Which Self-Hosted Dashboard is Right For You??

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Күн бұрын

And the winner is....watch the video :)
Heimdall - heimdall.site/
Homer - github.com/bastienwirtz/homer
Homarr - github.com/ajnart/homarr
Dashy - dashy.to/
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0:00 Intro
0:47 The plan
1:01 Heimdall
3:36 Homer
5:57 Homarr
9:54 Dashy
12:39 Which one did I choose?
14:00 Conclusion

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@TMoneyJones Жыл бұрын

I would love a dashy video! Looks super interesting. I’ve never really delved into the world of dashboards before. I’m a pleb who always types out the address url. I don’t even have them bookmarked 😅

@barbietripping Жыл бұрын

In a way, you bring up a great point. The dashboard is just a glorified bookmarks folder. It can often be faster to just jump to address bar and type the url you are using. I think I will hold off on dashboards for now; thank you wise commenter

@ajnart_ Жыл бұрын

Lmao I'm just now learning about this video ! I'm the creator of homarr. Thank you for this video :) We are working super hard on the next version to clean out everything

@maker000 Жыл бұрын

@frankiefrancis6 5 ай бұрын

🧐 if you real sent a few subscriptions

@zachchenoweth6622 5 ай бұрын

A video explaining some features would be awesome. I can't figure out how to default users to a specific board or how to get certain docker features to play nicely.

@solracarevir Жыл бұрын

I really love the look of Flame Dashboard. It doesn't have the functionality of Heimdall or Dashy but I think is more visually appealing.

@Whiskey7BackRoads Жыл бұрын

Yes on Dashy setup video, especially on status integration. I am having problems with error for Proxmox on Dell server, PFsense and others. Some show up first try, and I don't know why. I do love the layout and functionality of it, but a bit over whelming to get started for a newbie. Thanks for the videos, been a lot of help

@johnterpack3940 Жыл бұрын

I'd probably go with Homarr. I already have pretty much the entire *arr stack on my rig. Since none of it really does what it's supposed to it doesn't really matter if the dashboard is buggy or not.

@txbluesguy Жыл бұрын

I just found your channel (the Cloudflare video - just what I was looking for). I am using Homarr. I did use Homar. I am looking at Dashy. I would definitely watch a video on setting up Dashy.

@groto27 Жыл бұрын

Bro. Nice vid. Been using Heimdall for 1.5 years and maybe I need to try something new. Funny thing is Homer/Homarr/Dashy all have unique advantages like you mentioned, so I am not sure which of the 3 I should try as they all seem good in their own way. Since it's Saturday night I guess I'll just drink some beer instead for now. Lol.

@iburley_ Жыл бұрын

You silly goose, you didn't include Flame! I like it because it's sort of a hybrid of a dashboard and a browser homepage. You can put a search box at the top, links to all of your usual websites on the bottom, and of course all of your homelab services. Not the prettiest, not the most information (like services online or offline and whatnot) but a really nice page.

@danbrown586 7 ай бұрын

I've been using Heimdall for a while, and been playing with Homarr a little bit recently. Some other points of comparison in addition to what you mention: * Heimdall integrates with lots more apps (89) than Homarr (16) * Heimdall has a default "theme" (light or dark) for each app. While you can change the background color of the button to anything you like, in many cases the icon doesn't work well with a dark (or a light) background, so you end up with some mismatched buttons. * Heimdall lets you upload a background image right through its UI (Homarr will let you use a custom background image, but getting it onto the system that's running Homarr seems to be your own problem). * Other than a search bar (with your search engine of choice), Heimdall doesn't have any concept of "widgets." Its integration with the apps it integrates with is on the button/card itself--so a card for NZBGet, for example, will show you how much data is in the queue and how fast you're downloading, but there's no way to see the list of items in the queue on your dashboard. And (e.g.) clock, calendar, weather just aren't there.

@gregzavertnik1204 Жыл бұрын

I used Heimdall for a while but the lack of grouping and nesting was to big of a deal to overcome with tags. I am moving to Dashy as I see a lot of potential in the widget framework for me. More in depth Dashy tut's are on my list to watch and create.

