Glance vs ryot
| Tagline | Highly customizable dashboard that puts all your feeds in one place | Track your media, fitness, and life facets in one self-hosted application |
| Category | BI & Dashboards | BI & Dashboards |
| Replaces | Tableau, Looker, Power BI | Tableau, Looker, Power BI |
| GitHub stars | 35k | 3.4k |
| Language | Docker | Docker |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | GPL-3.0 |
| 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 | yesterday |
| 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
ryot
- No business analytics or arbitrary data source connectivity
- No mobile native app; relies on Progressive Web App
- Social/sharing features are limited compared to Goodreads or Letterboxd
- No collaborative or multi-household tracking support
Bottom line
Choose Glance if you want the lower-effort setup; choose Glance for the larger community and ecosystem. ryot has seen more recent development. Open each guide below for deploy steps and the full feature gap.