Heimdall

Heimdall is a purpose-built application dashboard that serves as a centralized hub for accessing web applications, self-hosted services, and frequently visited websites. Unlike browser bookmarks that become cluttered and disorganized over time, Heimdall provides a dedicated, visual interface optimized for quick access to your digital tools. The platform is particularly valuable for users managing multiple self-hosted services, as it consolidates access points and provides enhanced integrations that display live service statistics directly on the dashboard.

Common Use Cases

Homelab enthusiasts use Heimdall as their central command center, organizing access to dozens of self-hosted services like media servers, download clients, home automation platforms, and monitoring tools with enhanced tiles showing real-time status information. IT professionals deploy it as a browser start page for quick access to internal tools, documentation sites, and cloud services, leveraging the built-in search functionality for web queries. Remote teams utilize Heimdall to create shared dashboards of team resources, project management tools, and collaboration platforms, ensuring consistent access points across the organization. System administrators configure Heimdall instances for different environments (development, staging, production), with color-coded tiles providing visual distinction between service tiers.

Key Features

• Visual dashboard interface for organizing web applications and services
• Enhanced integrations displaying live statistics for supported applications (Sonarr, Radarr, NZBGet, SABnzbd, etc.)
• Automatic icon and color detection for recognized Foundation apps
• Built-in search bar with Google, Bing, or DuckDuckGo support
• Customizable tiles with colors, icons, and organization options
• Tag-based filtering for organizing large collections of applications
• Multiple theme options including light and dark modes
• Background customization with support for custom images
• Multi-user support with individual user configurations
• Quick add functionality for rapidly adding new application links
• Responsive design for access from desktops, tablets, and mobile devices
• No external dependencies or cloud services required

Why deploy Heimdall on Hostinger VPS

Deploying Heimdall on Hostinger VPS ensures your application dashboard is accessible from anywhere with consistent availability and performance. The VPS environment provides a stable platform for the enhanced app integrations, allowing Heimdall to continuously poll APIs and display live statistics for your self-hosted services without browser session dependencies. With dedicated resources, the dashboard loads instantly and maintains responsive performance even with dozens of configured applications and active enhanced tiles. Self-hosting on VPS infrastructure allows you to create a centralized access point for distributed services across multiple locations, with Heimdall serving as the single entry point regardless of where individual services are hosted. The persistent storage ensures your carefully organized dashboard configuration, custom themes, and application settings are preserved, while the always-available deployment makes Heimdall an ideal browser start page accessible from any device or location.