Glance vs Homarr
| Tagline | Highly customizable dashboard that puts all your feeds in one place | Sleek, modern homelab dashboard with rich integrations and drag-and-drop web config |
| Category | BI & Dashboards | BI & Dashboards |
| Replaces | Tableau, Looker, Power BI | Tableau, Looker, Power BI |
| GitHub stars | 35k | 4.1k |
| Language | Docker | Docker |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | MIT |
| Self-host difficulty | 2/5 Easy | 3/5 Moderate |
| Deploy options | Docker Docker Compose Manual | Docker Docker Compose |
| Managed hosting | ||
| Last updated | 19 days ago | today |
| View repo | View repo |
Where each falls short
The honest trade-offs — what you give up with each, versus the proprietary tools they replace.
Glance
- No built-in database or persistent data store; purely a read/aggregation layer
- No multi-user support or access control
- No data source connectors for business databases or warehouses (unlike Tableau/Power BI)
- No interactive charts, pivot tables, or drill-down analytics
Homarr
- No BI-style data visualization, SQL queries, or chart-building features
- v1.x migration from v0.x requires manual data migration steps
- Integration library narrower than proprietary enterprise dashboards
- No alerting or on-call notification system built in
Bottom line
Choose Glance if you want the lower-effort setup; choose Glance for the larger community and ecosystem. Homarr has seen more recent development. Open each guide below for deploy steps and the full feature gap.
Homarr
Sleek, modern homelab dashboard with rich integrations and drag-and-drop web config