Glance
Dashboards & StartpagesSelf-hosted feeds and info dashboard
Replaces Heimdall
Best No-Database Dashboards & Startpages for self-hosting
The 7 best No-Database dashboards & startpages you can self-host, ranked by community traction.
Homepage
Dashboards & StartpagesFast, file-configured application dashboard
Replaces Heimdall
Sampler Dashboard
Dashboards & StartpagesTerminal dashboard for visualizing shell command output
Replaces Grafana
Homer
Dashboards & StartpagesStatic, fast and simple service dashboard
Replaces Heimdall
Mafl
Dashboards & StartpagesMinimalist customizable start page
Replaces Heimdall
Grafonnet Dashboards
Dashboards & StartpagesLibrary for generating Grafana dashboards as code
Replaces Grafana
Web-Portal
Dashboards & StartpagesMinimal startpage for organizing links and services
Replaces Google homepage
No apps match these filters.
At a glance
| App | Deploy effort | Difficulty | Min. RAM | License | ★ Stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glance | ≈5-minute setup | Easy | 128 MB | AGPL-3.0 | 37,484 |
| Homepage | ≈5-minute setup | Easy | 128 MB | GPL-3.0 | 33,121 |
| Sampler Dashboard | Read-the-docs project | Easy | 64 MB | GPL-3.0 | 14,807 |
| Homer | ≈5-minute setup | Easy | 64 MB | Apache-2.0 | 11,665 |
| Mafl | Under-an-hour setup | Easy | 64 MB | MIT | 757 |
| Grafonnet Dashboards | Read-the-docs project | Medium | 64 MB | Apache-2.0 | 554 |
| Web-Portal | Under-an-hour setup | Easy | 64 MB | MIT | 260 |
Quick picks
- Most adopted: Glance (37,484 GitHub stars).
- Lightest footprint: Sampler Dashboard (from 64 MB RAM, against 128 MB for the heaviest here).
- Fastest to deploy: Glance (verified single-container compose).
- Licensing: 2 of 7 use GPL-3.0; check the rest individually if you plan to modify and redistribute.
Every option here is open-source and self-hostable, tagged No-Database within the dashboards & startpages category. Deploy effort is graded from published container recipes, not vendor claims — see the methodology.