Heimdall

Heimdall is a self-hosted web dashboard that gives you a single page for accessing all your web applications and links. Instead of scattering bookmarks across multiple browsers or relying on memory, you add tiles to Heimdall for each service or website you use regularly, and they all appear on one organized home page. Many people use it as their browser start page.

The dashboard supports two tiers of application tiles. Foundation apps are recognized by name when you type them in: Heimdall automatically fills in the correct icon and a matching color. Enhanced apps go further, connecting to the application's own API so the tile can display live data. A media downloader tile, for example, can show the current queue size and download speed directly on the dashboard without opening the application.

Installation can be done manually on a web server running PHP 7.2.5 or newer, or through an official Docker image that supports multiple processor architectures including x86-64 and ARM. The manual route involves cloning the repository, copying a configuration file, generating an encryption key, and pointing a web server at the public folder. Docker users have a more direct path and the image is provided by the LinuxServer.io project.

The search bar on the dashboard can be pointed at Google, Bing, or DuckDuckGo. Users can customize which search providers appear and in what order, or add new ones. There is also a tile-search option that lets you find an app by name when the dashboard grows large.

The interface has been translated into multiple languages including German, French, Spanish, Russian, Finnish, Swedish, and Turkish, with community contributions welcome. Background images and color themes are configurable. The project is open-source and accepts pull requests on GitHub.