glanceapp

    glanceapp/glance

    A self-hosted dashboard that puts all your feeds in one place

    analytics
    devops
    self-hosted
    monitoring
    aggregator
    dashboard
    docker
    feed-reader
    go
    homelab
    homepage
    reddit
    rss
    rss-reader
    startpage
    youtube
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    Updated 2/27/2026
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    About glance

    What if you could see everything at a...

    Glance

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    Community widgetsPreconfigured pagesThemes

    Features

    Various widgets

    • RSS feeds
    • Subreddit posts
    • Hacker News posts
    • Weather forecasts
    • YouTube channel uploads
    • Twitch channels
    • Market prices
    • Docker containers status
    • Server stats
    • Custom widgets
    • and many more...

    Fast and lightweight

    • Low memory usage
    • Few dependencies
    • Minimal vanilla JS
    • Single <20mb binary available for multiple OSs & architectures and just as small Docker container
    • Uncached pages usually load within ~1s (depending on internet speed and number of widgets)

    Tons of customizability

    • Different layouts
    • As many pages/tabs as you need
    • Numerous configuration options for each widget
    • Multiple styles for some widgets
    • Custom CSS

    Optimized for mobile devices

    Because you'll want to take it with you on the go.

    Themeable

    Easily create your own theme by tweaking a few numbers or choose from one of the already available themes.


    Configuration

    Configuration is done through YAML files, to learn more about how the layout works, how to add more pages and how to configure widgets, visit the configuration documentation.

    Preview example configuration file
    pages:
      - name: Home
        columns:
          - size: small
            widgets:
              - type: calendar
                first-day-of-week: monday
    
              - type: rss
                limit: 10
                collapse-after: 3
                cache: 12h
                feeds:
                  - url: https://selfh.st/rss/
                    title: selfh.st
                    limit: 4
                  - url: https://ciechanow.ski/atom.xml
                  - url: https://www.joshwcomeau.com/rss.xml
                    title: Josh Comeau
                  - url: https://samwho.dev/rss.xml
                  - url: https://ishadeed.com/feed.xml
                    title: Ahmad Shadeed
    
              - type: twitch-channels
                channels:
                  - theprimeagen
                  - j_blow
                  - piratesoftware
                  - cohhcarnage
                  - christitustech
                  - EJ_SA
    
          - size: full
            widgets:
              - type: group
                widgets:
                  - type: hacker-news
                  - type: lobsters
    
              - type: videos
                channels:
                  - UCXuqSBlHAE6Xw-yeJA0Tunw # Linus Tech Tips
                  - UCR-DXc1voovS8nhAvccRZhg # Jeff Geerling
                  - UCsBjURrPoezykLs9EqgamOA # Fireship
                  - UCBJycsmduvYEL83R_U4JriQ # Marques Brownlee
                  - UCHnyfMqiRRG1u-2MsSQLbXA # Veritasium
    
              - type: group
                widgets:
                  - type: reddit
                    subreddit: technology
                    show-thumbnails: true
                  - type: reddit
                    subreddit: selfhosted
                    show-thumbnails: true
    
          - size: small
            widgets:
              - type: weather
                location: London, United Kingdom
                units: metric
                hour-format: 12h
    
              - type: markets
                markets:
                  - symbol: SPY
                    name: S&P 500
                  - symbol: BTC-USD
                    name: Bitcoin
                  - symbol: NVDA
                    name: NVIDIA
                  - symbol: AAPL
                    name: Apple
                  - symbol: MSFT
                    name: Microsoft
    
              - type: releases
                cache: 1d
                repositories:
                  - glanceapp/glance
                  - go-gitea/gitea
                  - immich-app/immich
                  - syncthing/syncthing
    

    Installation

    Choose one of the following methods:

    Docker compose using provided directory structure (recommended)

    Create a new directory called glance as well as the template files within it by running:

    mkdir glance && cd glance && curl -sL https://github.com/glanceapp/docker-compose-template/archive/refs/heads/main.tar.gz | tar -xzf - --strip-components 2
    

    click here to view the files that will be created

    Then, edit the following files as desired:

    • docker-compose.yml to configure the port, volumes and other containery things
    • config/home.yml to configure the widgets or layout of the home page
    • config/glance.yml if you want to change the theme or add more pages
    Other files you may want to edit
    • .env to configure environment variables that will be available inside configuration files
    • assets/user.css to add custom CSS

    When ready, run:

    docker compose up -d
    

    If you encounter any issues, you can check the logs by running:

    docker compose logs
    

    Docker compose manual

    Create a docker-compose.yml file with the following contents:

    services:
      glance:
        container_name: glance
        image: glanceapp/glance
        restart: unless-stopped
        volumes:
          - ./config:/app/config
        ports:
          - 8080:8080
    

    Then, create a new directory called config and download the example starting glance.yml file into it by running:

    mkdir config && wget -O config/glance.yml https://raw.githubusercontent.com/glanceapp/glance/refs/heads/main/docs/glance.yml
    

    Feel free to edit the glance.yml file to your liking, and when ready run:

    docker compose up -d
    

    If you encounter any issues, you can check the logs by running:

    docker logs glance
    

    Manual binary installation

    Precompiled binaries are available for Linux, Windows and macOS (x86, x86_64, ARM and ARM64 architectures).