@RaidOwl Жыл бұрын

Yeah I'm shocked that something as 'polished' as Heimdall has yet to integrate a basic grouping feature.

@zoltankiss7445 Жыл бұрын

Personally, I would go for Dashy. I also don't have many services, but if I need to extend in some way, I will have the possibility right on the spot and I don't need to migrate to another dashboard. Even the most complicated tool can be used in a simple way.

@28469 Жыл бұрын

bruh was literally gonna make it my plan to get a dashboard this week, then this man brings this out. Legend

@adrianmurillo2646 Жыл бұрын

Hey mane, awesome comparison video! btw for Homarr, in order to move tiles around you need to hold down the tile for 0.25 seconds, I too struggled with this

@RaidOwl Жыл бұрын

Ohh…lol that makes more sense

@Vaalbeast 5 ай бұрын

'Homepage' really took off last year, and I think it surpassed all of the competition. It's somewhat similar to Homer, but better.

@danjah3061 5 ай бұрын

I was just about to write the same thing. homepage is really good. The integration of “apps” or “containers” is really strong. Better than any shown here.

@wondergnome 5 ай бұрын

Homepage for the win, you silly goose

@Bateman0983 7 ай бұрын

I've used all of these and have been using dashy for one very simple reason. The others are great for a homelab, but dashy allows for custom links far easier.

@mattb7406 9 ай бұрын

badass video. that prowler thing looks interesting.. have to check it out too

@dennisthiele2312 Жыл бұрын

Like dashy for the easy Setup and great customization, much better in the middle Long Term than the Others, but now i start with Homepage, Not so easy but the funktions are absolutely buffing 👍

@marcoosx980 7 ай бұрын

since I have Home Assistant running 24/7. I've used a popup card in Home assistant which I use as a network dashboard to my network applications. And that I can give any design I can think off.

@Frank-do1bg Жыл бұрын

Theres is also homepage by Ben Phelps It can only be configured through yamls files but its pretty easy and has excellent documentation

@jaygreentree4394 Жыл бұрын

Heimdall doesnt offer any groupings the way you are wanting but you can sort items manually.

@boosterg Жыл бұрын

I like the ease of configuration of Dashy, and how it looks, but it tends to consume a bit of CPU even when it is "idle." Secondly, I was unable to get any widgets to work correctly, either it totally broke the yml file, or just didn't display any data. I am using it as a Docker container on my Synology.

@skytrackzproduction644 7 ай бұрын

"Ur mother and I, we're proud of you" really threw me off ahahah!

@hotrodhunk7389 10 ай бұрын

Uptime Kuma is my homepage. Has links built in and monitors the up time and latency which is a good indicator if something is wrong.

@IzzuThug 5 ай бұрын

Organizr, I think that's a popular one that you missed.

@rowler952 Жыл бұрын

As for Bender, I've already tried it, it's a Homer replacement with UI CONFIG.

@thereason1010 11 ай бұрын

Very good breakdown and comparison.

@pablo15sc 11 ай бұрын

Homarr user here, amazing dashboard!

@yesyes9698 2 ай бұрын

I had to code my own. It got tiring to have to choose and have so many things I liked in each separate haha.

@Tenly2009 Жыл бұрын

Is there any kind of NMap script (or other scanner) that will scan my entire home network and use the results to automatically create a starting config file for any/all of these dashboard products based on what it finds running on the network? My problem is I have so many services/smart devices running on my network that I don’t even remember what all of them are (let alone what port their listening on).

@peterg4527 Жыл бұрын

Awesome Content please keep this type of content coming !

@vincentaguilar6249 Жыл бұрын

Correct me if I’m wrong but would isn’t it called Heimdall since he can view everything in the 9 realms therefore it’s a great dash board name since you can view everything in your home lab? Great video dude! Really inspiring

@RaidOwl Жыл бұрын

Lol maybe!

