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Self-Hosting Dashy: The Ultimate Customizable Dashboard

Dashy is the most customizable self-hosted dashboard. Themes, widgets, authentication, status checks, and hundreds of icons.

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What Is Dashy?


Dashy is a feature-rich, highly customizable dashboard. While Homepage and Homarr focus on simplicity, Dashy focuses on maximum configurability.


Features


Themes

80+ built-in themes. Or create your own with custom CSS. Color schemes, fonts, layouts — everything is configurable.


Status Checks

Built-in uptime monitoring. Each service tile shows a green/red indicator based on HTTP status checks.


Authentication

Built-in auth with Keycloak/Authentik support. Multi-user with different views per user.


Widgets

  • Clock
  • Weather
  • System stats
  • RSS feed
  • GitHub activity
  • Crypto prices
  • Iframe embeds

    • Configuration

    YAML-based with a visual config editor in the browser. Change settings without touching files.


    Interactive Editor

    Edit your dashboard in the browser. Add sections, move items, change icons — all in a visual editor.


    Dashy vs Homepage vs Homarr


    | Feature | Dashy | Homepage | Homarr |

    |---------|-------|----------|--------|

    | Customization | Extreme | Moderate | Moderate |

    | Themes | 80+ | 1 (CSS custom) | Several |

    | Config method | YAML + Visual | YAML | Visual |

    | Widgets | Many | Most | Some |

    | Auth | Built-in | None | Basic |

    | Performance | Moderate | Fast | Moderate |


    Choose Dashy If

  • You want maximum customization
  • You need built-in authentication
  • You want to spend time making it perfect

    • Choose Homepage If

  • You want the most integrations
  • Performance matters
  • You prefer YAML configuration

    • Choose Homarr If

  • You want the easiest setup
  • You prefer visual editing
  • Non-technical users will use it

    • Deployment


    1. Deploy Dashy on TinyPod

    2. Use the visual editor to configure

    3. Add services, choose themes

    4. Customize to your heart's content


    Resources: 1 CPU, 256 MB RAM.