Monero Dashboard

• Monero Dashboard
  • Who
  • Install
  • Build
  • TODOs
  • Where to go from here
  • Widget ideas
  • Architecture thoughts

This is first and foremost, a proof of concept / art project. It's meant to be an extremely crufty catch-all for things that may not make sense to put into say, Monero GUI. Does a carousel of dancing Monerochans belong in the GUI? Probably not, but it does belong in the Monero Dashboard as a widget, with a link to the Monero Art Fund.

Who

This dashboard is geared toward (in priority order) users who:

1. want to push the boundaries
2. want to have fun
3. are newbs who may not have experience / enjoyment /capability in running apps from the CLI

For the time being this app is not geared toward those:

1. with high security/opsec requirements
2. who may not have a lot of system resources
3. who are passionate about performance (this app might run like dogshit for the forseeable future)

Install

git clone git@github.com:CryptoGrampy/monero-dashboard.git
cd monero-dashboard
npm i
npm run start

Build

To run a build on your platform / generate an executable:

npm run electron:build

TODOs

• Add user config input to monerod w/default 'safe' config (specify file?)
• Wrap widgets in 'cards'/Wrapper class providing widget styles/standardized widget function calls
• Remove boilerplate cruft
• Refactor/Rebuild Data Store
• Can Monerod Updater work from app using hardcoded paths?
• Clean up back end code / Electron main.ts... very messy
• Add Typescript/ESlint/Prettier rules and clean up disabled rules
• Improve back end Monerod state manager
• Configure Github releases
• Tests?

Where to go from here

• Monerod Custom Configs
• Codebase is extremely messy and needs a lot of refactoring- especially for state-store and electron ipc handlers. It's currently cobbled together with duct tape. Also needs linting
• Replace widget select with a horizontal scrollbar with widget icons/add buttons on each one, or ideally drag and drop onto dashboard
• Include monerod/xmrig/p2pool binaries?
• P2Pool mining capability

Widget ideas

• Monero Node
  • Controller (starts/stops monerod, sets config, monerod location, updates monerod, sets autostart?)
  • On/Off Timer
  • Gaming Mode (lowers peers)
  • Display Stats
  • Create Tor Hidden Service/Display Onion URL as text/QR code
• Mining
  • Mining controls similar to Feather Wallet
  • P2Pool Share Status: https://p2pool.observer/api
• Social
  • Current CCS list
  • Monero.Observer rss
  • Monero Bounties
  • Chat?
  • XMR.radio player
• Donation
• Data Charts

Architecture thoughts

App Architecture:

• Widgets
  • different types- stateful vs non-stateful widget
  • should have a static representation that includes title/image or icon/tags that can be used for cataloguing purposes and in select menu
  • should implement onAddToDashboard, onRemoveFromDashboard, widget-name, display name, minimum height/width reqs, usesExternalApiCall (display as icon)
  • should not talk to each other/depend on one another
  • should consider when to pull their own data vs adding a new shared subscribable data service
  • should not push conflicting state changes (i.e. a pushes a config different from the monero node widget)
  • could be categorized via a sidebar router