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Dashy

A customisable start page that puts all your apps and links in one place.

Visit Dashy4.6

  • Rating

    4.6 / 5

  • Pricing

    Free

  • Difficulty

    Intermediate

  • Works on

    Web, Cross-Platform

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What is Dashy?

Dashy is a free, open-source personal dashboard you can host yourself to organise your apps, services and bookmarks on one page. It includes status checks, widgets, themes, icon packs, keyboard shortcuts and a visual editor, so you can build a tidy home screen without writing code.

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Pros: what Dashy does well

  • Highly customisable layouts and themes
  • Built-in status checks and widgets
  • Free and open source

Cons: where it falls short

  • Needs a server or Docker to run
  • So many options it can feel busy at first

Who Dashy is for

People who juggle many web apps and want one tidy page to launch them all.

Who can skip it

Anyone happy with a handful of browser bookmarks.

Dashy alternatives

Not sold on Dashy? These do a similar job, and each card says what it has in common.

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Homer

Focus: homelab. Shares dashboard and start page with Dashy. Rated 4.5 (Dashy: 4.6).

Web AppFreeWeb
4.5Visit

Homarr

Focus: homelab and self-hosting. Shares dashboard and start page with Dashy. Adds Windows and Linux. Same 4.6 rating.

Web AppFreeWeb, Windows
4.6Visit

Homepage

Focus: docker. Shares dashboard and start page with Dashy. Same 4.6 rating.

Web AppFreeWeb, Cross-Platform
4.6Visit

Heimdall

Focus: launcher and self-hosting. Shares dashboard and start page with Dashy. Rated 4.5 (Dashy: 4.6).

Web AppFreeWeb
4.5Visit

Glances

Focus: system monitor, performance and command line. Shares dashboard and open source with Dashy. A desktop app, not a web app. Adds macOS, Windows and Linux. Rated 4.5 (Dashy: 4.6).

Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.5Visit

Free alternatives to Dashy

Want to spend nothing? These free picks cover similar ground.

Glance

Focus: rss. Shares dashboard and start page with Dashy. Rated 4.7 (Dashy: 4.6).

Web AppFreeWeb, Cross-Platform
4.7Visit

Atuin

Focus: shell history, terminal and command line. Shares open source and github with Dashy. A desktop app, not a web app. Adds macOS, Linux and Windows. Rated 4.7 (Dashy: 4.6).

Desktop AppFreemacOS, Linux
4.7Visit

btop

Focus: system monitor, terminal and processes. Shares open source and github with Dashy. A desktop app, not a web app. Adds macOS, Linux and Offline. Rated 4.7 (Dashy: 4.6).

Desktop AppFreemacOS, Linux
4.7Visit

htop

Focus: process viewer, system monitor and terminal. Shares open source and github with Dashy. A desktop app, not a web app. Adds macOS and Linux. Rated 4.7 (Dashy: 4.6).

Desktop AppFreemacOS, Linux
4.7Visit

Jellyfin

Focus: media server, streaming and home server. Shares self-hosted and open source with Dashy. Rated 4.7 (Dashy: 4.6).

Web AppFreeCross-Platform
4.7Visit
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