A digital family command center that makes time, responsibilities, and plans visible to everyone
This project provides a single, shared view of daily life — schedules, tasks, reminders, and household context — optimized for clarity, glanceability, and reliability for people of all ages (from young children to older adults).
This software turns a large, portrait‑mounted touchscreen into a digital household command center:
- A shared calendar that makes time easy to understand at a glance
- Clear visibility into what’s happening now, next, and later
- Household tasks and responsibilities without friction
- Simple notes and reminders that fade when no longer relevant
- An interface that works even if you never touch it
It is designed to behave like an appliance, not a computer.
This project is intentionally not:
- A tablet launcher
- A smart‑home control dashboard
- A phone app scaled up to a big screen
- A notification feed or productivity tool for power users
The goal is calm, shared understanding — not feature density.
These principles guide all development decisions:
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Glanceable First You should understand what matters from across the room.
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Shared by Default The display represents the household, not an individual user.
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All Ages, No Training If you can tap a microwave, you can use this.
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Touch Is Optional The system must be useful even without interaction.
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Always On, Always Recoverable Power loss, reboots, or updates should never require human intervention.
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Calm by Design No ads, no clutter, no attention‑grabbing behavior.
- Calendar aggregation (family, personal, school, work)
- Human‑readable time views (now / next / today / tomorrow)
- Household tasks and chores with clear ownership
- Notes and short messages for shared context
- Always‑on display mode for large portrait screens
- Touch interaction that is forgiving and reversible
The software is designed for:
- Large portrait displays (≈ 23"–32")
- Capacitive touch (PCAP) preferred
- Wall‑mounted in shared spaces
- Wired or Wi‑Fi networking
- Automatic boot‑to‑UI on power restore
The project is hardware‑agnostic and can run on Linux‑based systems, mini PCs, or other kiosk‑style environments.
This project is licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 (AGPL‑3.0).
- You are free to use, study, modify, and self‑host this software.
- You may run it in your own home, school, or community space.
- If you modify and distribute this software, or offer it as a networked service, you must make your source code available under the same license.
This license is chosen intentionally to:
- Keep improvements available to the community
- Prevent closed or proprietary forks
- Discourage extractive commercialization without contribution
Commercial use, resale, white‑labeling, or bundling into a paid product may require a separate commercial license.
If you are interested in commercial use, please open an issue or contact the project maintainer to discuss licensing options.
This project is under active development.
Early goals include:
- Stable kiosk deployment
- Clear screen‑zone layout for large portrait displays
- Graceful offline behavior
- Simple update and recovery mechanisms
Contributions, feedback, and real‑world testing are welcome.
Contributions are welcome, especially:
- UI/UX improvements for large portrait displays
- Accessibility enhancements
- Reliability and startup hardening
- Documentation and setup guides
By contributing, you agree that your contributions will be licensed under AGPL‑3.0.
Homes already have enough screens demanding attention.
This project exists to create one calm, shared surface that helps a household stay aligned — without noise, ads, or subscriptions.
If it quietly does its job and fades into the background of daily life, it’s working.