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Homepage	Heimdall
Free The open-source software is available without a license fee. Hosting, hardware and…	Free The open-source software is available without a license fee. Hosting, hardware and…
Web, Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Everything is YAML, so a dashboard is reproducible and version-controlled Service widgets are proxied server-side, keeping API keys out of the browser	Almost no configuration; adding an app takes a few seconds
No graphical editor; every change is a file edit Docker label discovery needs socket access or a proxy container	Enhanced live tiles exist only for a fixed list of supported applications Development has been quiet for a long stretch
Self-hosted, Web application	Self-hosted, Web application
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	License: MIT
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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