    Linux

    Visit the latest release page for available binaries. You can place the binary in /opt/glance/ and have it start with your server via a systemd service. By default, when running the binary, it will look for a glance.yml file in the directory it's placed in. To specify a different path for the config file, use the --config option:

    /opt/glance/glance --config /etc/glance.yml
    

    To grab a starting template for the config file, run:

    wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/glanceapp/glance/refs/heads/main/docs/glance.yml
    

    Windows

    Download and extract the executable from the latest release (most likely the file called glance-windows-amd64.zip if you're on a 64-bit system) and place it in a folder of your choice. Then, create a new text file called glance.yml in the same folder and paste the content from here in it. You should then be able to run the executable and access the dashboard by visiting http://localhost:8080 in your browser.


    Other

    Glance can also be installed through the following 3rd party channels:



    Common issues

    Requests timing out

    The most common cause of this is when using Pi-Hole, AdGuard Home or other ad-blocking DNS services, which by default have a fairly low rate limit. Depending on the number of widgets you have in a single page, this limit can very easily be exceeded. To fix this, increase the rate limit in the settings of your DNS service.

    If using Podman, in some rare cases the timeout can be caused by an unknown issue, in which case it may be resolved by adding the following to the bottom of your docker-compose.yml file:

    networks:
      podman:
        external: true
    
    Broken layout for markets, bookmarks or other widgets

    This is almost always caused by the browser extension Dark Reader. To fix this, disable dark mode for the domain where Glance is hosted.

    cannot unmarshal !!map into []glance.page

    The most common cause of this is having a pages key in your glance.yml and then also having a pages key inside one of your included pages. To fix this, remove the pages key from the top of your included pages.


    FAQ

    Does the information on the page update automatically? No, a page refresh is required to update the information. Some things do dynamically update where it makes sense, like the clock widget and the relative time showing how long ago something happened.
    How frequently do widgets update? No requests are made periodically in the background, information is only fetched upon loading the page and then cached. The default cache lifetime is different for each widget and can be configured.
    Can I create my own widgets?

    Yes, there are multiple ways to create custom widgets:

    • iframe widget - allows you to embed things from other websites
    • html widget - allows you to insert your own static HTML
    • extension widget - fetch HTML from a URL
    • custom-api widget - fetch JSON from a URL and render it using custom HTML
    Can I change the title of a widget?

    Yes, the title of all widgets can be changed by specifying the title property in the widget's configuration:

    - type: rss
      title: My custom title
    
    - type: markets
      title: My custom title
    
    - type: videos
      title: My custom title
    
    # and so on for all widgets...
    

    Feature requests

    New feature suggestions are always welcome and will be considered, though please keep in mind that some of them may be out of scope for what the project is trying to achieve (or is reasonably capable of). If you have an idea for a new feature and would like to share it, you can do so here.

    Feature requests are tagged with one of the following:

    • Roadmap - will be implemented in a future release
    • Backlog - may be implemented in the future but needs further feedback or interest from the community
    • Icebox - no plans to implement as it doesn't currently align with the project's goals or capabilities, may be revised at a later date

    Building from source

    Choose one of the following methods:

    Build binary with Go

    Requirements: Go >= v1.23

    To build the project for your current OS and architecture, run:

    go build -o build/glance .
    

    To build for a specific OS and architecture, run:

    GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -o build/glance .
    

    click here for a full list of GOOS and GOARCH combinations

    Alternatively, if you just want to run the app without creating a binary, like when you're testing out changes, you can run:

    go run .
    

    Build project and Docker image with Docker

    Requirements: Docker

    To build the project and image using just Docker, run:

    (replace owner with your name or organization)

    docker build -t owner/glance:latest .
    

    If you wish to push the image to a registry (by default Docker Hub), run:

    docker push owner/glance:latest
    


    Contributing guidelines

    • Before working on a new feature it's preferable to submit a feature request first and state that you'd like to implement it yourself
    • Please don't submit PRs for feature requests that are either in the roadmap[1], backlog[2] or icebox[3]
    • Use dev for the base branch if you're adding new features or fixing bugs, otherwise use main
    • Avoid introducing new dependencies
    • Avoid making backwards-incompatible configuration changes
    • Avoid introducing new colors or hard-coding colors, use the standard primary, positive and negative
    • For icons, try to use heroicons where applicable
    • Provide a screenshot of the changes if UI related where possible
    • No package.json
    [1] [2] [3]

    [1] The feature likely already has work put into it that may conflict with your implementation

    [2] The demand, implementation or functionality for this feature is not yet clear

    [3] No plans to add this feature for the time being


    Thank you

    To all the people who were generous enough to sponsor the project and to everyone who has contributed in any way, be it PRs, submitting issues, helping others in the discussions or Discord server, creating guides and tools or just mentioning Glance on social media. Your support is greatly appreciated and helps keep the project going.

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