Install Dashy Application Dashboard on Windows 🌱

What is Dashy?

[Dashy is] a self-hostable personal dashboard built for you. Includes status-checking, widgets, themes, icon packs, a UI editor and tons more! -https://github.com/Lissy93/dashy

Installing Dashy

  1. Log into the Windows device
  2. Download the latest Dashy release Download
  3. Download NodeJS v18 Download
  4. Install NodeJS, accepting all the defaults
  5. Extract the downloaded Dashy files
  6. Rename the extracted folder dashy
  7. Cut the dashy folder to a location it can safely run from, C:\apps\dashy in this example
  8. Click on the Start menu > type cmd > Right click on Command Prompt > Run as administrator
  9. Run the following commands in the Command Prompt window
    # change directory to dashy, C:\apps\dashy in this example
    cd c:\apps\dashy
    # update npm
    npm install -g npm
    # install yarn
    npm install -g yarn
    # install win-node-env
    npm install -g win-node-env
    # fix dependencies
    yarn install --ignore-engines
    # create a backup .env file
    copy .\.env .\.env.orig
    # build dashy
    yarn build
    # run dashy
    yarn start
  10. Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP:4000
  11. Welcome to Dashy

Run Dashy on System Startup (Optional, but recommended)

  1. Press CTRL + C to kill the running Dashy process
  2. Open a text editor and paste the following

    :: Start dashy server
    cd /D "%~dp0"
    start "dashy" /b npm start

  3. Save the file as startup.bat in the dashy directory, C:\apps\dashy in this example
  4. Click on the Start Button > Type task > Launch Task Scheduler
  5. Right click the Task Scheduler Library folder in the left pane > Create Basic Task...
  6. Set the name to Dashy and optionally set a Description > Click Next
  7. For the Trigger, select When the computer starts > Click Next
  8. For the Action, select Start a program > Click Next
  9. Complete the form fields as follows:

    Program/script: "C:\apps\dashy\startup.bat"
    Add arguments:
    Start in:

  10. Click Next
  11. Check the Open the Properties dialog checkbox > Click Finish
  12. In the Properties dialog, click the Change User or Group... button
  13. Type System in the Object name field > Click OK
  14. Check the Run with highest privileges box
  15. Click OK to create the scheduled task
  16. Right click the Dashy task > Run
  17. Refresh the open web browser to verify Dashy is now running from the scheduled task

Source: https://github.com/Lissy93/dashy/blob/master/docs/quick-start.md#alternative-deployment-method-1---from-source