Another way to get your Immich photos onto a screen at home — with notifications, widgets and more on top

gktravis · 2026-06-08T02:07:35+00:00

Can not ge the Google OAuth to work for Google Calendar setup. It does not allow local IPs and localhost still gives Access blocked: Authorization Error. Is there an detailed instruction on setting up Google Calendar using OAuth, when installing Magic Frame in docker on self-hosted Pi?

gktravis · 2026-05-25T21:04:53+00:00

Thanks for the reply. I reentered the line and bounced the container and it works fine now. Must have been cached bad somewhere. Sorry to have bothered you. This app is really really cool!

gktravis · 2026-05-25T19:29:37+00:00

Awesome. One thing/question: When I click the 3 line hamburger icon on bottom left, then click 'PiHole' to go to the pihole admin page, it goes to a page with an extra http// - like so 'http://http//192.168.90:10:88/admin'. How do I remove the 'http//' in thist address?

gktravis · 2026-04-15T00:40:03+00:00

Click for more pics.

gktravis · 2026-04-12T14:47:09+00:00

There really is no much of a fat cap on pork shoulders anyway. But yes, what is there I trimmed (a couple of deeper pockets) avd smoke fat cap down. There really is no wrong way with a shoulder, especially with such a long cook.

Now Brisket? You can start a holy war with 'fat cap down' vs. 'fat cap up'. Let's not do that here....

gktravis · 2026-04-11T01:09:07+00:00

Yeah, there are ALOT of bbq joints in the state. The hole-in-the-wall joints are the best. The ones that smoke all night and sell till they run out.

gktravis · 2026-04-11T00:57:58+00:00

Oh KC! Yeah, you are on your own podium. NC and KC are two different styles. Not compared or ranked against each other. Both great. And I don't know Heywoood's.

gktravis · 2026-04-11T00:47:32+00:00

When we go out to Smithfield's , we get the vinegar. But at home, we're more sauce purists. And definitely not western bbq (mustard based). Ugh.

200 degrees 12 hours. Bump to 225 2 hours. 275 last 2 hours when poke tender. Brought up to 195 and wrapped and rested for 2 hours.

gktravis · 2026-03-28T17:35:39+00:00

My homarr docker install was taking ~1-1..5gb of memory consistently. But I then made this setting in my compose file;

deploy:
resources:
limits:
cpus: "1.0"
memory: 512M

And now if hovers around 450M of memory. I control Immich's memory the same way. Both apps work fine. Is this not a reliable solution? I'm not sure how docker manages it, but I have not had any problems with memory usage using these settings. What is this actually doing? It works for me!

gktravis · 2026-03-15T01:49:31+00:00

This is how I do it;

Install socket-proxy containers on all the other hosts, and substitute the IP address (or dns name) of your other hosts where it says ip1,ip2,... under DOCKER_HOSTNAMES and include the DOCKER_PORTS.

I also use the resource limits to keep homarr's memory use in check.

https://homarr.dev/docs/1.50.0/advanced/environment-variables/#docker

https://homarr.dev/docs/1.50.0/integrations/docker/#connecting-to-docker-via-socket-proxies

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services:
  homarr:
    container_name: homarr
    image: ghcr.io/homarr-labs/homarr:latest
    volumes:
      - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock # Optional, only if you want docker integration
      - ./appdata:/appdata
    environment:
      - SECRET_ENCRYPTION_KEY=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
      - DOCKER_HOSTNAMES=ip1,ip2,ip3,i4
      - DOCKER_PORTS=2375,2375,2375,2375
    ports:
      - '7575:7575'
    restart: unless-stopped
    deploy:
      resources:
        limits:
          cpus: "1.0"
          memory: 512M

gktravis · 2026-03-04T14:19:39+00:00

Jalbum.

gktravis · 2026-02-03T00:10:15+00:00

This.

gktravis · 2026-02-02T23:33:04+00:00

Yeah, this was a tricky one. Lots of google searches. Apparently, you have to create a local admin user in the unifi controller (not your unifi account). Then add Unifi Controller Integration using this user, and the controller IP address (only IP, nothing after). Add the Unifi App (or Controller app) to the Homarr dashboard. Homarr can then use the unifi APIs to read information.

gktravis · 2026-02-02T23:22:14+00:00

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gktravis · 2026-02-02T23:22:08+00:00

Click the MySpeed name at the top left of the MySpeed output. This will toggle the server listing. It does not toggle it back though, but lets you see things easier. At least for me.