@johnterpack3940 Жыл бұрын

Yes, that's his strength.

@somegeek7126 Жыл бұрын

I found a use case for the Homarr double URL configuration ("Service URL" and "On click URL"). When I use the https adress on my TrueNAS instance I get a red dot (error 500) on the icon, like if the instance is not reachable. The workaround is to use the http adress in the "Service URL" (the ping then works) and the https adress on the "On click URL".

@hbhamilton3 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comparisons, Homer Boy!

@bertnijhof5413 8 ай бұрын

I have it easy. I monitor everything using Conky :) Of course I monitor the Host OS in this way with all detailed values and I have added the OpenZFS values I want to monitor, like the values of L1ARC; L2ARC; the sizes of datapools and main datasets. I also monitor the throughput of each datapool, its L2ARC cache and its ZIL/LOG. Conky for all Virtualbox VMs is run from the same shared folder with a small script and the conky declaration. I have one central conky declaration for all Linux VMs. Basically two; one for all VMs from before ~2012 and one after the change of Conky in ~2012. I have no need for a central overview of all VMs, basically the Host OS gives a good idea about the state of the total system and in Gnome 45 I can move between workspaces and its VMs (conky display) using the mouse wheel :) To pass full screen VMs I have to keep the "Windows-key" pressed.

@testbox3201 6 ай бұрын

We're not talking about monitoring here

@thefrisianclause Жыл бұрын

What a coincidence... I just went with the Homer dashboard yesterday :D

@CountZilch Жыл бұрын

What ones support multiple users?

@tester0083 Жыл бұрын

+1 for the DASHY features video!!

@thatguywiththe 11 ай бұрын

Did not like homer or homarr - I do like dashy and I've been using Heimdall due to how simple and easy it is to configure it.

@belkomedia1013 Жыл бұрын

Great video. Tho I feel you really should have adddd homepage to the list.

@MrBrutalmetalhead Жыл бұрын

i have been using Heimdall for a few years now and its great however I'm thinking of changing. I'm running a lot more services now and I'm trying to automate more things with Ansible. i will have to try some of these others out

@valterschmaltz Жыл бұрын

Homepage is really nice. Configuration is yaml based and it has some nice features. Config is really simple. I was using Heimdall too, but being unable to easily backup my config is a pain.

@MrBrutalmetalhead Жыл бұрын

@@valterschmaltz saw the db tech video a few day ago on it. It looks great. I totally agree about backing up configs is important. I think that's probably the one I'm going to change to. Thanks for helping me choose

@Darkk6969 Жыл бұрын

@@valterschmaltz Homepage got potential. So I am deciding between Homepage and Dashy.

@valterschmaltz Жыл бұрын

@@Darkk6969 I have tried dashy too. It's really good. Got way more features, you can edit the config from the web too. But I will stick with homepage, it's simpler, way quicker to load. But do your test with both. Both are good options

@phychmasher Жыл бұрын

6:43 Heimdall does this as well... or at least it does now. Maybe it didn't 4 months ago. I will say, it has no way of backing up so you miss things like your background jpg if you changed it.

@ricigri1242 Жыл бұрын

I know i'm 6 months late, but i hope to see a video about Dashi here on your channel one day. Thank you :) (this youtube channel is a gem)

@waynefong5960 4 ай бұрын

Dashy is great but I'm currently having some problem with it when making a backup. The situation is when I upload the backup and redeploy the backup on a new device or new docker container, the server would just stuck or hang after a page refreshing. I don't exactly know the problem until now but I do like the features available in Dashy tho.

@Prevok 6 ай бұрын

I may try Homer, I like the look. Currently on Dashy. Just tried Homarr, but I want to colums for category, not rows (what the point with widescreen nowadays). I can find plenty of post on Reddit saying to look at the doc, but the doc moved and is incomplete. Looking at the archive on Github, I still cannot find anything to tweak this that is obvious. I am guessing I need to do CSS wizardry and that's simply not going to happen.

@chrisumali9841 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the demo and indo. Have a great day

@RaidOwl Жыл бұрын

Thanks you too!

