@nr_aus no I didn't try I was just responding to that part of the OP's question.

Thanks for the suggestion. Looks interesting but can't find any details about how to install. Since it's quite big/uses mysql etc. I'm not spending the time trawling through all the files to figure it out.

Thank you for providing a definition for a control panel for me — the five years of using Netvibes hadn't made that clear to me. The use of the dashboard was implied in my original question however I shall explicitly state it in case it wasn't clear. I need a dashboard to hold links to various websites. A module that can be added through the dashboard interface, similar to Netvibes, is preferable for this. Subrion does it through a back-end. I would also like some other simple modules that can be added to the dashboard such as a to do list. That's all I need.

@Richard Chambers, I've been using Netvibes for about five years. Tired of the redirects to upgrade, the modules that break and being able to do little about it, want to take a bit more control etc.

@Izzy, well I did list some tech requirements - self hosted, open source, php and personal requirements - well designed, adding links, todo list. Beyond that I'm open to suggestions. After some research I'm trying out Subrion at the moment. It seems to have everything I want and works well but is really overkill for what I need - simpler would be good.

Polynote - polynote.io Ownnote - github.com/Fmstrat/ownnote PmWiki - pmwiki.org/wiki Alternote - alternoteapp.com Boostnote - boostnote.io Collate - collatenotes.com Falcon - falcon.star-lord.me Elephant - elephant.mine.nu Markdownnotes - markdownnotes.com Mendeley - mendeley.com Milanote - milanote.com Notebooks - notebooksapp.com Opennote - github.com/FoxUSA/OpenNote QOwnNotes - qownnotes.org Syncnotes - qrayon.com/home/syncnotes

Self-hosted, cross device, cross-platform, one solution for all, able to modify if needed, tired of app versions and compatibility, etc. etc.

That's a shame. Seems I can't install node.js on my server so it rules out Tiddywiki unless I modify it. Apart from that it's quite good.

Yes I did, very quickly. I wasn't keen on the long blog like scroll but I spent some more time with it and I can see that can be turned off. Saving within the html is a definite no for me - it has to be flatfiles. Unclear how the flatfile option works, is that only via node.js?