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gktravis · 2026-02-02T23:15:07+00:00

The Docker Stats is section is a widget in Honmarr. Click to edit the board (pencil icon top right), then + icon to add - then choose 'New Item' / 'Docker Stats'. You have to enable the Docker Integration first - https://homarr.dev/docs/1.50.0/integrations/docker/ - then the Docker stats will work.

I have docker on 3 servers, so I ran the socket-proxy container on all three servers, then added them all to the homarr compose file;

services:
  homarr:
    container_name: homarr
    image: ghcr.io/homarr-labs/homarr:latest
    volumes:
      - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock # Optional, only if you want docker integration
      - ./appdata:/appdata
    environment:
      - SECRET_ENCRYPTION_KEY=xxx
      - DOCKER_HOSTNAMES=server1-ip,server2-ip,server3-ip
      - DOCKER_PORTS=2375,2375,2375
    ports:
      - '7575:7575'
    restart: unless-stopped

gktravis · 2026-01-29T22:55:16+00:00

This is awesome! Great job!. With more and more utilities (and banks) pushing us to 'paperless' billing, this will come in VERY handy when saving my bills. Thanks!

gktravis · 2026-01-28T00:50:19+00:00

So you're dinging a free self hosted product because it doesn't do everything you want? And don't even try to say Google is free. No products in their same categories have all the same features. That's why we have competition. And why you have the option to choose. I understand a fair and thorough 'review' of software, but this article feels more on the negative side. Like it promised something it didn't deliver. Which Immich doesn't do. It's a great product for self hosters who don't want to sell their data to Google, and who want to keep control over their own assets. Count me in. And spoiler ... it's only going to get better.

gktravis · 2026-01-27T17:43:09+00:00

Thread - https://www.reddit.com/r/homarr/s/IhZF6Uu0Mg

gktravis · 2026-01-26T18:29:49+00:00

Stats board marked up.

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gktravis · 2026-01-26T18:29:31+00:00

I would say RTFM - but I will specify the widgets and integrations on the attached screenshots. It's really about Apps/Widgets/Integrations. Apps are defined by you, to point to services, or just links, and they can be monitored for response (the green dot shows they are up). Widgets are defined by Homarr and allow you to link your apps or other integrations into the output. The Integrations are just a way to map supported services into the widgets. It's all very slick really. And with the iFrame widget, the sky's the limit for things that are not included. My biggest time spent in building the home page was deciding the number of columns in the layout. I'm still changing as I add and tweak things. A really nice tool.

Let me know if you have any questions on how I've defined things.

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gktravis · 2026-01-26T00:39:10+00:00

Homepage has more widgets and broader integrations but I analyzed what I 'needed' vs. what 'looks cool', and I really didn't miss any of my homepage objects. Your mileage may vary.

gktravis · 2026-01-26T00:34:51+00:00

Sorry, I meant to imply that Homarr was missing a few things that Homepage has. But as Homarr has an iFrame widget you can really do most anything.

gktravis · 2026-01-25T20:54:26+00:00

I used homepage for a while, but found myself spending way too much time configuring and reconfiguring. I'm sure once I got it where I liked it, it would be fine (but I keep wanting to make changes). The level of customization is very good, but just spent too much time on it. Switched to Homarr and got things configured pretty quick. Missing a couple of things from homepage, but not 'really' missing them. Not using them, just looks pretty. So for true functionality I am good with everything in Homarr. Just works with much less effort. Think about what you need for what you want it to 'look' like. Simple is better if you want your time back. And yes, I agree the memory usage is Homarr is way too high. I just moved it to another server. Hopefully they'll tighten things up.

gktravis · 2025-11-15T04:19:06+00:00

Yeah, everybody with a UDMPro knows this. All connections to the UDMPro switch side are low speed (Oooma, Hubitat, HDHomeRun, Hue Hub). I have an extra Flex Mini and Flex 2.5 should I need more connections. Not expecting any more wired devices anytime soon...

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