---
title: Settings
description: Service Configuration
---
The `settings.yaml` file allows you to define application level options. For changes made to this file to take effect, you will need to regenerate the static HTML, this can be done by clicking the refresh icon in the bottom right of the page.
## Title
You can customize the title of the page if you'd like.
```yaml
title: My Awesome Homepage
```
## Start URL
You can customize the start_url as required for installable apps. The default is "/".
```yaml
startUrl: https://custom.url
```
## Background Image
!!! warning "Heads Up!"
You will need to restart the container any time you add new images, this is a limitation of the Next.js static site server.
!!! warning "Heads Up!"
Do not create a bind mount to the entire `/app/public/` directory.
If you'd like to use a background image instead of the solid theme color, you may provide a full URL to an image of your choice.
```yaml
background: https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1502790671504-542ad42d5189?auto=format&fit=crop&w=2560&q=80
```
Or you may pass the path to a local image relative to e.g. `/app/public/images` directory.
For example, inside of your Docker Compose file, mount a path to where your images are kept:
```yaml
volumes:
- /my/homepage/images:/app/public/images
```
and then reference that image:
```yaml
background: /images/background.png
```
### Background Opacity & Filters
You can specify filters to apply over your background image for blur, saturation and brightness as well as opacity to blend with the background color. The first three filter settings use tailwind CSS classes, see notes below regarding the options for each. You do not need to specify all options.
```yaml
background:
image: /images/background.png
blur: sm # sm, "", md, xl... see https://tailwindcss.com/docs/backdrop-blur
saturate: 50 # 0, 50, 100... see https://tailwindcss.com/docs/backdrop-saturate
brightness: 50 # 0, 50, 75... see https://tailwindcss.com/docs/backdrop-brightness
opacity: 50 # 0-100
```
### Card Background Blur
You can apply a blur filter to the service & bookmark cards. Note this option is incompatible with the backround blur, saturate and brightness filters.
```yaml
cardBlur: sm # sm, "", md, etc... see https://tailwindcss.com/docs/backdrop-blur
```
## Favicon
If you'd like to use a custom favicon instead of the included one, you may provide a full URL to an image of your choice.
```yaml
favicon: https://www.google.com/favicon.ico
```
Or you may pass the path to a local image relative to the `/app/public` directory. See [Background Image](#background-image) for more detailed information on how to provide your own files.
## Theme
You can configure a fixed them (and disable the theme switcher) by passing the `theme` option, like so:
```yaml
theme: dark # or light
```
## Color Palette
You can configured a fixed color palette (and disable the palette switcher) by passing the `color` option, like so:
```yaml
color: slate
```
Supported colors are: `slate`, `gray`, `zinc`, `neutral`, `stone`, `amber`, `yellow`, `lime`, `green`, `emerald`, `teal`, `cyan`, `sky`, `blue`, `indigo`, `violet`, `purple`, `fuchsia`, `pink`, `rose`, `red`, `white`
## Layout
You can configure service and bookmarks sections to be either "column" or "row" based layouts, like so:
Assuming you have a group named `Media` in your `services.yaml` or `bookmarks.yaml` file,
```yaml
layout:
Media:
style: row
columns: 4
```
As an example, this would produce the following layout:
### Sorting
Service groups and bookmark groups can be mixed in order, **but should use different group names**. If you do not specify any bookmark groups they will all show at the bottom of the page.
**_Using the same name for a service and bookmark group can cause unexpected behavior like a bookmark group being hidden_**
Groups will sort based on the order in the layout block. You can also mix in groups defined by docker labels, e.g.
```yaml
layout:
- Auto-Discovered1:
- Configured1:
- Configured2:
- Auto-Discovered2:
- Configured3:
style: row
columns: 3
```
### Headers
You can hide headers for each section in the layout as well by passing `header` as false, like so:
```yaml
layout:
Section A:
header: false
Section B:
style: row
columns: 3
header: false
```
### Category Icons
You can also add an icon to a category under the `layout` setting similar to the [options for service icons](services.md#icons), e.g.
```yaml
Home Management & Info:
icon: home-assistant.png
Server Tools:
icon: https://cdn-icons-png.flaticon.com/512/252/252035.png
...
```
### Icon Style
The default style for icons (e.g. `icon: mdi-XXXX`) is a gradient, or you can specify that prefixed icons match your theme with a 'flat' style using the setting below.
More information about prefixed icons can be found in [options for service icons](services.md#icons).
```yaml
iconStyle: theme # optional, defaults to gradient
```
### Tabs
Version 0.6.30 introduced a tabbed view to layouts which can be optionally specified in the layout. Tabs is only active if you set the `tab` field on at least one layout group.
Tabs are sorted based on the order in the layout block. If a group has no tab specified (and tabs are set on other groups), services and bookmarks will be shown on all tabs.
