docker-php-startpage

Runs a PHP-based startpage in Docker

• Source code: GitHub
• Docker container: Docker Hub
• Image base: PHP
• Init system: N/A
• Application: N/A
• Architecture: linux/amd64,linux/arm64,linux/arm/v7

Explanation

• Runs a PHP-based startpage in Docker.
• See Features for more detailed usage information.
• Inspired by https://github.com/hywax/mafl and https://github.com/notclickable-jordan/starbase-80

Screenshots

Desktop

Mobile

Requirements

• Everything is PHP (server-side), so the Docker container running this image will need to be able to reach URLs to do a status check.
• The startpage works out of the box (using a sample config.json file), but it's assumed the user will mount a Docker volume at /var/www/html/user_includes to include custom configuration files.
• See Features for more detailed usage information.

Docker image information

Docker image tags

• latest: Latest version
• X.X.X: Semantic version (use if you want to stick on a specific version)

Environment variables

N/A

Ports

Port on host	Port in container	Comments
Choose at your discretion	80	Apache

Volumes

Volume on host	Volume in container	Comments
Choose at your discretion	/var/www/html/user_includes	Used to store user config files

Example usage

Below is an example docker-compose.yml file.

version: '3'
services:
  startpage:
    container_name: docker-php-startpage
    restart: unless-stopped
    networks:
      - startpage
    ports:
      - '8888:80'
    volumes:
      - 'user_includes:/var/www/html/user_includes'
    image: loganmarchione/docker-php-startpage:latest

networks:
  startpage:

volumes:
  user_includes:
    driver: local

Below is an example of running locally (used to edit/test/debug).

# Build the Dockerfile
docker compose -f docker-compose-dev.yml up -d

# View logs
docker compose -f docker-compose-dev.yml logs -f

# Destroy when done
docker compose -f docker-compose-dev.yml down

TODO

• Learn PHP
• Add a healthcheck
• Make the image smaller (currently ~500MB due to vendor directory, maybe load resources from a CDN?)
• Add check to make sure JSON is valid (currently, if it's not valid, nothing will load)
• Get navbar_title_image config option working
• Change config.json to config.php, since PHP allows setting default variables and comments
• Investigate using curl instead of get_headers (curl might be faster?)
• Add a try/except to the get_headers call
• Run on ARM or ARM64 devices