Organizr — Unified Dashboard for Your Homelab Services

Introduction

Organizr consolidates every self-hosted service into one tabbed browser window. Instead of bookmarking dozens of internal URLs, you embed each app as a tab and control who can see what through built-in user groups and authentication.

What Organizr Does

• Embeds any web application as an iframe tab inside a single dashboard
• Authenticates users and maps them to groups with different tab visibility
• Acts as a lightweight SSO proxy forwarding credentials to downstream services
• Displays a homepage with widgets for Plex, Sonarr, Radarr, and other media apps
• Supports custom CSS themes and community-made color schemes

Architecture Overview

Organizr is a PHP application that runs behind nginx or Apache. It stores configuration and user data in a local SQLite database. Each tab is rendered as an iframe pointed at the upstream service URL. The authentication layer can pass headers to reverse proxies so downstream apps trust the logged-in user without a second login prompt.

Self-Hosting & Configuration

• Deploy via Docker with the official organizr/organizr image
• Run the first-time setup wizard to create an admin account and database
• Add tabs by specifying the service URL, icon, and required user group
• Enable the built-in authentication proxy to forward user headers to nginx or Traefik
• Customize appearance with themes from the Organizr community repository

Key Features

• Single-pane-of-glass view for unlimited self-hosted services
• Multi-user authentication with group-based tab access control
• Homepage widgets pulling live data from Plex, Tautulli, Sonarr, and Radarr
• LDAP and Plex OAuth login integration for existing user directories
• Lightweight footprint running on PHP with SQLite — no external database needed

Comparison with Similar Tools

• Homer — static YAML-configured startpage, no auth or iframe embedding
• Dashy — feature-rich dashboard but no built-in user management or SSO
• Homepage — widget-focused dashboard, read-only with no embedded app tabs
• Homarr — drag-and-drop dashboard with integrations, less mature SSO story
• Heimdall — simple application launcher, no iframe tabs or user groups

FAQ

Q: Does Organizr work behind a reverse proxy? A: Yes. Organizr is commonly paired with nginx, Traefik, or Caddy. Auth headers can be forwarded so downstream apps inherit the logged-in user.

Q: Can I use Organizr as a single sign-on solution? A: It provides basic SSO by injecting auth headers that compatible apps can consume. For full OAuth or SAML SSO, pair it with Authelia or Authentik.

Q: Is Organizr still actively maintained? A: The v2 branch is stable and receives community updates. Development continues on bug fixes and theme compatibility.

Q: What services have native homepage widgets? A: Plex, Tautulli, Sonarr, Radarr, Lidarr, Ombi, Speedtest, and several others have built-in widget integrations.

Sources

• https://github.com/causefx/Organizr
• https://docs.organizr.app/