Honey

Honey is a lightweight, client-side startpage and dashboard for organizing self-hosted services. It is implemented in plain HTML, CSS and JavaScript and runs entirely in the browser, with build tooling provided by Vite.

Key Features

• Pure client-side application implemented in HTML, CSS and JavaScript (no backend required).
• Configurable services and UI via a single JSON file (config/config.json) with support for custom icons and wallpapers.
• Visual availability indicators (ping dots) and options to open services in new tabs.
• Built with Vite for development and optimized builds; prebuilt archives/releases are available for easy deployment.
• Official Docker image and docker-compose example for containerized deployment.
• Settings UI exposes common options (dark mode, blur, animations, trusted domains, open-new-tab behavior).
• Simple mechanism for adding custom services (array of service objects with name, desc, href, icon).

Use Cases

• A personal homeserver startpage to centralize links to self-hosted apps (dashboards, dev tools, media services).
• A LAN/service catalog for a small team to quickly access internal tools and status at a glance.
• Quick deployment on a static webroot or container (Docker) to provide a uniform entrypoint for multiple services.

Limitations and Considerations

• All operations are client-side: settings are stored in the browser (cookies/local storage) and can be lost if cookies are blocked or cleared.
• No built-in multi-user accounts or server-side authentication; centralized/multi-user configuration requires deploying a shared config file on the server.
• Some UI assets (fonts/icons/wallpapers) are third-party resources and may require network access unless fully bundled in a custom config.

Honey is suitable when you need a simple, dependency-light startpage for self-hosted services that is easy to deploy and customize. It prioritizes minimalism and client-side operation over centralized user management or server-side features.