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Dynacat

Self-hosted dashboard built for people who want their information in one place.

References

Section titled “References”

Directory structure

Section titled “Directory structure”
  • Directorydynacat
    • Directoryconfig
      • dynacat.yml (*)
      • home.yml (*)
    • Directoryassets
      • user.css
    • compose.yml (*)
    • .env (*)

Make directory

Section titled “Make directory”
Terminal window
mkdir -p {{DOCKER_PATH_VAR}}/dynacat && cd {{DOCKER_PATH_VAR}}/dynacat

compose.yml

Section titled “compose.yml”
Terminal window
nano compose.yml
compose.yml
services:
  dynacat:
    container_name: dynacat
    image: panonim/dynacat
    restart: unless-stopped
    volumes:
      - ./config:/app/config
      - ./assets:/app/assets
      - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
      # Optional server stats widget
      - /etc/os-release:/host/etc/os-release:ro
      # Optional docker containers widget
      # - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro
    ports:
      - 8282:8080
    env_file: .env

.env

Section titled “.env”
Terminal window
nano .env
.env
TZ={{TIME_ZONE_VAR}}
ENABLE_EDITOR=false
LINKDING_URL=https://link.{{BASE_SUB_DOMAIN_VAR}}
LINKDING_TOKEN=

dynacat.yml

Section titled “dynacat.yml”
Terminal window
nano ./config/dynacat.yml
./config/dynacat.yml
server:
  assets-path: /app/assets


theme:
  # Note: assets are cached by the browser, changes to the CSS file
  # will not be reflected until the browser cache is cleared (Ctrl+F5)
  # custom-css-file: /assets/user.css


pages:
  # It's not necessary to create a new file for each page and include it, you can simply
  # put its contents here, though multiple pages are easier to manage when separated
  !include: home.yml

home.yml

Section titled “home.yml”
Terminal window
nano ./config/home.yml
./config/home.yml
- name: Home
  columns:
    - size: small
      widgets:
        - type: calendar
          first-day-of-week: sunday
        - type: clock
          hour-format: 12h
          timezones:
            - timezone: America/New_York
              label: New York
            - timezone: Europe/Madrid
              label: Madrid
            - timezone: Asia/Tokyo
              label: Tokyo
        - type: bookmarks
          groups:
            - links:
                - title: EchoLink
                  url: https://echo.lan.huffmanks.com
                - title: Github
                  url: https://github.com/huffmanks?tab=repositories
                - title: Tools
                  url: https://tools.huffmanks.com
        # not working with domain, localhost or IP address
        # - type: dynawidgets
        #   widget: linkding-dashboard
        #   title: Linkding
        #   cache: 30m
        #   limit: 10
        #   options:
        #     collapse-after: 5
        #     in-new-tab: true
        #     layout: vertical
        - type: rss
          limit: 10
          collapse-after: 3
          cache: 12h
          feeds:
            - url: https://selfh.st/rss/
              title: selfh.st
              limit: 3
            - url: https://word.huffmanks.com/rss.xml
              title: Weekly Word
              limit: 3


    - size: full
      widgets:
        - type: group
          widgets:
            - type: hacker-news
            - type: lobsters


        - type: videos
          channels:
            - UCyU5wkjgQYGRB0hIHMwm2Sg # Syntax
            - UCkVfrGwV-iG9bSsgCbrNPxQ # Better Stack
            - UCbRP3c757lWg9M-U7TyEkXA # Theo
            - UCUyeluBRhGPCW4rPe_UvBZQ # Primeagen
            - UCXuqSBlHAE6Xw-yeJA0Tunw # Linus Tech Tips
            - UCBJycsmduvYEL83R_U4JriQ # Marques Brownlee


        - type: group
          widgets:
            - type: reddit
              subreddit: selfhosted
              show-thumbnails: true
            - type: reddit
              subreddit: webdev
              show-thumbnails: true


    - size: small
      widgets:
        - type: weather
          location: Greenville, South Carolina, United States
          units: imperial
          hour-format: 12h


        - type: server-stats
          servers:
            - type: local
              name: Services


        - type: monitor
          cache: 1m
          title: Monitor
          show-history: true
          sites:
            - title: AdGuard Home
              url: http://{{SERVER_IP_VAR}}:8080
              icon: sh:adguard-home
            - title: Immich
              url: http://{{SERVER_IP_VAR}}:2283
              icon: sh:immich
            # not working
            # - title: Jellyfin
            #   url: http://{{SERVER_IP_VAR}}:8096
            #   icon: sh:jellyfin
            #   method: HEAD


        - type: markets
          markets:
            - symbol: SPY
              name: S&P 500
            - symbol: QQQ
              name: Nasdaq 100
            - symbol: DIA
              name: Dow Jones
            - symbol: GLD
              name: Gold
            - symbol: USO
              name: Crude Oil

Start container

Section titled “Start container”
Terminal window
docker compose up -d

Open web ui

Section titled “Open web ui”

http://localhost:8282 or http://{{SERVER_IP_VAR}}:8282