raspi-dashboard

Boot a Raspberry Pi directly into a minimalistic, frameless browser.

This project does not include any webserver or storage to save data to be shown. The data to be shown must be accessible over the network, provided by a different device or service, for example:

• Status Board at Panic
• Geckoboard
• Dashing
• Keen IO
• Mozaik
• Grafana
• Freeboard
• ...

Installation

Create the package and install it using

makepkg -si

Enable the dashboard using

systemctl enable --now dashboard.service

For peace of mind you can reboot the system every day by enabling

systemctl enable --now scheduled-reboot.timer

Customization

Edit the dashboard service

systemctl edit dashboard.service

and adjust the service to your liking. For example an instance with the screened turned to the right and no input devices:

[Service]
ExecStart=
ExecStart=/usr/bin/cage -rd -- /usr/bin/luakit -U "https://duckduckgo.com/"
Environment=WLR_LIBINPUT_NO_DEVICES=1

Readonly filesystem

To protect your SD card against wear and tear, see arch-overlayroot for a simple overlay based readonly file system solution.