dashy vs homepage
Is it time to switch? We break down the differences so you can stop bleeding money.
Choose homepage.
If you want to own your data, save money, and avoid vendor lock-in, homepage is more popular among developers.
What Actually Matters
No fluff — just the differences that affect your decision
Both open source, different licenses: dashy uses MIT, homepage uses GPL-3.0. Check the fine print if you're building commercial.
Both are free. Your wallet can relax on this one.
Both can run on your own metal with Docker. Full data ownership, no cloud dependency. We have deploy guides for each.
homepage leads at 33.1k stars vs 26.7k, but both have solid communities. You won't be alone with either choice.
dashy is built in Vue, homepage in JavaScript. Matters if you want to contribute, extend, or debug internals.
Try both — most offer free tiers. The right pick depends on your stack size, team, and tolerance for DevOps.
dashy
🚀 A self-hostable personal dashboard built for you. Includes status-checking, widgets, themes, icon packs, a UI editor and tons more!
Why Choose dashy
- ✓Open source and self-hostable
Drawbacks
- ×Requires self-hosting setup
homepage
A highly customizable homepage (or startpage / application dashboard) with Docker and service API integrations.
Why Choose homepage
- ✓**Fully static, fast** — optimized for performance
- ✓**Fully proxied** — secure connections to services
- ✓**Easily configured** — via YAML files or Docker label discovery
Drawbacks
- ×Self-hosting can be complex
- ×May require additional setup for service integrations