How to set up Homarr

Your personal application dashboard. This guide covers how to access it, log in for the first time, configure the basics, and where its data lives so you can back it up.

1. What is Homarr?

A sleek, modern dashboard for all your self-hosted applications. Organize your services with drag-and-drop widgets, integrate with Docker for real-time status, and access everything from one place.

2. How to access it

Once it's enabled, Homarr runs on your SparkBox at:

http://<your-NAS-IP>:7575

Add your services as tiles and organize them into categories

3. First login

Homarr shows an 'Onboarding' screen on first visit to create the admin account — pick a username + password (minimum 8 chars). After that, click any empty tile slot to add apps. Homarr auto-detects Docker containers so Sonarr, Radarr, Jellyfin, etc. can be added with one click.

If it instead asks for a password you didn't set, check Settings → Passwords in your SparkBox dashboard — every auto-generated credential is listed there.

4. Tips

• Drag and drop widgets to customize your dashboard layout
• Homarr can auto-discover Docker containers and show their status

5. Where your data lives

Homarr's config and persistent data are stored on the SparkBox host under:

/opt/sparkbox/modules/homarr/config/

Backups via the SparkBox dashboard's Backup tile include this directory by default, so a single restore brings Homarr back to its current state on a fresh install.

Next steps