@Breeegz Жыл бұрын

Homer for your main... add a tile for Homarr to manage the ARR stack Then you can either say Homer or HomeARRRRR!

@dagthewog6290 4 ай бұрын

Just found this video. Thank you. I'm going with Dashy because of your review.

@awoods910 6 ай бұрын

Organizr easily the best

@JamesAdamsTech 9 ай бұрын

OrganizrV2 > ALL

@vaisakhkm783 Жыл бұрын

i am using favorates bar for bookmatlet... can't leave without it

@lobeliabaggins8782 Жыл бұрын

In world of cancelation, service denial and other limitations self-deployments and managements is a go. Dashy looks promising. Ps. weird I was just thinking about dashboard for ease of access...

@RaidOwl Жыл бұрын

KZfaq knows what you’re thinking lol

@lobeliabaggins8782 Жыл бұрын

@@RaidOwl Thanks for heads up. Going off grid in 5,4... Cya

@tester0083 Жыл бұрын

still waiting for an entire video on dashy 🥺

@RaidOwl Жыл бұрын

“Soon”

@xGshikamaru Жыл бұрын

Could have given homarr a zoidberg out of 10 🙂

@Mehmehx 7 ай бұрын

I’d like a dashboard to show me data from all specific systems, rather than just a dashboard of access to those systems. I mean, a folder with bookmarks can replace these dashboards

@RaidOwl 7 ай бұрын

Check out my recent homelab tour software edition video and skip to the homarr part

@riffdex 6 ай бұрын

I’m new to learning about self hosting. What’s the purposes of a dashboard?

@RaidOwl 6 ай бұрын

Easy way to keep track of and access all your services.

@antman872 5 ай бұрын

love your channel dude

@andrewtyacke1395 Жыл бұрын

We are all the same "being" with differing "egos".

@Jimmy_Jones Жыл бұрын

I'm partial to the doughnut too.

@georgeshalvashvili6270 7 ай бұрын

Portainer is the best dashboard

@28469 Жыл бұрын

Funniest tech youtuber, hands down

@BenReese Жыл бұрын

Great video! I went with Dashy myself because I have to update enough config files already... Setting everything up with a GUI is a nice change! It's been a few months since this vid has been out, so I'll see if you've done a Dashy video yet. 🤔

@BTK810 2 ай бұрын

Just curious, what kind of Subaru do you drive

@RaidOwl 2 ай бұрын

Toyota Tundra

@BTK810 2 ай бұрын

@@RaidOwl Niceeee

@TatePictures Жыл бұрын

if you want Heimdall with grouping just look at fenrus

@daltonvanhorn5167 5 ай бұрын

run a WordPress container and create your own

@RaidOwl 5 ай бұрын

Nah

@MiranHlede Жыл бұрын

yelling

@andykrivovjas9256 Жыл бұрын

I tried almost every dashboard reviewed in the video. Each has its pros and cons. Eventually I switched to benphelps/homepage. It is relatively new and is under development, but already gathered a large community around. Give it a shot. It supports many popular services as widgets, super easy to configure, love it.

@bluesquadron593 Жыл бұрын

Looks great! Thanks for the tip.

@valterschmaltz Жыл бұрын

I have recently moved from Heimdall to homepage, and couldn't be happier.

@the7egend Жыл бұрын

I had been using Flame, but this looks like the replacement I've been waiting for since Flame looks like it's stagnated. Thanks.

@try-that Жыл бұрын

I'm just looking at it now as I've got tired of bookmarks . I see he's coding the qbittorrent widget, so I'm super happy. I've installed it, just going to try and set it up. It does look good though! I think DBtech just did a video on Homepage if anyone wants to see it in action.

@groto27 Жыл бұрын

Wow this does look cool. Nice find. This would make a good video as well.

@FSULAUBACH Жыл бұрын

I could be on some other sh.t tomorrow who knows lmfao

@bett0diaz Жыл бұрын

Where is Organizr?? Thats the one I use and found it is the easiest to setup. Great video!!

