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Dashy vs Organizr

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 OR Organizr Tabbed portal for your self-hosted services
FeatureDashyOrganizr
Deploy effort≈5-minute setupUnder-an-hour setup
Health score97 · Excellent62 · Good
CategoryDashboards & StartpagesDashboards & Startpages
LicenseMITGPL-3.0
LanguageVuePHP
Setup difficultyEasyEasy
Min. RAM256 MB256 MB
Deploymentdockerdocker
GitHub stars★ 26,552★ 5,817
First released20212017
ReplacesHeimdallHeimdall

What are Dashy and Organizr?

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 →

Organizr

Organizr provides a tabbed front end that brings all your self-hosted services together behind one portal with authentication. It targets users who want a unified, single-pane interface. It is deployed via Docker.

  • Tabbed iframe portal
  • Built-in authentication
  • User management
  • Service health pings

Read the full Organizr guide →

Dashy vs Organizr: key differences

Dashy is written in Vue, while Organizr is built with PHP. Licensing differs — MIT for Dashy versus GPL-3.0 for Organizr. Organizr is the more established project (first released 2017), while Dashy arrived in 2021. Dashy has the considerably larger community, at 26,552 GitHub stars versus 5,817.

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 Organizr if…

  • Unified single-page access
  • Built-in auth
  • Mature

Watch out for

  • Iframe approach has quirks
  • Dated UI
Organizr details

Frequently asked questions

Is Dashy or Organizr 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 Organizr free and open-source?

Yes. Dashy is licensed under MIT and Organizr under GPL-3.0. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.

Can I run Dashy and Organizr with Docker?

Dashy: yes. Organizr: yes.

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