Cube vs Glance
A side-by-side comparison of two self-hosted dashboards & startpages options
— licensing, setup difficulty, resource needs, and what each one
replaces.
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Compare Cube with
choose an app… Uptime Kuma Netdata Grafana Prometheus Metabase Portainer CE CasaOS What's Up Status Glances Homepage InfluxDB Grafana k6 Grafana Loki Dashy Apache SkyWalking Beszel Dockge Jaeger Vector Sampler Dashboard Homer Benphelps Homepage Heimdall Evidence Glances Web Dashboard Flame Cosmos Server Lightdash Organizr Your Spotify Dashboard Homarr Personal Management System Walkxcode Startpage dashdot Speedtest Tracker Dashboard Smashing Lobe Startpage Dockpeek Apprise Dashboard Chronograf DashMachine Lissy93 Dashy Themes Statusnook Dash. by phntxx Flemmarr Fenrus Mafl Starbase 80 Grafonnet Dashboards Grafana Image Renderer Grafana Scenes Kiosk LXD Dashboard Homepage by tomershvueli Web-Portal Dashbrr Hiccup DMARCguard Webtop Dashboard portkey Hubleys Yacht gobookmarks Startpunkt
Compare Glance with
choose an app… Uptime Kuma Netdata Grafana Prometheus Portainer CE CasaOS What's Up Status Glances Homepage InfluxDB Grafana k6 Grafana Loki Dashy Apache SkyWalking Beszel Dockge Jaeger Vector Sampler Dashboard Homer Benphelps Homepage Heimdall Glances Web Dashboard Flame Cosmos Server Organizr Your Spotify Dashboard Homarr Personal Management System Walkxcode Startpage dashdot Speedtest Tracker Dashboard Smashing Lobe Startpage Dockpeek Apprise Dashboard Chronograf DashMachine Lissy93 Dashy Themes Statusnook Dash. by phntxx Flemmarr Fenrus Mafl Starbase 80 Grafonnet Dashboards Grafana Image Renderer Grafana Scenes Kiosk LXD Dashboard Homepage by tomershvueli Web-Portal Dashbrr Hiccup DMARCguard Webtop Dashboard portkey Hubleys Yacht gobookmarks Startpunkt
Feature Cube Glance Category Dashboards & Startpages Dashboards & Startpages License Apache-2.0 AGPL-3.0 Language Rust Go Setup difficulty Medium Easy Min. RAM 512 MB 128 MB Deployment docker, kubernetes, source docker, binary GitHub stars ★ 20,572 ★ 36,179 First released 2019 2024 Replaces Looker, AtScale Heimdall
Why pick each one
Choose Cube if… Consistent metrics across tools Strong API surface Cube details Choose Glance if… Information-dense layout Very lightweight Easy config Glance details
Frequently asked questions Is Cube or Glance better? Glance is the stronger all-round pick: it has both the larger community and the simpler easy setup. Consider Cube if its specific feature set fits your needs better.
Are Cube and Glance free and open-source? Yes. Cube is licensed under Apache-2.0 and Glance under AGPL-3.0. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.
Can I run Cube and Glance with Docker? Cube: yes. Glance: yes.