Homepage vs Homarr vs Heimdall: Picking a Self-Hosted Dashboard for Your Homelab
At some point every homelab operator ends up with a browser bookmarks folder that’s really a map of their own infrastructure: Sonarr on one port, Proxmox on another, Uptime Kuma somewhere else, each one a separate tab to dig up when you actually need it. That works fine for three or four services. It stops working once you’re running a dozen, especially if anyone else in the house wants to check on something without memorizing 10.0.x.x:port combinations. A self-hosted dashboard solves exactly that problem: one page, usually set as your browser’s homepage or a wall-mounted tablet’s only tab, that links out to everything and optionally shows you live status while it’s at it. Homepage, Homarr, and Heimdall are the three worth seriously considering, and they take meaningfully different approaches to the same job. ...