HomePage

[timconsidine]

A highly customizable homepage (or startpage / application dashboard) with Docker and service API integrations.

https://gethomepage.dev/
https://github.com/benphelps/homepage

Not yet at V1.0 release but seems to be getting traction
Might (ha ha) be a simple packaging.

[robi]

Nice, the docker labels discovery is an interesting feature!

[timconsidine]

Initial package done
Need to do some testing
Will then post a repo

[RazielKanos]

sorry, i don'Ät get it... whats the usecase for this?

[timconsidine]

@RazielKanos it is similar concept to Heimdall, Flame, Homarr, even Shiori
Basically a dashboard of apps (they call them services) and website links (they call them bookmarks).
Cloudron has its own dashboard of installed apps, but (a) it's not navigable in the same way, and (b) it's only installed apps, this can provide a dashboard for any link.

[timconsidine]

OK, I have a working custom app package
https://git.cloudron.io/timconsidine/homepage-cloudron

There is one install glitch that I simply cannot fathom (maybe it's just my environment).
But I have provided a solution which is detailed in POSTINSTALL.md in case it is not just me.

Do let me know if it works 'out the box' for you - it might.
Otherwise follow the workaround.

NB : there is an oddity in the app about mismatch of background image location.
Follow the POSTINSTALL.md details.

[robi]

since the .md links are not internet addressable as file, best to link to the actual repo location: https://git.cloudron.io/timconsidine/homepage-cloudron/-/blob/main/POSTINSTALL.md

[timconsidine]

I assumed people would just read it in the repo, so good point, thank you.

[timconsidine]

I have now populated my Homepage, and can give feedback that :

• the compact design allows rapid access to large number of links
• it is more compact than Heimdall or Flame or Shiori, and so more 'efficient' in screen space
• it supports tabs ! so even more can be achieved in a single (kinda) screen
• the YAML config needs a little mastering, but the reward is a lot of customisation possible
• more customisable than Cloudron dashboard (which has little choice)
• support for SimpleIcons, Material Design Icons and Dashboard icons makes configuring YAML much quicker
• background is of course customisable (design and opacity), or have none for maximum clarity
• inclusion of CPU, RAM and DISK stats is helpful keeping an eye on things

I can be disorganised physically and mentally, and am hoping this will make life easier.

EDIT : image is bit large so looks bad unless you open and zoom

[timconsidine]

I have resolved the issue around completing the installation.
A small step still needs to be done as detailed in instructions (restart the app then refresh the screen).
Seems this is a known node issue, so nothing more I can do about it.
Repo updated.

[WiseMetalhead]

I gave it a shot and tried packaging the Homepage app myself. The thing is, I don’t have much experience with app development, so I’ve been figuring things out through trial and error (with a bit of help from GPT ).

The app installs and runs fine, but I’ve noticed a couple of things I can’t seem to fix:

• During installation, the app automatically creates a kubernetes.yaml file in /app/data. I couldn’t find a way to prevent that.
• After logging into the app’s web interface for the first time, several additional files (from the skeleton folder) are generated in /app/data. They just sit there even if they’re not needed — for example, docker.yaml.

For reference, here’s my repo: https://vgit.lvcl.ru/vladislav/homepage-cloudron (mirror: https://github.com/WiseMetalhead/homepage-cloudron)

Maybe I’ll fix this later, maybe not — for my personal use, the app works just fine.

[robi]

@WiseMetalhead you should be able to remove the additional files from the cose skeleton dir so they are not coping over to /app/data

[timconsidine]

@WiseMetalhead well done on packaging - it's always a bit trial-and-error !

My memory of this app is vague and distant, but if files are not needed, they can be removed from /app/data by adding code for that to start.sh to get a tidy installation, but I'd be tempted to ignore them.

[WiseMetalhead]

@timconsidine said in HomePage:

they can be removed from /app/data by adding code for that

I don’t think that’s possible, because almost all the YAML files appear in the /app/data folder only after I visit the Homepage. Before that, there’s just the logs folder, settings.yaml, and kubernetes.yaml. It looks like the app generates services.yaml, widgets.yaml, and the other files afterward.

@robi said in HomePage:

you should be able to remove the additional files from the cose skeleton dir

I haven’t tried removing the files from the skeleton folder yet. I thought that might cause an error, since when Homepage starts it tries to generate or copy those YAML files — and if they’re missing, it might fail.

[robi]

@WiseMetalhead one way to find out is to test it, another way is to read what the code does. Then we're in reality, despite what we both may think