Dashy
Dashboards & StartpagesFeature-rich personal dashboard for self-hosters
Replaces Heimdall
Best Plugins Dashboards & Startpages for self-hosting
The 5 best Plugins dashboards & startpages you can self-host, ranked by community traction.
Runtipi
Dashboards & StartpagesHomeserver manager with one-click installs for self-hosted apps
Homarr
Dashboards & StartpagesCustomizable dashboard for your self-hosted services
Replaces Heimdall
Smashing
Dashboards & StartpagesSinatra-based dashboard framework for custom widgets
Replaces Geckoboard
DashMachine
Dashboards & StartpagesApplication dashboard for keeping services organized
Replaces Google homepage
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At a glance
| App | Deploy effort | Difficulty | Min. RAM | License | ★ Stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dashy | ≈5-minute setup | Easy | 256 MB | MIT | 26,708 |
| Runtipi | ≈5-minute setup | Easy | 512 MB | GPL-3.0 | 9,688 |
| Homarr | Under-an-hour setup | Easy | 256 MB | Apache-2.0 | 5,091 |
| Smashing | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 256 MB | MIT | 3,301 |
| DashMachine | Under-an-hour setup | Easy | 128 MB | Unlicense | 1,264 |
Quick picks
- Most adopted: Dashy (26,708 GitHub stars).
- Lightest footprint: DashMachine (from 128 MB RAM, against 512 MB for the heaviest here).
- Fastest to deploy: Dashy (verified single-container compose).
- Licensing: 2 of 5 use MIT; check the rest individually if you plan to modify and redistribute.
Every option here is open-source and self-hostable, tagged Plugins within the dashboards & startpages category. Deploy effort is graded from published container recipes, not vendor claims — see the methodology.