Every tab can be accessed directly by visiting Homepage URL with `#Group` (name lowercase and URI-encoded) at the end of the URL.
For example, the following would create four tabs:
```yaml
layout:
...
Bookmark Group on First Tab:
tab: First
First Service Group:
tab: First
style: row
columns: 4
Second Service Group:
tab: Second
columns: 4
Third Service Group:
tab: Third
style: row
Bookmark Group on Fourth Tab:
tab: Fourth
Service Group on every Tab:
style: row
columns: 4
```
### Five Columns
You can add a fifth column (when `style: columns` which is default) by adding:
```yaml
fiveColumns: true
```
By default homepage will max out at 4 columns for column style
### Collapsible sections
You can disable the collapsible feature of services & bookmarks by adding:
```yaml
disableCollapse: true
```
By default the feature is enabled.
## Header Style
There are currently 4 options for header styles, you can see each one below.
```yaml
headerStyle: underlined # default style
```
---
```yaml
headerStyle: boxed
```
---
```yaml
headerStyle: clean
```
---
```yaml
headerStyle: boxedWidgets
```
## Base URL
In some proxy configurations, it may be necessary to set the documents base URL. You can do this by providing a `base` value, like so:
```yaml
base: http://host.local/homepage
```
**_The URL must be a full, absolute URL, or it will be ignored by the browser._**
## Language
Set your desired language using:
```yaml
language: fr
```
Currently supported languages: ca, de, en, es, fr, he, hr, hu, it, nb-NO, nl, pt, ru, sv, vi, zh-CN, zh-Hant
You can also specify locales e.g. for the DateTime widget, e.g. en-AU, en-GB, etc.
## Link Target
Changes the behaviour of links on the homepage,
```yaml
target: _blank # Possible options include _blank, _self, and _top
```
Use `_blank` to open links in a new tab, `_self` to open links in the same tab, and `_top` to open links in a new window.
This can also be set for individual services. Note setting this at the service level overrides any setting in settings.json, e.g.:
```yaml
- Example Service:
href: https://example.com/
...
target: _self
```
## Providers
The `providers` section allows you to define shared API provider options and secrets. Currently this allows you to define your weather API keys in secret and is also the location of the Longhorn URL and credentials.
```yaml
providers:
openweathermap: openweathermapapikey
weatherapi: weatherapiapikey
longhorn:
url: https://longhorn.example.com
username: admin
password: LonghornPassword
```
You can then pass `provider` instead of `apiKey` in your widget configuration.
```yaml
- weather:
latitude: 50.449684
longitude: 30.525026
provider: weatherapi
```
## Quick Launch
You can use the 'Quick Launch' feature to search services, perform a web search or open a URL. To use Quick Launch, just start typing while on your homepage (as long as the search widget doesnt have focus).
There are a few optional settings for the Quick Launch feature:
- `searchDescriptions`: which lets you control whether item descriptions are included in searches. This is off by default. When enabled, results that match the item name will be placed above those that only match the description.
- `hideInternetSearch`: disable automatically including the currently-selected web search (e.g. from the widget) as a Quick Launch option. This is false by default, enabling the feature.
- `hideVisitURL`: disable detecting and offering an option to open URLs. This is false by default, enabling the feature.
```yaml
quicklaunch:
searchDescriptions: true
hideInternetSearch: true
hideVisitURL: true
```
## Homepage Version
By default the release version is displayed at the bottom of the page. To hide this, use the `hideVersion` setting, like so:
```yaml
hideVersion: true
```
## Log Path
By default the homepage logfile is written to the a `logs` subdirectory of the `config` folder. In order to customize this path, you can set the `logpath` setting. A `logs` folder will be created in that location where the logfile will be written.
```yaml
logpath: /logfile/path
```
## Show Docker Stats
You can show all docker stats expanded in `settings.yaml`:
```yaml
showStats: true
```
or per-service (`services.yaml`) with:
```yaml
- Example Service:
...
showStats: true
```
If you have both set the per-service settings take precedence.
## Status Style
You can choose from the following styles for docker or k8s status and ping: `dot` or `basic`
- The default is no value, and displays the ping response time in ms and the docker / k8s container status
- `dot` shows a green dot for a successful ping or healthy status.
- `basic` shows either UP or DOWN for ping
For example:
```yaml
statusStyle: 'dot'
```
or per-service (`services.yaml`) with:
```yaml
- Example Service:
...
statusStyle: 'dot'
```
If you have both set, the per-service settings take precedence.
## Hide Widget Error Messages
Hide the visible API error messages either globally in `settings.yaml`:
```yaml
hideErrors: true
```
or per service widget (`services.yaml`) with:
```yaml
- Example Service:
...
widget:
...
hideErrors: true
```
If either value is set to true, the errror message will be hidden.