Built in Apps

Built-in Apps

The companion ships its own library of ready-to-run apps. One tap on a tile runs an app; the App Library adds or removes them; and you can write your own.

⚠️ This page is a tour, not an inventory. The app ecosystem is always changing — apps are added, gain settings, and improve all the time, and this list is a snapshot. Always check the App Library inside the companion (Apps tab → App Library) for what your install actually offers: it is the source of truth, and it's where new apps appear first.

Badges: 🌐 adapts to the global Language (translated text, local date & number formats) · ⚡ has a trigger mode — it can watch for a condition and briefly interrupt the display when it fires · 🎞 animation (color frames) · 🎨 Matrix-panel-only — draws graphics straight onto a Matrix Gateway's LED panel and won't appear on a physical flap display · 🔑 needs an API key. Min wall is the smallest flap wall the app accepts, rows × columns.

Every app runs on both displays

Every functional app is dual-surface: the same app, off one shared configuration, spells its text on a physical flap wall and draws a rich panel view on a Matrix Gateway — adapting to whatever surface it is given, from a big 256×64 panel down to 64×32, and from a tall five-row flap wall down to a slim two-row one. On a Matrix-panel display, each app's settings open with a Show on Matrix panel toggle at the top — on by default; flip it off to keep that app on flap-style text. (The toggle only appears on Matrix-panel displays, and a playlist entry can override it per entry.)

The screenshots below are rendered straight from the app code with sample data — the Matrix view at four panel resolutions and the flap view at three wall heights. They live in the repo's screenshots gallery.

Matrix-panel-only apps

A few apps (🎨) drive the panel as a raw LED canvas — arbitrary graphics, free of the flap grid. They need a Matrix wall and won't appear on a physical flap display. See Writing Apps → Canvas apps to build your own.

Channels and quizzes on the panel

A channel or quiz app (jokes, quotes, fortunes …) shows as text on the flaps; on a Matrix panel it renders as large text beside a themed icon (the manifest's canvas_art names the icon — a clapperboard for Movie Quotes, a moon for Good Night, the 🥠 for the fortune cookies). A line too long to stay readable on a short panel splits across screens rather than shrinking the type. A quiz shows its two screens in turn: the question, then — after the page delay — the answer.

Advice

A random piece of advice.
min wall 2×15


Matrix 256 × 64	Matrix 128 × 64
Matrix 128 × 32	Matrix 64 × 32
Flap wall 3 × 15	Flap wall 5 × 15
Flap wall 2 × 15

Animation

Plays a looping animation (e.g. a GIF), uploaded to the panel once and then run on-device from PSRAM — the companion can disconnect and it keeps looping.
🎨🎞

Matrix panel only — no screenshot yet.

Aquarium

An animated reef — fish drift and dart across the panel. Purely decorative.
🎨

Matrix panel only — no screenshot yet.

Art Clock

The time drawn in color art.
🎞 · min wall 3×15

An animation — best seen in motion; no static screenshot.

Aurora Watch

Geomagnetic activity (Kp index) with a severity color — will you see the aurora tonight?
🌐 · min wall 1×12


Matrix 256 × 64	Matrix 128 × 64
Matrix 128 × 32	Matrix 64 × 32
Flap wall 3 × 15	Flap wall 5 × 15
Flap wall 2 × 15

Binary Clock

The time as a classic BCD binary clock — color flaps as bits, colors for 1 and 0 yours to pick. Seconds on a Matrix Gateway.
min wall 4×8


Matrix 256 × 64	Matrix 128 × 64
Matrix 128 × 32	Matrix 64 × 32
Flap wall 3 × 15	Flap wall 5 × 15
Flap wall 2 × 15

BirdNET

Live bird detections from a BirdNET-Pi on your network.
⚡ · min wall 1×10


Matrix 256 × 64	Matrix 128 × 64
Matrix 128 × 32	Matrix 64 × 32
Flap wall 3 × 15	Flap wall 5 × 15
Flap wall 2 × 15

BTC Fear & Greed

The Bitcoin Fear & Greed index, with a sentiment color.
🌐⚡ · min wall 1×1


Matrix 256 × 64	Matrix 128 × 64
Matrix 128 × 32	Matrix 64 × 32
Flap wall 3 × 15	Flap wall 5 × 15
Flap wall 2 × 15

Calendar

Your next events from iCal feeds (Google, Apple, …), recurring events included.
🌐 · min wall 2×12


Matrix 256 × 64	Matrix 128 × 64
Matrix 128 × 32	Matrix 64 × 32
Flap wall 3 × 15	Flap wall 5 × 15
Flap wall 2 × 15

Cat Facts

A concise cat fact.
min wall 3×15


Matrix 256 × 64	Matrix 128 × 64
Matrix 128 × 32	Matrix 64 × 32
Flap wall 3 × 15	Flap wall 5 × 15
Flap wall 2 × 15

Checker

A checkerboard.
🎞 · min wall 1×1

An animation — best seen in motion; no static screenshot.

