Gimli – A Minimalist Startpage for your Server

Description

Gimli is a static, minimal startpage for your homeserver. It's generated through Jekyll. It's thoughtfully designed and easy to set-up.

Features and Customisability

• Static HTML and CSS (no need for databases)
• Easily find your bookmark by pressing '/', then hit 'enter' to open it
• Bookmarks show in a responsive grid
• Easily set icons with your bookmarks (Google's Material Symbols)
• Set your own background image
• Change the hue (colours) of the page
• Automatic light and dark theme switching

Setup

1. Install all of Jekyll's prerequisites.
2. Copy Gimli's repository to your local machine.
3. Change directory to Gimli's
4. Install the Jekyll and bundler gems.
5. Modify _config.yml to your liking (maybe experiment with the _sass files too)
6. Enter the command jekyll build to build _site.
7. Host those static pages somewhere (on your server?)

Future ideas

• Use Docker to setup a lightweight HTTP server for an easy install on our homelabs
• Weather widget
• Time and date
• Simpler website quick bookmarks
• Better mobile support for the filter