Dashy is a free, open-source, self-hostable personal dashboard and homepage built specifically for homelabs and self-hosted services.

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🚀 Overview

Dashy is a highly customizable, self-hosted dashboard that serves as the ultimate starting point for your homelab. It allows you to organize links to your self-hosted apps, monitor their status in real-time, display dynamic widgets, and launch services quickly from a single, beautiful interface. Whether you're running Plex, Nextcloud, Home Assistant, or dozens of other services, Dashy centralizes everything into a responsive, themeable homepage.

The project solves the common homelab problem of scattered bookmarks, multiple browser tabs, and no easy way to check service health or search for apps. Instead of digging through folders or typing URLs, you get instant search, status indicators, customizable layouts, and powerful features like multi-user auth and cloud sync—all configured via simple YAML or an intuitive UI editor.

Dashy was built by Alicia Sykes (@Lissy93), a software engineer passionate about privacy, security, self-hosting, and Linux. She created it for her own homelab to streamline her workflow, and has since grown it into a community-driven project with 24k+ GitHub stars and hundreds of contributors. It's for self-hosting enthusiasts, developers, and anyone who wants a privacy-focused, ad-free alternative to commercial dashboards.

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✨ Key Features

• Status Checks & Widgets: Real-time health indicators for apps (with response times) and 50+ built-in widgets for monitoring self-hosted services, productivity tools, and system stats
• Theming & Customization: Dozens of built-in themes, live color palette editor, custom CSS support, layouts, icons (Font Awesome, Material, emojis, etc.), and full UI configurator
• Search, Shortcuts & Launching: Instant search by name/tag/domain, keyboard hotkeys, and flexible app opening (new tab, modal popup, workspace view, clipboard)
• Auth & Multi-User: Optional password protection, granular permissions, multi-user support, and integration with Keycloak/SSO
• Upcoming/Experimental: Enhanced cloud sync (E2EE backups), more widgets, improved PWA support, and ARM optimizations

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🛠 Tech Stack

• Frontend: Vue.js, TypeScript, SCSS, HTML/CSS
• Backend: None (static-first, with Node.js for dev/server)
• Build Tools: Vite, Yarn, Vitest
• Database: None required
• Auth: Custom (basic/multi-user) / Keycloak
• Hosting: Docker (primary), Vercel, Netlify, Railway, Render, Heroku, bare metal (Node.js 18+)

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👥 Who Is This For?

This project is useful for:

• Homelab enthusiasts who want a centralized, beautiful portal for 20+ self-hosted services
• Self-hosters prioritizing privacy, no tracking, and full customization
• Developers and indie makers building/tinkering with personal servers, Raspberry Pi setups, or cloud labs

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📸 Screenshots / Demo

• Live demo: https://demo.dashy.to
• GitHub: https://github.com/Lissy93/dashy
• More demos: https://live.dashy.to (community showcase), https://dev.dashy.to (dev preview)
• Showcase gallery: https://dashy.to/docs/showcase

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🔥 Project Status

• 🟢 Actively building

Last updated: 2026-03-23

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❓ FAQ

Is this project free?

Yes — 100% free and open-source forever, no ads, tracking, or paywalls. MIT license. (Explain briefly.)

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Is the source code available?

Yes — link to repository https://github.com/Lissy93/dashy (24k stars, mirrors on Codeberg)

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Can I contribute?

Yes — All contributions welcome, from bug reports and PRs to translations, themes, widgets, and docs. See the contributing guide, open issues on GitHub, or sponsor via GitHub Sponsors. 170+ contributors already!

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📬 Contact & Links

• Website: https://dashy.to
• GitHub: https://github.com/Lissy93/dashy
• Twitter/X: https://x.com/Lissy_Sykes
• Email: Use GitHub issues or sponsor page

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