Glance is a fast, self-hosted dashboard written in Go that aggregates RSS, Reddit, Hacker News, YouTube, GitHub releases, weather, stocks, and Docker stats into a single configurable startpage. Free, open-source under AGPL-3.0, and runs in under 25MB of RAM.
Glance is a self-hosted, YAML-driven dashboard that consolidates your RSS feeds, Reddit, Hacker News, YouTube subscriptions, GitHub release timelines, weather, market quotes, and Docker container stats onto one fast-loading startpage. We rate it 87/100 — in 2026 it is the most polished and most-starred self-hosted homepage on GitHub, and the clear default pick for homelab owners who want a beautiful single-pane-of-glass without writing a line of frontend code.
Glance is an open-source Go application built and maintained by Svilen Markov and a community of more than 100 contributors. The project was first published to GitHub on , and has grown into one of the most-starred self-hosted dashboards in the ecosystem — the official glanceapp/glance repository sits at 33,887 stars and 1,309 forks as of , ahead of homelab classics like Homarr and Homepage.
Where projects like Heimdall and Dashy focus on bookmark grids, Glance is built around feeds: it pulls live data from dozens of sources and lays them out in a tight, fast, mobile-friendly grid that re-renders on demand. Configuration lives in a single glance.yml file — widgets, columns, themes, pages, the lot — which makes the entire dashboard trivial to back up, version, and template across multiple homelabs.
glance.yml file with hot-reload, so backups and migrations are a single cp.glanceapp/glance Docker image.
Sentiment on r/selfhosted in 2025 and 2026 has been overwhelmingly positive: multiple top-voted threads describe Glance as “the dashboard I actually use every morning” and praise the YAML-only workflow as a relief after fighting with database-backed alternatives. The Hacker News thread on the original release reached the front page and singled out the responsive design and the Custom API widget as standouts.
Recurring complaints are honest and worth flagging: there is no web UI for editing the config, so first-time users spend an hour learning the YAML schema; the Reddit widget periodically breaks when Reddit tweaks rate-limits or anti-bot measures; and the project has had brief periods of slower commits when the maintainer was on holiday — the most recent release (v0.8.4) shipped in June 2025 with active development continuing on the main branch through late 2025.
Glance is 100% free and open source under the GNU AGPL-3.0 license. There is no paid tier, no telemetry, and no hosted version — you self-host the binary or the Docker image on hardware you already own.
| Plan | Price | Key Limits |
|---|---|---|
| Self-hosted (only plan) | $0 | Unlimited widgets, pages, users; AGPL-3.0 source-availability obligations apply if you fork and offer it as a public service. |
Best for: Homelab owners, self-hosters, developers, and sysadmins who already run Docker on a Pi, NAS, or VPS and want a single startpage that pulls together feeds, releases, weather, and container stats. The YAML-first design is ideal for people who like to keep their config in Git.
Not ideal for: Non-technical users who want a click-and-drag dashboard builder — Heimdall or Homarr will be friendlier. Also not the best pick for teams that need authentication, multi-user permissions, or audit logs out of the box: Glance has no built-in auth and expects you to put it behind a reverse proxy with your own SSO.
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The closest comparable projects are Homepage (Next.js, more focused on service status), Homarr (database-backed, click-to-edit), Dashy (Vue, very themeable), and Heimdall (the original PHP-based bookmark grid). Glance trumps the lot on speed and on its Custom API widget, but Homarr is friendlier for non-developers and Homepage has tighter built-in integrations with specific services like Sonarr and Radarr.
If you are a developer or homelab owner who already runs Docker, the answer is an unambiguous yes — Glance is free, fast, gorgeous out of the box, and the YAML-first design ages much better than database-backed alternatives. The 87/100 rating reflects the small list of real cons: no web-UI editor, no built-in auth, and an occasional widget break when upstream APIs change. For everyone else, those caveats are easily worth the trade for the cleanest self-hosted startpage on GitHub.
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