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Glancevsweb-portal

Two self-hosted Dashboard projects, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.

Glanceweb-portal
Score80/10048/100
Rank in category#3 of 44 in Dashboard#23 of 44 in Dashboard
GitHub stars37 829259
Stars, last 30 days+645—
Stable releases, 12 months32
Latest releasev0.8.7 · 15 Oct 2026v2.6.0 · 27 Oct 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0AGPL-3.0
Main languageGoPython

Which one should you pick?

Glance scores 80/100 against 48/100 for web-portal, so it is the safer default.

Glance ships more often: 3 stable releases in the past year, against 2 for web-portal.

If you want the quickest setup, Glance is easier to run; web-portal needs more configuration.

Glance is growing faster right now (+645 stars in 30 days).

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