Glimpse

A self-hosted personal dashboard with drag-and-drop widgets, built-in AI (Claude and local Ollama), Google Gmail/Calendar, RSS/Reddit, a real browser terminal, and more — all configurable from the browser, no file editing required. A spiritual successor to "glance"-style dashboards, with AI baked in.

Built with Next.js 16, React, SQLite, and react-grid-layout. Runs identically on Linux, macOS, and Windows via Docker.

Highlights

Drag-and-drop grid — resize and rearrange any widget; multiple tabbed dashboards, each with its own layout
AI, three ways — chat/summaries powered by the Anthropic API, your Claude subscription (via the bundled claude CLI — no API bill), or local Ollama models. Pick per widget.
AI widgets — streaming AI Chat (web search + image/vision), Daily Briefing (summarises your next 2 days of calendar + unread email + headlines), Feed Digest (multi-source — summarises any mix of your RSS, News, and Reddit feeds at once), and a terminal-styled AI REPL
20+ widgets — clock, weather, calendar, Gmail, notes, links, news (image cards), RSS, Reddit, stocks, crypto, GitHub, Docker, system health, world clocks, server monitor, read-later, terminal, custom HTML/image/iframe
In-browser setup — API keys, OAuth, and integrations are configured from Settings → Setup; stored in SQLite, no restart needed
Themes — Default, Light, Matrix, Neon, Retro, Gameboy, Midnight, Dracula + full per-colour customisation
Persistent terminal — a real cross-platform shell (bash/zsh/PowerShell) over WebSocket, plus the claude CLI; sessions survive disconnects and auto-reconnect
Backup — export/import all pages, widgets, notes, links, and servers as JSON
Always-on — restart: unless-stopped; survives reboots

Widget catalogue

Widget	Description
AI Chat	Streaming chat across Claude (API), Claude (subscription/CLI), and local Ollama models; web search + image input (vision)
Daily Briefing	AI summary of today's calendar, unread email, and headlines
Feed Digest	AI summary across multiple sources at once — tick any of your RSS / News feeds and subreddits (or all of them)
AI Terminal	Terminal-styled AI chat REPL (Claude or Ollama)
Clock	Live clock with optional date, timezone, label, colour
World Clocks	Time across multiple time zones
Weather	Current weather + forecast; no key (wttr.in) or OpenWeatherMap; °C/°F
Calendar	Google Calendar events (requires sign-in)
Gmail	Recent emails + unread count (requires sign-in)
Notes	Rich-text sticky notes with a pop-out editor
Links	Bookmark bar with categories and alignment
Read Later	Quick-save links to read later (per browser)
News	Headline cards with thumbnails, merged from one or more RSS feeds
RSS Feed	Any RSS/Atom feed
Reddit	Posts from any subreddit (requires a free Reddit app — see Reddit setup below)
Crypto Ticker	Live crypto prices (CoinGecko)
Stock Ticker	Live stock / ETF / index / crypto prices with day change (Yahoo Finance, no key)
GitHub	Your notifications and open pull requests
Docker	Container status on the host
System Health	CPU load, memory, and uptime
Server Monitor	HTTP health checks + one-click SSH command copy
Terminal	Real server-side shell over WebSocket (bash/zsh/PowerShell or the `claude` CLI); persistent + auto-reconnecting
Custom HTML / Image / Iframe	Render arbitrary HTML, an image/GIF, or embed any site

Screenshots

Build any layout across multiple tabs — here an AI workspace and a news feed:

AI workspace	News feed

Add widgets from the picker, and tune everything in Settings:

Add widget	Settings — appearance/general/setup

AI everywhere — pick a provider/model per widget (Claude API, Claude subscription, or local Ollama), and configure the Daily Briefing:

Model picker	Daily Briefing settings

Widget headers can be shown for quick access to each widget's controls:

Quick start (Docker — recommended)

git clone https://github.com/brainphreak/glimpse.git
cd glimpse
cp .env.local.example .env.local      # set NEXTAUTH_SECRET + NEXTAUTH_URL at minimum
docker compose up -d --build

Open http://localhost:3000. Everything else (API keys, Google OAuth, AI providers) can be set from Settings → Setup in the browser.

Same docker compose up -d --build works on Linux, macOS (Docker Desktop), and Windows (Docker Desktop). restart: unless-stopped keeps it running across reboots.

Without Docker

Requires Node.js 20+, Python 3, make, g++ (for better-sqlite3 and node-pty):

npm install
cp .env.local.example .env.local
npm run build
node server.js            # production (includes the terminal). http://localhost:3000
# or: npm run dev          # development (no terminal backend)

The terminal widget needs the custom server.js — npm run dev / next start alone won't power it.

AI providers

Glimpse's AI widgets work with any of three providers; each AI widget has a model picker.

Provider	Cost	Setup
Claude (API)	Paid per token	Add `ANTHROPIC_API_KEY` in Settings → Setup (or `.env.local`)
Claude (subscription / CLI)	Uses your Claude plan, no API bill	The `claude` CLI ships in the image. Open a Terminal widget, run `claude`, and `/login`. (To enable it in a container, mount your Claude creds — see the `docker-compose.yml` comment.)
Ollama (local)	Free / local	Run Ollama, set its URL in Settings → Setup

Ollama notes

The browser calls Ollama directly (it usually runs on your machine/LAN, not the dashboard server). Two gotchas:

CORS — start Ollama allowing the dashboard origin: OLLAMA_HOST=0.0.0.0:11434 OLLAMA_ORIGINS="*" ollama serve
Mixed content — an HTTPS dashboard page cannot call a plain-HTTP Ollama. Either browse the dashboard over http:// on your LAN, or put Ollama behind HTTPS.

