Ham Lab

Web-based Linux management console for bare-metal Debian, in the style of the Proxmox web UI. Named after Ham the cat (see also HamTV).

Status: v0.1 — persistent web terminals and a live Dashboard tab. Scope and roadmap in PLAN.md.

Runs on any Linux box

One static Go binary with the UI embedded; no cgo, no Node at runtime, no agents. The Dashboard reads /proc and /sys directly (CPU, memory, hwmon or thermal-zone temps, fans, NICs, block devices, mounts) so it works the same on x86 and ARM, bare metal or VM, and just leaves a section empty when the hardware has nothing to report. UPS status is optional and picked up from whichever of pwrstat, NUT (upsc) or apcupsd is installed.

make build                      # web + Go, or: make build-arm64 for a cross-compile
./deploy/install.sh             # installs the binary + a systemd unit for the invoking user
hamlab passwd                   # set the login password (config in ~/apps/hamlab/)
sudo systemctl start hamlab     # listens on 127.0.0.1:8100 by default; set "listen" in config.json

Terminals run as the user the service runs as, with that user's login shell.

• On core it is public at https://hamlab.bigham.dev behind Nginx Proxy Manager.
• Installable as a PWA.