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Apps

Apps are the building blocks of your Homarr board. Most of the time they are a simple link to a website, but used on your board they also support a simple ping to check if your service is up. Apps are used in the bookmark and app widget.

Create an app​

To create an app you can click on the button on the top right of the apps management page:

New app button

Next, you'll need to fill out the required fields to configure the app:

New app form

Name​

The name must be at least one character long and can be chosen freely.

Icon URL​

This is the URL to the icon that will be displayed on the app widget. It can be a url to an image in the internet, one from the included icon repositories or a local file uploaded to the media management page.

Icon URL

Description​

An optional description that can be shown as tooltip on the app widget.

URL​

The URL to the website you want to link to. Clicking on the app widget or bookmark will open this URL.

List of apps​

On the apps management page you find all apps that exist in your Homarr instance. You can edit and delete them.

Apps list