diff --git a/app/helpers/services_helper.rb b/app/helpers/services_helper.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2b8472b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/helpers/services_helper.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+module ServicesHelper
+
+  def service_human_name(key, category = :external)
+    SERVICES[category][key][:name] || key.to_s
+  end
+
+  def service_display_name(key, category = :external)
+    SERVICES[category][key][:display_name] ||
+    service_human_name(key, category)
+  end
+
+end
diff --git a/app/models/setting.rb b/app/models/setting.rb
index a5937a9..aa8072d 100644
--- a/app/models/setting.rb
+++ b/app/models/setting.rb
@@ -22,10 +22,7 @@ class Setting < RailsSettings::Base
   include Settings::XmppSettings
 
   def self.available_services
-    known_services = %w[
-      discourse ejabberd email gitea mastodon mediawiki remotestorage
-    ]
-
+    known_services = SERVICES[:external].keys
     known_services.select {|s| Setting.send "#{s}_enabled?" }
   end
 
diff --git a/config/initializers/service_details.rb b/config/initializers/service_details.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aaf5d79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/initializers/service_details.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+config_path = Rails.root.join('config', 'services.yml')
+SERVICES = YAML.load_file(config_path).deep_symbolize_keys.with_indifferent_access
diff --git a/config/services.yml b/config/services.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..80147a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/services.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+internal:
+  btcpay:
+    name: BTCPay Server
+  postgres:
+    name: PostgreSQL
+  sentry:
+    name: Sentry
+external:
+  discourse:
+    name: Discourse
+  droneci:
+    name: Drone CI
+  ejabberd:
+    display_name: Chat
+  email:
+    name: E-Mail
+  gitea:
+    name: Gitea
+  lndhub:
+    name: LNDHub
+    display_name: Lightning Network
+  mastodon:
+    name: Mastodon
+  mediawiki:
+    name: MediaWiki
+  nostr:
+    name: Nostr
+  remotestorage:
+    name: remoteStorage
+    display_name: Storage
diff --git a/spec/helpers/services_helper_spec.rb b/spec/helpers/services_helper_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b0f19de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/helpers/services_helper_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+require 'rails_helper'
+
+describe ServicesHelper do
+
+  describe "#service_human_name" do
+    it "returns the human name when it's configured" do
+      expect(service_human_name("mastodon")).to eq("Mastodon")
+    end
+
+    it "returns the key when there is no human name" do
+      expect(service_human_name("ejabberd")).to eq("ejabberd")
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "#service_display_name" do
+    it "returns the display name when it's configured" do
+      expect(service_display_name("lndhub")).to eq("Lightning Network")
+    end
+
+    it "returns the human name when there is no display name" do
+      expect(service_display_name("mastodon")).to eq("Mastodon")
+    end
+  end
+
+end