I got tired of subscription-based wall displays and locked ecosystems, so I built my own.
This turns a Raspberry Pi into a wall-mounted dashboard that boots directly into a fullscreen display and runs entirely on the local network. No accounts, no cloud, no ongoing fees.
From a fresh Pi install, it takes about 8 minutes from running the command to a working display after reboot.
- boots straight into a kiosk display
- controlled via a browser on the local network
- stores everything locally
- runs on nginx + PHP + Chromium kiosk
- background updates handled via cron + local scripts
After install it’s immediately usable, and then you can layer in things like schedules, weather, or other content if you want.
I built it specifically to avoid paying for something like a “smart display” that requires a subscription and limits what you can do with it.
Wondering if anyone thinks this solves a problem or is a viable project.
I got tired of subscription-based wall displays and locked ecosystems, so I built my own.
This turns a Raspberry Pi into a wall-mounted dashboard that boots directly into a fullscreen display and runs entirely on the local network. No accounts, no cloud, no ongoing fees.
From a fresh Pi install, it takes about 8 minutes from running the command to a working display after reboot.
Install:
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/silentg33k/chalkboard-inst... | bash
What it does:
- boots straight into a kiosk display - controlled via a browser on the local network - stores everything locally - runs on nginx + PHP + Chromium kiosk - background updates handled via cron + local scripts
After install it’s immediately usable, and then you can layer in things like schedules, weather, or other content if you want.
I built it specifically to avoid paying for something like a “smart display” that requires a subscription and limits what you can do with it.
Wondering if anyone thinks this solves a problem or is a viable project.