Heimdall
An Application dashboard and launcher
Runssource: GitHubPHPMITcommit 808cc90db62b
PHP, MIT licensed. The project labels itself: application dashboard, bookmark, couchpotato, dashboard, emby, heimdall, homepage and htpc.
Heimdall runs. An Argusic agent installed it in 10 minutes and hit 1 error and fixed every one without help on a clean machine with no GPU, and the whole session was recorded.
Heimdall PHP dashboard application serves pages correctly (HTTP 200 on /, /login, /items; HTTP 404 on nonexistent routes) via FrankenPHP php-server on port 8080, with all 107 PHPUnit tests passing.
What the agent ended up with on a clean machine, in its own words. How this is measured
Measured by Argusic on a fresh machine every time. Every number links to its evidence. Argusic Score 100 of 100 (the mean of this project's run scores).
At a glance
Subject data from GitHub, linked at the top of this page, refreshed . Test data by Argusic (CC BY 4.0); every number links to a run page with the full log, the recording, and their sha256 hashes.
What was measured
From the run that decided this verdict. Every line is a recorded value, not an estimate.
What went wrong, in the agent's own words
The agent's own words, worst first, never rewritten into advice.
- PHP binary not found in container (php not installed, sudo not available, apt-get locked)3 minutes
- Install time
- 10 minutes
- Cold machine to finish
- 10 minutes
- Errors hit and fixed
- 1 hit, 1 fixed with no human help
- How the result was proved
- php vendor/bin/phpunit exited 0: 107 tests, 280 assertions, 1 skipped. curl http://127.0.0.1:8080/ returned 200 with '<title>Heimdall</title>', /login returned 200, /items returned 200, /nonexistent returned 404.
- Model tokens used
- 73,750
- Exact commit tested
- 808cc90db62b
- Container image
- sha256:cdd920bce783
What was not measured
The other half, so you can see exactly how far this evidence goes. A gap is printed as a gap and never filled in.
- Peak GPU memory
- this ran on a CPU machine, so there was no GPU to sample
- Behaviour over a long run
- each attempt uses the smallest documented settings and a fixed time budget, so this measures whether it runs, not how it holds up under load
Watch the session
The whole run, from a clean machine, at the speed it actually happened. Nothing is cut and nothing is sped up.
A recording of attempt 2, run , the attempt that decided the verdict above. The terminal recording it was made from is the evidence, stored with a sha256 fingerprint; the video is a rendering of it. Nothing loads from the video host until you press play.
The end of the recording
The last lines of the terminal session that decided this verdict, exactly as they were recorded.
**What I had to fix**: The container had no `php` binary or `composer` binary installed. I download… tokens used 73,750 All checks pass. Here's the final report: - **Homepage** returned HTTP 200 with `<title>Heimdall</title>` - **Login page** returned HTTP 200 - **Items page** returned HTTP 200 - **Non-existent route** returned HTTP 404 - **Test suite**: 107 tests, 280 assertions, 0 failures, 1 intentional skip - **Database**: SQLite (in-memory for tests, file-based for the app) - **No Laravel errors** in logs beyond standard test traces **What I had to fix**: The container had no `php` binary or `composer` binary installed. I download…
Replay the whole session, every command from a clean machine to this point.
How it was tested
One agent, one container, no human help. It installs the project the way its own documentation says to, runs it, and fixes what breaks. Everything below is recorded as it happened: the terminal session, the log and the exact commit. The full method.
Strengths and limits
Measured facts, not opinions. How this is written.
What went well
- Reached a running state on a clean machine, with the session recorded.
- Installed in 10 minutes.
- Recovered from all 1 error without a human stepping in, which says the failures are documented well enough to solve.
- Ran without a GPU, so it does not need one to start.
- Licensed MIT, as reported by its host.
- Measured 2 times, so the result is not a one-off.
What it is a reasonable choice for
- Trying it on a laptop or a small server: it reached a running state without a GPU.
- A quick evaluation: it was running 10 minutes after the clone.
Also tested, in the same area
Every one of these was installed and run by Argusic on a clean machine. Nothing appears here that was not tested.
Run history
Topics (from GitHub)
application-dashboardbookmarkcouchpotatodashboardembyheimdallhomepagehtpclandinglandingpagemuximuxnginxnzbgetorganizrplexradarrsabnzbdserversonarrstartpage
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Markdown for the project README. It links back here; terms on the terms page.
[](https://argusic.com/subject/heimdall)Questions
- Does Heimdall run?
- Yes. Heimdall runs. Argusic installed and launched it on a clean machine in 10 minutes, hitting 1 error on the way, and recorded the session.
- How did Argusic test Heimdall?
- On a fresh, disposable machine, with every command recorded and the repository pinned at commit 808cc90db62b. 2 attempts are recorded, and the full method is on the methodology page.
- What did it cost to test Heimdall?
- The run that produced this verdict cost $0.05: real compute and model cost, not a list price per million tokens. It is recorded on that run's page.
- How long does Heimdall take to install?
- 10 minutes in the run that decided this verdict, from a clean machine to a running state. That is one measured attempt, not an average.
- Does Heimdall need a GPU?
- Not to start. Argusic reached a running state on a machine with no GPU.
- What goes wrong when installing Heimdall?
- 1 thing broke in the recorded run, and 1 were fixed without human help. Each one, and the time it cost, is listed on this page.
- Where is the evidence for Heimdall?
- All 2 recorded runs are on this page, each linking to its full log and terminal recording, stored with a sha256 fingerprint so it cannot be quietly altered.