miniboard

miniboard is a lightweight dashboard application written in Go that provides tabs, panels and simple uptime monitoring with notifications. Configuration can be done through the web GUI or a YAML file, and it is distributed as a Docker image or a single binary.

Key Features

• Lightweight Go backend with an HTML/Bootstrap frontend and small resource footprint
• Panels and tabs to organize hosts, services and links into customizable boards
• Built-in uptime monitoring that records status history in a local SQLite database
• Configurable notifications and alerting for monitored hosts
• Configure via web GUI or YAML file; environment variables and CLI options available
• Optional Docker socket integration to create panels from running containers
• Themes support (Bootswatch) and options for offline/local assets to avoid external requests

Use Cases

• Personal or home-lab startpage showing service status and quick links
• Small-team status board for basic uptime and availability monitoring
• Lightweight alternative to larger dashboard systems for monitoring a few hosts or services

Limitations and Considerations

• Uses SQLite for storage, which is suitable for small deployments but not for large-scale monitoring
• Authentication is basic (session cookie with bcrypt password support); no built-in OAuth/SSO providers
• By default the frontend pulls themes and fonts from the Internet; additional setup is required for fully offline/local deployments

miniboard is targeted at users who need a simple, low-maintenance dashboard and uptime monitor for small environments. It emphasizes ease of setup, local configuration and minimal dependencies while providing basic alerting and visual organization of services.