Dashy 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 Dashy with
choose an app… Uptime Kuma Netdata Grafana Prometheus Portainer CE CasaOS What's Up Status Glances Homepage InfluxDB Grafana k6 Grafana Loki Apache SkyWalking Beszel Dockge Jaeger Vector Cube 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
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 Apache SkyWalking Beszel Dockge Jaeger Vector Cube 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 Dashy Glance Category Dashboards & Startpages Dashboards & Startpages License MIT AGPL-3.0 Language Vue Go Setup difficulty Easy Easy Min. RAM 256 MB 128 MB Deployment docker docker, binary GitHub stars ★ 26,140 ★ 36,179 First released 2021 2024 Replaces Heimdall Heimdall
Why pick each one
Choose Dashy if… Very feature-rich Lots of themes Built-in status checks Dashy details Choose Glance if… Information-dense layout Very lightweight Easy config Glance details
Frequently asked questions Is Dashy or Glance better? Neither is universally better. Glance has the larger community; both share a easy setup difficulty, so the decision comes down to features and licensing.
Are Dashy and Glance free and open-source? Yes. Dashy is licensed under MIT and Glance under AGPL-3.0. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.
Can I run Dashy and Glance with Docker? Dashy: yes. Glance: yes.