Host Homarr in Home Assistant
reddit / selfhosted

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Croome94 · 2023-11-27 22:09

Hey r/selfhosted community!

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I'm thrilled to introduce a new Home Assistant add-on: \*\*Homarr
Server\*\*. This add-on is crafted for those who are running Home
Assistant and looking for a straightforward way to self-host
additional services directly on their HA server – without the need for
separate hosting hardware.

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👉 \*\*What is Homarr Server?\*\*

Homarr Server is an add-on for Home Assistant that allows you to host
the Homarr dashboard directly on your Home Assistant server. It's
perfect for users who want to keep their self-hosted ecosystem
centralized and don't have the luxury of dedicated hosting hardware. I
realize that this is probably not for everyone here, but for some it
might seem useful.

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\*\*Why Homarr Server?\*\*

So I got this request from someone who didn't really have anywhere
else to host it locally and was wondering if it was able to use their
HA instance to host it.

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\*\*Easy Setup:\*\*

Homarr Server is designed for ease of use. Simply add the repo to your
Home Assistant instance, install the add-on, start the add-on, and
access your Homarr dashboard at the provided URL. It's that
straightforward!

Your feedback, thoughts, and experiences are much appreciated, as they
will help in refining and improving the add-on.

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Check it out here: [https://github.com/Wiggen94/ha-homarr-
server/](https://github.com/Wiggen94/ha-homarr-server/)

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P.S. A heartfelt thank you to the r/selfhosted community for being a
constant source of inspiration!

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yoJessieManDude · 2023-11-28 07:12

Clever! A really non-technical way of hosting, nice job

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Kawawete · 2023-11-28 10:04

I personally won't switch to that (I use a docker container for
Homarr) but it's a really great idea ! Cool to see people wanting to
make homelabbing/selfhosting easier :)

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LastTreestar · 2023-11-28 14:41

Does a dashboard exist which will scan your given IP space and detect
what services you're running? I can't possibly configure a hundred
service entries.

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Croome94 · 2023-11-28 15:01

For monitoring? I can suggest Uptime Kuma in that case.

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LastTreestar · 2023-11-28 22:04

Isn't Homarr a dashboard?

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Croome94 · 2023-11-28 22:57

It is but it can't do auto-detection of running services unfortunately

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LastTreestar · 2023-11-28 23:02

I played with Homarr, then, again, realized it also did not scan... so
the question is, does one exist that does?? I am still using bookmarks
like it's 1995.