The operating system for Airtime screens. Boot it on any computer with a display output and that machine becomes a rentable ad screen.
Get running in 3 steps
- Download
airtimeos-x86_64.isobelow. - Flash it to a USB stick with balenaEtcher — two clicks, no unzipping.
- Plug the machine into your screen via HDMI and boot from the stick → a QR code appears → scan it with your phone → done.
Wi-Fi setup happens on screen, with an on-screen keyboard. No accounts on the device, no config files, no terminal. The screen is claimed and managed entirely from your phone.
Running from the stick keeps its pairing and Wi-Fi across power cuts. If you'd rather free the stick, open the settings gear on screen and install to the machine's internal disk.
Trying it in a virtual machine?
Give the VM 4 GB RAM. In VirtualBox set Settings → Display → Graphics Controller to VMSVGA with 3D acceleration off — other controllers expose no Linux display interface and the kiosk cannot start (the screen will tell you if that happens). Expect a few minutes to first paint: inside a VM everything renders in software.
Build from source (optional, for developers)
git clone https://github.com/DotCorr/airtime-os && cd airtime-os
./debian/build.sh # needs Docker
./test-qemu.sh # boot it in QEMU (UEFI, like real hardware)