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+Homer is a full static html/js dashboard, generated from the source in `/src` using webpack. It's meant to be served by an HTTP server, **it will not work if you open dist/index.html directly over file:// protocol**.
+
+See [documentation](docs/configuration.md) for information about the configuration (`assets/config.yml`) options.
+
+## Using docker
+
+To launch container:
+
+```sh
+docker run -d \
+  -p 8080:8080 \
+  -v </your/local/assets/>:/www/assets \
+  --restart=always \
+  b4bz/homer:latest
+```
+
+Default assets will be automatically installed in the `/www/assets` directory. Use `UID` and/or `GID` env var to change the assets owner (`docker run -e "UID=1000" -e "GID=1000" [...]`).
+
+## Using docker-compose
+
+The `docker-compose.yml` file must be edited to match your needs.
+Set the port and volume (equivalent to `-p` and `-v` arguments):
+
+```yaml
+volumes:
+  - /your/local/assets/:/www/assets
+ports:
+  - 8080:8080
+```
+
+To launch container:
+
+```sh
+cd /path/to/docker-compose.yml
+docker-compose up -d
+```
+
+Default assets will be automatically installed in the `/www/assets` directory. Use `UID` and/or `GID` env var to change the assets owner, also in `docker-compose.yml`:
+
+```yaml
+environment:
+  - UID=1000
+  - GID=1000
+```
+
+## Using the release tarball (prebuilt, ready to use)
+
+Download and extract the latest release (`homer.zip`) from the [release page](https://github.com/bastienwirtz/homer/releases), rename the `assets/config.yml.dist` file to `assets/config.yml`, and put it behind a web server.
+
+```sh
+wget https://github.com/bastienwirtz/homer/releases/latest/download/homer.zip
+unzip homer.zip
+cd homer
+cp assets/config.yml.dist assets/config.yml
+npx serve # or python -m http.server 8010 or apache, nginx ...
+```
+
+## Build manually
+
+```sh
+# Using yarn (recommended)
+yarn install
+yarn build
+
+# **OR** Using npm
+npm install
+npm run build
+```
+
+Then your dashboard is ready to use in the `/dist` directory.