To use Ollama from an HTTPS dashboard, put a TLS reverse proxy in front of it. scripts/ollama-caddy-setup.ps1 automates this on Windows (Caddy + Let's Encrypt via Cloudflare DNS) — point a subdomain at the Ollama host and set the dashboard's Ollama URL to https://that-subdomain.

A ~24 GB GPU comfortably runs a 32B model at 4-bit (e.g. qwen2.5:32b); use ollama ps to confirm it's 100% on GPU.

Configuration

Most settings live in Settings → Setup (stored in SQLite, applied immediately). .env.local is the fallback / bootstrap. See .env.local.example for the annotated template.

Variable	Purpose
`NEXTAUTH_SECRET`	Session-signing secret (`openssl rand -base64 32`). Must be an env var.
`NEXTAUTH_URL`	The exact URL you browse from (`http://localhost:3000`, `http://<lan-ip>:3000`, or `https://dash.example.com`)
`DISABLE_AUTH`	Set to `1` to skip Google sign-in entirely (open access — for a trusted LAN). Leave unset in production.
`GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID` / `GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET`	Google OAuth (Gmail + Calendar)
`ANTHROPIC_API_KEY`	Claude (API) provider
`OLLAMA_URL`	Ollama endpoint the browser calls (default `http://localhost:11434`)
`GITHUB_TOKEN`	GitHub widget (notifications + PRs)
`REDDIT_CLIENT_ID` / `REDDIT_CLIENT_SECRET`	Reddit widget + Reddit feeds in Feed Digest (see Reddit setup below)
`OPENWEATHERMAP_API_KEY` / `WEATHER_CITY`	Weather (optional; wttr.in used if no key)
`N8N_URL` / `N8N_API_KEY`	n8n integration (optional)

Google OAuth (Gmail + Calendar)

Google Cloud Console → APIs & Services → Credentials → create an OAuth 2.0 Client ID (Web application)
Add the redirect URI shown in Settings → Setup: <NEXTAUTH_URL>/api/auth/callback/google
Enable the Gmail API and Google Calendar API
Paste the Client ID & Secret into Settings → Setup (or set the env vars)

NEXTAUTH_URL and the redirect URI must match the host you actually open. For LAN access add http://<lan-ip>:3000/api/auth/callback/google too.

Reddit (for the Reddit widget + Reddit feeds in Feed Digest)

Reddit blocks anonymous access, so the widget authenticates with a free Reddit app:

Go to reddit.com/prefs/apps → create another app…
Type: script (or web app) — both give you a secret. Redirect URI can be http://localhost:3000 (unused). The "about"/source URL is optional.
Copy the client ID (under the app name) and the secret into Settings → Setup → Reddit.

Reddit may require accepting their Responsible Builder Policy and a verified email before app creation, and newly-created apps can take a short while to be approved.

Security notes

The Terminal widget is a real shell on the host (and the bundled claude CLI). Never expose this dashboard to the internet without HTTPS + authentication. Do not combine DISABLE_AUTH=1 with a public endpoint.
Secrets live in .env.local (gitignored) and the SQLite config table — neither is committed. The Docker image does not bake in .env.local.
For remote access, prefer a VPN (e.g. Tailscale/WireGuard) or a reverse proxy with TLS + an auth gate over raw port-forwarding.

Data & backup

All data is one SQLite file (DATABASE_PATH; in Docker, the glimpse_data volume at /data/dashboard.db).

Table	Contents
`dashboard_layout`	One row per tab — name, widget definitions, grid layout
`notes` / `links` / `servers`	Widget data
`config`	API keys, OAuth creds, appearance/theme settings

Settings → General → Export / Import downloads/restores everything (all tabs included) as JSON.

Architecture

glimpse/
├── app/api/            # Route handlers: auth, layout, pages, config, settings,
│                       #   notes, links, servers, weather, rss, reddit, gmail,
│                       #   calendar, claude (+ /stream, /cli), feeds, github,
│                       #   docker, sysinfo, export, import
├── components/
│   ├── Dashboard.tsx        # Tabs, grid, widget rendering
│   ├── WidgetWrapper.tsx    # Widget chrome + hooks (useWidgetSettings/Refresh/Header)
│   ├── SettingsModal.tsx    # Appearance / General / Setup
│   └── widgets/             # One file per widget
├── lib/
│   ├── db.ts           # SQLite (better-sqlite3)
│   ├── config.ts       # getConfig/setConfig (DB + env fallback)
│   ├── auth.ts         # Edge-safe auth for middleware
│   └── ai.ts           # Client-side AI layer (Claude API / CLI / Ollama)
├── server.js           # Custom Next server + WebSocket PTY (terminal)
├── scripts/            # ollama-caddy-setup.ps1 (HTTPS proxy for Ollama on Windows)
├── Dockerfile · docker-compose.yml

License

MIT

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scripts		scripts
.dockerignore		.dockerignore
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Dockerfile		Dockerfile
LICENSE		LICENSE
README.md		README.md
docker-compose.yml		docker-compose.yml
eslint.config.mjs		eslint.config.mjs
middleware.ts		middleware.ts
next.config.ts		next.config.ts
package-lock.json		package-lock.json
package.json		package.json
postcss.config.mjs		postcss.config.mjs
server.js		server.js
tsconfig.json		tsconfig.json

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