@RaidOwl Жыл бұрын

I’ll put it on the list to check out!

@chaosfenix 11 ай бұрын

@@RaidOwl I haven't tried it yet as I am still waiting on parts for my new server but honestly this is the one that appeals most to me. None of the other dashboards seem to allow for different users which actually seems pretty important to me. I want to be able to monitor the health etc of my environment but I don't necessarily want my wife and kids to have access to all that. How would you accomodate multiuser setups so that I can have access to the system items but I can give my family access to things like Jellyfin, nextcloud, and JellySeerr? Edit: Also would be interesting to hear your take on Homepage. It seems to be pretty functional and is well organized.

@sigreer83 7 ай бұрын

@@RaidOwl for media server integration nothing is even on the same plane of existence as Organizr. Totally with @bett0diaz

@abinadius Жыл бұрын

Dashy, Dashy, Dashy!

@phsouzabr Жыл бұрын

Yes! Dashy video!

@GabrielM01 Жыл бұрын

the best one is portainer, i have heimsall running, but i just find it easier to open services with portainer since i am already logged in there and i spend a lot of time there anyway

@rrogan2002 Жыл бұрын

I like them all but I think Dashy is the best.

@richardjohnston5194 Жыл бұрын

Dashy Video Please!?

@saulgoodman1390 Жыл бұрын

I personally would have given Homer a doughnut of 10.. but that's just me

@RaidOwl Жыл бұрын

Mmmmm doughnuts…

@SpookyLurker Жыл бұрын

Dashy up the video!

@jeffnew1213 Жыл бұрын

No Windows-based dashboards?

@RaidOwl Жыл бұрын

Spin up Docker Desktop in Windows then you’re good to use all of these 🙂

@ModyModyMody2002 Жыл бұрын

I ❤️ DASHY!!!

@CaseyJMoore Жыл бұрын

Give me the business on Dashy

@DarthDweeb Жыл бұрын

Your first born is safe.....or is it?🤨 We really do love dashy. (This is clearly a joke, don't delete this KZfaq)

@RaidOwl Жыл бұрын

KZfaq this man right here, GET HIM! 😅

@jimmyjohn6464 Жыл бұрын

Dashy

@jimmyjohn6464 Жыл бұрын

Dashy Dashy Dashy

@coletraintechgames2932 Жыл бұрын

SPOSED TO YELL IN THE COMMENTS FOR DASHY... there it was

@ifaithful1 Жыл бұрын

hommar means donkey in arabic

@3sixtymining Жыл бұрын

CasaOS

@dexstewey Жыл бұрын

DASHY Video, PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@tigeroats913 Жыл бұрын

homarr means donkey in Arabic👍

@Dezo365 Жыл бұрын

I just make my own ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

@MrNotebuck Жыл бұрын

Yelling

@krisclem8290 11 ай бұрын

These are the 4, the rest are probably open source malware 😉

@sasab7584 Жыл бұрын

I have never used a dashborad app before. Actually I am, it is web based and called Papaly, but I was looking to switching to something selfhosted. Spun up Heimdall last year, was not impressed. Papaly has all those menus, and I gathered more than 200 links in it in last five years, and all of it has to go somewhere. A selfhosted solution should at least hold the 20-30 quicklinks plus the local environment. Dashy was the first one I have opened that I liked. I am in slow process of setting it up, but it is still not at the stage to get to be a default landing page in my browsers. A specific thing I like about Dashy that no other dashboard app had done is the ability to have multiple pages, accessible by the buttons in the top right corner. On the other matter, a few days ago I spun up another project. Homepage is its name (because of such common name, I'll add that the author is benphelps@github). You might like it, it is a clean single page environment with a plenty of widget possibilities, I think even more than those available in Dashy. And, yes, I too would like to see a video about Dashy. Dashy is not popular enough.

@jimmyjohn6464 Жыл бұрын

Love the bs word great and rainbow blip funny sh#$#^^ so good keep it up thanks man