Homer
Dead simple static homepage to expose your server services, with an easy yaml configuration and connectivity check.
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Still maintained? Yes: 16 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v26.08.3 (Aug 2026).
Also an alternative to Linktree.
At a glance
Homer quick facts
- Health score
- 80/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 11,684
- Last commit
- 9 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v26.08.3, Aug 2026
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
Top alternatives to Homer
Full rankings: Linktree alternatives
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Homer scores 80/100, #13 of 19 in Personal Dashboards: 16 commits in the last 90 days earn 18.7 of 35 points, the latest release (v26.08.3, 2 months ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 11,684 stars add 16.3 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is commit activity, worth 16.3 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity biggest shortfall 18.7 / 35
16 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v26.08.3 released 2 months ago
- Stars 16.3 / 20
12k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 10.0 / 10
Docker image or Compose file available
Commit activity
- 16
- Last 90 days
- 63
- Last 12 months
- 9 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #13 of 19 tools in Personal Dashboards by health , between ryot (#12) and LinkStack (#14) .
Details
| Licence | Apache-2.0 |
| Platforms | Docker, K8S, Nodejs |
| Latest release | v26.08.3 · 2 months ago |
| Stars | 11,684 |
| Open issues | 120 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | bastienwirtz/homer ↗ |
Homer vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with Homer (Personal Dashboards), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dashy | 98 | 27k | MIT | today |
| Homepage by gethomepage | 98 | 33k | GPL-3.0 | today |
| Homer (this tool) | 80 | 12k | Apache-2.0 | 9 days ago |
| LinkStack | 66 | 3.9k | AGPL-3.0 | 4 days ago |
| LittleLink | 49 | 3.1k | MIT | 3 months ago |
| Starbase 80 | 32 | 560 | MIT | 2 months ago |
Homer: common questions
What does Homer replace?
Repoly lists Homer as an open-source alternative to Linktree. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where Homer stands against the others.
Is Homer still maintained?
Homer had 16 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 9 days ago; the latest tagged release, v26.08.3, is from 2 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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