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Dashy vs Homarr

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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DA Dashy Feature-rich personal dashboard for self-hosters VS Homarr Customizable dashboard for your self-hosted services
FeatureDashyHomarr
Deploy effort≈5-minute setupUnder-an-hour setup
Health score97 · Excellent89 · Excellent
CategoryDashboards & StartpagesDashboards & Startpages
LicenseMITApache-2.0
LanguageVueTypeScript
Setup difficultyEasyEasy
Min. RAM256 MB256 MB
Deploymentdockerdocker
GitHub stars★ 26,552★ 4,778
First released20212022
ReplacesHeimdallHeimdall

What are Dashy and Homarr?

Dashy

Dashy is a highly configurable personal dashboard with status checks, widgets, themes, and authentication. It targets home labbers who want a feature-packed start page. It is deployed via Docker.

  • Status checking for services
  • Many widgets and themes
  • Optional authentication
  • Cloud backup option

Read the full Dashy guide →

Homarr

Homarr is a sleek, customizable dashboard that organizes links and widgets for your self-hosted services with deep integrations. It targets home labbers wanting a polished start page. It is deployed via Docker.

  • Drag-and-drop layout editor
  • Service status integrations
  • Built-in widgets and search
  • Theming support

Read the full Homarr guide →

Dashy vs Homarr: key differences

Dashy is written in Vue, while Homarr is built with TypeScript. Licensing differs — MIT for Dashy versus Apache-2.0 for Homarr. Dashy has the considerably larger community, at 26,552 GitHub stars versus 4,778.

Why pick each one

Choose Dashy if…

  • Very feature-rich
  • Lots of themes
  • Built-in status checks

Watch out for

  • Many options to configure
  • Slower recent development
Dashy details

Choose Homarr if…

  • Beautiful modern UI
  • Easy drag-and-drop config
  • Good integrations

Watch out for

  • Newer with evolving features
  • Mostly single-dashboard focus
Homarr details

Frequently asked questions

Is Dashy or Homarr better?

Neither is universally better. Dashy has the larger community; both share a easy setup difficulty, so the decision comes down to features and licensing.

Are Dashy and Homarr free and open-source?

Yes. Dashy is licensed under MIT and Homarr under Apache-2.0. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.

Can I run Dashy and Homarr with Docker?

Dashy: yes. Homarr: yes.

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