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Web App

Heimdall

A self-hosted start page that launches all your web apps.

Visit Heimdall4.5

  • Rating

    4.5 / 5

  • Pricing

    Free

  • Difficulty

    Intermediate

  • Works on

    Web

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What is Heimdall?

Heimdall is a self-hosted dashboard for organizing your web applications and links. Its README describes it as an application dashboard and launcher that can also act as a browser start page, with a built-in search bar and optional live stats for supported apps. It ships as a multi-architecture Docker image.

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Pros: what Heimdall does well

  • Every app and link sits on one tidy page
  • Supported apps can show live stats on their tiles
  • Available in more than 20 languages

Cons: where it falls short

  • You need to host it yourself
  • Some setup knowledge is helpful

Who Heimdall is for

People running several web tools who want one page to reach them all.

Who can skip it

Anyone happy with browser bookmarks.

Heimdall alternatives

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

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Homarr

Focus: homelab. Shares dashboard and self-hosting with Heimdall. Adds Windows and Linux. Rated 4.6 (Heimdall: 4.5).

Web AppFreeWeb, Windows
4.6Visit

Dashy

Focus: self-hosted. Shares dashboard and start page with Heimdall. Rated 4.6 (Heimdall: 4.5).

Web AppFreeWeb, Cross-Platform
4.6Visit

Homepage

Focus: docker. Shares dashboard and start page with Heimdall. Rated 4.6 (Heimdall: 4.5).

Web AppFreeWeb, Cross-Platform
4.6Visit

Homer

Focus: self-hosted and homelab. Shares dashboard and start page with Heimdall. Same 4.5 rating.

Web AppFreeWeb
4.5Visit

Glances

Focus: system monitor, performance and command line. Shares dashboard and open source with Heimdall. A desktop app, not a web app. Adds macOS, Windows and Linux. Same 4.5 rating.

Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows
4.5Visit

Free alternatives to Heimdall

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

Atuin

Focus: shell history, terminal and command line. Shares open source and github with Heimdall. A desktop app, not a web app. Adds macOS, Linux and Windows. Rated 4.7 (Heimdall: 4.5).

Desktop AppFreemacOS, Linux
4.7Visit

btop

Focus: system monitor, terminal and processes. Shares open source and github with Heimdall. A desktop app, not a web app. Adds macOS, Linux and Offline. Rated 4.7 (Heimdall: 4.5).

Desktop AppFreemacOS, Linux
4.7Visit

Coolify

Focus: deployment, hosting and servers. Shares self-hosting and open source with Heimdall. Rated 4.7 (Heimdall: 4.5).

Web AppFreeWeb
4.7Visit

htop

Focus: process viewer, system monitor and terminal. Shares open source and github with Heimdall. A desktop app, not a web app. Adds macOS and Linux. Rated 4.7 (Heimdall: 4.5).

Desktop AppFreemacOS, Linux
4.7Visit

Beszel

Focus: server monitoring, docker and alerts. Shares self-hosting and open source with Heimdall. Adds Linux. Rated 4.6 (Heimdall: 4.5).

Web AppFreeWeb, Linux
4.6Visit

kitty

Focus: terminal, command line and gpu. Shares open source and github with Heimdall. A desktop app, not a web app. Adds macOS and Linux. Rated 4.6 (Heimdall: 4.5).

Desktop AppFreemacOS, Linux
4.6Visit
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