configuration.
- Homer — Dead simple static homepage to expose your server services, with an easy yaml configuration and connectivity check.
- Heimdall — Elegant solution to organise all your web applications.
Head-to-head comparisons
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All 19 self-hosted Personal Dashboards apps
Ranked by GitHub stars weighted by maintenance health.
Homepage by gethomepage
Highly customizable homepage (or startpage / application dashboard) with Docker and service API integrations.
Dashy
Feature-rich homepage for your homelab, with easy YAML configuration.
Homer
Dead simple static homepage to expose your server services, with an easy yaml configuration and connectivity check.
Heimdall
Elegant solution to organise all your web applications.
Homarr
Sleek, modern dashboard with many integrations and web-based config.
Personal Management System
Organize the essentials of everyday life, everything from a simple to-do list, and notes up to payments, and schedules.
LinkStack
Link all your social media platforms easily accessible on one page, customizable through an intuitive, easy to use user/admin interface (alternative to Linktree and Manylink).
ryot
Track various facets of your life - media, fitness, etc.
Your Spotify
Allows you to record your Spotify listening activity and have statistics about them served through a Web application.
LittleLink
Simplistic approach for links in bio with 100+ branded buttons (alternative to Linktree).
Starbase 80
Simple homepage with an iPad-style application grid, for mobile and desktop. One JSON configuration file.
Mafl
Minimalistic flexible homepage.
portkey
Simple web portal that serves as a startup page, displaying a compilation of links and URLs, while also allowing the addition of custom pages, all managed through a single configuration file.
Nimbus
Modern drag-and-drop homelab dashboard with visual editor and simple configuration.
Hubleys
Personal dashboards to organize links for multiple users via a central yaml config.
Compass
Landing page for services, dashboards, and documents, with automatic discovery from sources such as Docker, Kubernetes, and Tailscale.
gobookmarks
Landing page to display bookmarks stored in GitHub, GitLab or local Git.
Homepage by tomershvueli
Simple, standalone PHP page that is your window to your server and the web.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best self-hosted Personal Dashboards software in 2026?
By GitHub stars, the most popular self-hosted Personal Dashboards apps are Glance (38,199 stars), Homepage by gethomepage (33,681 stars), Dashy (26,958 stars). Popularity is only one signal: also check maintenance health, license and whether it fits your setup.
How many self-hosted Personal Dashboards apps are actively maintained?
15 of the 19 apps listed had commits in the last 90 days and 3 more in the last 12 months.
Which self-hosted Personal Dashboards apps can I run with Docker?
16 of the 19 apps can run with Docker; 2 publish an image on Docker Hub, including Compass and gobookmarks.
Which licenses do self-hosted Personal Dashboards apps use?
The most common licenses in this category are MIT (10 apps), AGPL-3.0 (5 apps), GPL-3.0 (2 apps).
How much does it cost to self-host Personal Dashboards software?
The software itself is free to download. Based on our rough hardware estimates, the cheapest suitable VPS plan starts at about $3.5/month (median $5/month across apps in this category). Several light apps can share one server.
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Figures from GitHub and Docker Hub as of 2026-11-15; hosting costs are rough estimates.