Start Page

Your self-hosted browser start page with bookmarks, search engines, and a clock.

Features

• Clock & date with automatic timezone detection (or manual override)
• Multiple search engines with drag-and-drop reordering
• Bookmarks with categories, favorites, and auto-fetched (but customizable) icons
• Search suggestions from your bookmarks as you type
• Category management - hide specific categories from view
• Color scheme - auto (system), light, or dark (Catppuccin)
• Demo mode for testing without saving changes

Requirements

• PHP 7.4+
• A web server (Apache, Nginx, etc.)
• PHP GD extension (for image processing)

Setup

1. Clone or download the repository into your web server's document root:

   git clone https://github.com/mrblomblo/browser-start-page.git /srv/http/startpage

2. Ensure the data/ directory and its files are writable by the web server:

   chmod 664 data/*
   chown http:http data
   chown http:http data/*

   Replace http:http with your web server's user/group if different.

3. Navigate to the page in your browser.

Configuration

All settings are managed through the in-page settings panel (gear icon in the bottom-right corner).

• Bookmarks: add, edit, delete, and favorite bookmarks. Bookmarks can belong to multiple comma-separated categories.
• Search engines: add, edit, delete, reorder, and set a default search engine.
• General settings: toggle bookmarks, favorites-only mode, color scheme, timezone, and category visibility.

Data is stored as JSON files in the data/ directory. The uploads/ directory stores locally cached favicons and custom bookmark images.

Demo Mode

Set DEMO_MODE to true in index.php to use demo data. Changes will not be saved in demo mode.

Troubleshooting

Permission errors: ensure the data/ and uploads/ directories are writable by the web server user. See the setup instructions above.

Clock shows wrong time: configure your timezone in the settings panel, or leave it empty for automatic detection.