Glance — Beautiful Self-Hosted Dashboard for All Your Feeds

What Glance Does

Glance provides configurable widgets for:

• RSS Feeds: Any RSS/Atom feed with thumbnails and summaries
• Reddit: Subreddit posts with thumbnails and engagement metrics
• Hacker News: Top stories, new, best, ask, and show
• YouTube: Channel videos with thumbnails
• Weather: Current conditions and forecast (via Open-Meteo)
• Stocks/Crypto: Real-time market data for any ticker
• GitHub Releases: Latest releases from any repository
• Twitch: Live streams and channel status
• Calendar: iCal/webcal integration
• Bookmarks: Quick link collections
• Search: Custom search widget with multiple engines
• Clock: Multiple time zones
• Custom Iframe: Embed any web page or service
• Monitor: HTTP endpoint health checks

Configuration

Everything in a single YAML file:

# glance.yml
pages:
  - name: Home
    columns:
      - size: small
        widgets:
          - type: weather
            location: Shanghai, China
            units: metric

          - type: bookmarks
            groups:
              - title: Dev Tools
                links:
                  - title: GitHub
                    url: https://github.com
                  - title: GitLab
                    url: https://gitlab.com

          - type: stocks
            stocks:
              - symbol: AAPL
              - symbol: GOOG
              - symbol: BTC-USD

      - size: full
        widgets:
          - type: rss
            title: Tech News
            style: horizontal-cards
            feeds:
              - url: https://hnrss.org/frontpage
                title: Hacker News
              - url: https://www.theverge.com/rss/index.xml
                title: The Verge

          - type: reddit
            subreddit: selfhosted
            show-thumbnails: true

      - size: small
        widgets:
          - type: releases
            repositories:
              - immich-app/immich
              - jellyfin/jellyfin
              - glanceapp/glance

          - type: youtube
            channels:
              - UCHnyfMqiRRG1u-2MsSQLbXA  # Veritasium

Self-Hosting

Docker Compose

services:
  glance:
    image: glanceapp/glance:latest
    ports:
      - "8080:8080"
    volumes:
      - ./glance.yml:/app/glance.yml:ro
    restart: unless-stopped

Binary (No Docker)

# Download single binary
curl -L https://github.com/glanceapp/glance/releases/latest/download/glance-linux-amd64 -o glance
chmod +x glance
./glance --config glance.yml

Key Features

Themes & Customization

Built-in themes with full CSS customization:

theme:
  background-color: 20 20 30
  primary-color: 200 170 110
  contrast-multiplier: 1.2
  font-size-base: 16

Multiple Pages

Organize widgets across multiple pages:

pages:
  - name: Home
    # main dashboard widgets...
  - name: Development
    # dev-focused widgets...
  - name: Finance
    # stock & crypto widgets...

Responsive Layout

Glance automatically adjusts layout for mobile, tablet, and desktop viewports.

Resource Usage

• RAM: ~15MB idle
• CPU: Negligible
• Docker image: ~15MB
• Startup time: <1 second

Glance vs Alternatives

FAQ

Q: How is Glance different from Homer/Dashy? A: Homer and Dashy are mainly app-link dashboards (bookmark pages). Glance is an information-aggregation dashboard with built-in widgets for RSS, Reddit, weather, stocks, and other live content. If you only need app links, Homer is simpler. If you want news, updates, and data at a glance, Glance is a better fit.

Q: Can I customize CSS? A: Yes. Glance supports YAML-configured color themes and custom CSS files for deeper customization.

Q: Authentication support? A: Glance has no built-in authentication. Protect access via a reverse proxy's basic auth (Nginx, Caddy, Traefik) or an OAuth proxy (Authelia, Authentik).