Glance vs Heimdall
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 Glance with
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Compare Heimdall 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 Cube Sampler Dashboard Homer Benphelps Homepage 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 Fenrus Mafl
Feature Glance Heimdall Category Dashboards & Startpages Dashboards & Startpages License AGPL-3.0 MIT Language Go PHP Setup difficulty Easy Easy Min. RAM 128 MB 256 MB Deployment docker, binary docker GitHub stars ★ 36,179 ★ 9,291 First released 2024 2017 Replaces Heimdall Heimdall
Why pick each one
Choose Glance if… Information-dense layout Very lightweight Easy config Glance details Choose Heimdall if… Very simple to set up Clean look Low maintenance Heimdall details
Frequently asked questions Is Glance or Heimdall 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 Glance and Heimdall free and open-source? Yes. Glance is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and Heimdall under MIT. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.
Can I run Glance and Heimdall with Docker? Glance: yes. Heimdall: yes.