Inkycal v2026.07.01

Added

• Local web UI improvements:
  • mobile-first responsive layout and improved styling
  • settings editor with both raw JSON and key/value editing
  • timezone updates from UI
  • hardware info auto-refresh endpoint
  • display test actions from UI (calibration, clear, demo image)
  • git maintenance tools in UI (branch switch + git pull --ff-only)
  • sudo password modal for privileged actions (service/timezone/display operations)
  • support links for settings generator, InkycalOS-Lite, and Discord
• New optional webshot setting dither (default true) for module-level dithering control.
• Weather module now displays combined current/max temperature format.
• Agenda module improvements:
  • two-column layout support
  • better wrapping and date-header continuation handling
  • all-day icon centering updates
  • docs updates for agenda module
• Added support for image_file_12_in_48 display model.
• Docs pages added:
  • InkycalOS-Lite setup guide
  • installer guide
  • local web UI guide
  • troubleshooting
  • modules: weather, image, custom
• Added InkycalOS-Lite setup GIF embed to docs.
• Optional startup splash behavior in core startup path:
  • renders monochrome Inkycal + version text
  • shown once per boot by default
  • can be disabled with show_startup_splash: false in settings.json

Changed

• Network fetch handling moved from urlopen to requests + certifi in textfile and iCal parsing paths.
• General code-quality pass across service scripts, logging setup, and installer paths.
• Requirements/dependency updates in requirements.txt, dev_requirements.txt, and Raspberry Pi requirements.
• Docs navigation (docs/mkdocs.yml) and content structure improved for discoverability.
• CI workflow maintenance and hardening:
  • updated workflow actions/tooling versions
  • added timeout and concurrency controls

Fixed

• Todoist due-date handling.
• Import registration issue in module importer.
• Agenda rendering bugs:
  • overlapping columns
  • bottom-of-column date header edge cases
  • older events clamped to today for multi-day rendering
• Calendar visual fixes:
  • red "today" circle clipping corrected by reducing radius factor
  • date-width measurement robustness improvements
• Canvas autofit sizing stability improved by using a static start size for each autofit pass.
• Webshot module now respects per-module dither setting during palette conversion.

Documentation

• Sync and expansion of docs to match current dev branch behavior.
• Updated install/quickstart/hardware/dev-reference content.
• Added dedicated installer and web UI pages with placeholder assets.
• Added community support links (Discord) and InkycalOS-Lite guidance.
• Added dedicated InkycalOS-Lite page and linked it in nav/installation guide.

Migration instructions from last release

To upgrade Inkycal from your last release (2025), run the following commands in order:

cd "$HOME/Inkycal"
cp -v /boot/settings.json "/boot/settings.json.bak.$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S)" 2>/dev/null || true
cp -v "$HOME/Inkycal/inkycal/settings.json" "$HOME/Inkycal/inkycal/settings.json.bak.$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S)" 2>/dev/null || true

git fetch origin
git checkout main
git pull --ff-only origin main

source venv/bin/activate
pip install --upgrade pip wheel setuptools --index-url https://www.piwheels.org/simple --extra-index-url https://pypi.org/simple
pip install -e . --index-url https://www.piwheels.org/simple --extra-index-url https://pypi.org/simple
pip install -r raspberry_os_requirements.txt --index-url https://www.piwheels.org/simple --extra-index-url https://pypi.org/simple

python3 installer.py

Then restart and check status:

sudo systemctl restart inkycal.service
sudo systemctl restart inkycal-webui.service
systemctl status inkycal.service --no-pager
systemctl status inkycal-webui.service --no-pager