CoreControl

CoreControl is an open-source self-hosted infrastructure dashboard designed to give teams and home lab enthusiasts a single pane of glass for their server estate. Built on Next.js with a Bun/Elysia API backend and PostgreSQL, it combines server inventory management, application uptime monitoring, and network visualization in one platform. A lightweight Go companion agent runs alongside the app and reports real-time CPU, RAM, and disk metrics from each managed host directly to the central dashboard — no third-party telemetry required.

Common Use Cases

Home lab operators use CoreControl to replace scattered bookmarks and spreadsheets with a structured inventory of every server and self-hosted service they run, making it easy to see the full picture at a glance. Small development teams deploy it to track which applications are up across staging and production environments, receiving alerts when services go down and reviewing historical availability before incidents become problems. Infrastructure engineers use the network flowchart feature to document how services interconnect across VMs and containers, making onboarding and incident response faster. Teams with multiple members use the Owner, Admin, and User role system to share access to the dashboard without granting everyone full control over the infrastructure inventory. The metrics agent gives each team member visibility into server resource usage without requiring SSH access to individual machines.

Key Features

• Server inventory with hardware details, status indicators, and quick-links to management panels
• Application uptime monitoring with real-time up/down status and historical availability records
• Lightweight Go-based metrics agent that reports CPU, RAM, and disk usage to the central dashboard
• Visual network flowchart generator to document service interconnections across your infrastructure
• Role-based access control with Owner, Admin, and User tiers for team collaboration
• First-visit registration — the first user to sign up automatically receives the Owner role
• PostgreSQL-backed storage with Prisma ORM for reliable data persistence
• Next.js frontend with a Bun/Elysia REST API for fast, modern performance
• Notification support for uptime alerts when monitored applications go offline
• First-visit self-registration — the first user to sign up receives the Owner role, with no pre-seeded default credentials required
• Multi-architecture Docker images with support for both AMD64 and ARM64 hosts

Why deploy CoreControl on Hostinger VPS

Running CoreControl on a Hostinger VPS keeps your entire infrastructure inventory and monitoring data on hardware you own and control. A VPS gives the companion metrics agent a stable, always-on host to collect server data continuously — without the latency or availability limits of a desktop or local machine. All server credentials, application URLs, uptime records, and availability history remain private, with no metrics or inventory data sent to external monitoring services. Hostinger's one-click Docker deployment bundles the CoreControl web app, the Go metrics agent, and a PostgreSQL database in a single compose stack, getting your infrastructure dashboard running in minutes with no manual configuration. Named volumes preserve your inventory and monitoring history across container updates, Traefik integration delivers secure HTTPS access to the dashboard from anywhere, and the role-based access system lets you share the dashboard safely with teammates as your infrastructure grows.