Chuck Norris

Chuck Norris facts.
min wall 3×10


Matrix 256 × 64	Matrix 128 × 64
Matrix 128 × 32	Matrix 64 × 32
Flap wall 3 × 15	Flap wall 5 × 15
Flap wall 2 × 15

Comments

Latest comments on your videos.
⚡🔑 · min wall 2×10


Matrix 256 × 64	Matrix 128 × 64
Matrix 128 × 32	Matrix 64 × 32
Flap wall 3 × 15	Flap wall 5 × 15
Flap wall 2 × 15

Countdown

A timer to a moment you pick (up to five at once). On walls five rows or taller, each unit gets its own row with a color bar of how much of its cycle remains. On a Matrix panel: full-width draining color bars. Optional seconds on a Matrix Gateway.
🌐⚡ · min wall 1×6


Matrix 256 × 64	Matrix 128 × 64
Matrix 128 × 32	Matrix 64 × 32
Flap wall 3 × 15	Flap wall 5 × 15
Flap wall 2 × 15

Crypto

Coin prices, shown by ticker (BTC, ETH, …).
🌐⚡ · min wall 1×13


Matrix 256 × 64	Matrix 128 × 64
Matrix 128 × 32	Matrix 64 × 32
Flap wall 3 × 15	Flap wall 5 × 15
Flap wall 2 × 15

Dad Jokes (quiz)

A question, then the punchline — a two-screen quiz reveal.
🌐 · min wall 3×15


Matrix 256 × 64	Matrix 128 × 64
Matrix 128 × 32	Matrix 64 × 32
Flap wall 3 × 15	Flap wall 5 × 15
Flap wall 2 × 15

Dashboard

Time + weather on one screen. On a tall wall (5+ rows) it drops both onto one dense page that spreads to the edges, instead of two sparse pages. On a Matrix panel: the full overview card — big clock, date, weather column, seconds sweep.
🌐 · min wall 3×12


Matrix 256 × 64	Matrix 128 × 64
Matrix 128 × 32	Matrix 64 × 32
Flap wall 3 × 15	Flap wall 5 × 15
Flap wall 2 × 15

Date

The full date, laid out for your wall. On a Matrix panel: the full Date Card — big day numeral, weekday accent, facts column, year-progress bar.
🌐 · min wall 2×10


Matrix 256 × 64	Matrix 128 × 64
Matrix 128 × 32	Matrix 64 × 32
Flap wall 3 × 15	Flap wall 5 × 15
Flap wall 2 × 15

Dog Facts

A concise dog fact.
min wall 3×15


Matrix 256 × 64	Matrix 128 × 64
Matrix 128 × 32	Matrix 64 × 32
Flap wall 3 × 15	Flap wall 5 × 15
Flap wall 2 × 15

Earthquakes

Recent significant earthquakes (USGS), color-coded by magnitude.
🌐 · min wall 1×12


Matrix 256 × 64	Matrix 128 × 64
Matrix 128 × 32	Matrix 64 × 32
Flap wall 3 × 15	Flap wall 5 × 15
Flap wall 2 × 15

Effects

On-device panel effects — plasma, fire, matrix rain, flip-o-rama, clock and Conway's Life — rendered by the panel itself at its native frame rate, with nothing on the network. Optional hue and density knobs where the effect supports them; the picker shows exactly what the wall advertises.
🎨🎞

Matrix panel only — no screenshot yet.

Exchange Rates

Live currency rates (ECB).
🌐 · min wall 1×12


Matrix 256 × 64	Matrix 128 × 64
Matrix 128 × 32	Matrix 64 × 32
Flap wall 3 × 15	Flap wall 5 × 15
Flap wall 2 × 15

Forecast Ribbon

The day's temperature curve as a color bar chart.
🎞 · min wall 3×8

An animation — best seen in motion; no static screenshot.

Formula 1

The next Grand Prix & championship leader.
🌐 · min wall 2×12


Matrix 256 × 64	Matrix 128 × 64
Matrix 128 × 32	Matrix 64 × 32
Flap wall 3 × 15	Flap wall 5 × 15
Flap wall 2 × 15

Fortune Cookie (channel)

A fortune without the cookie.
🌐 · min wall 3×15


Matrix 256 × 64	Matrix 128 × 64
Matrix 128 × 32	Matrix 64 × 32
Flap wall 3 × 15	Flap wall 5 × 15
Flap wall 2 × 15

Good Morning (channel)

A morning pick-me-up.
🌐 · min wall 3×15


Matrix 256 × 64	Matrix 128 × 64
Matrix 128 × 32	Matrix 64 × 32
Flap wall 3 × 15	Flap wall 5 × 15
Flap wall 2 × 15

Good Night (channel)

An evening wind-down.
🌐 · min wall 3×15


Matrix 256 × 64	Matrix 128 × 64
Matrix 128 × 32	Matrix 64 × 32
Flap wall 3 × 15	Flap wall 5 × 15
Flap wall 2 × 15

Harry Potter (channel)

Wizarding wisdom.
min wall 3×15


Matrix 256 × 64	Matrix 128 × 64
Matrix 128 × 32	Matrix 64 × 32
Flap wall 3 × 15	Flap wall 5 × 15
Flap wall 2 × 15

Home Assistant

Your Home Assistant entity states, one row per entity — renamed, reordered and thresholded as you choose, with a green / amber / red color flap for on-states and numeric bands. Automatic in the add-on; standalone Docker sets COMPANION_HA_URL + COMPANION_HA_TOKEN. On a Matrix panel: a grid of entity cards with device icons.
min wall 1×12


Matrix 256 × 64	Matrix 128 × 64
Matrix 128 × 32	Matrix 64 × 32
Flap wall 3 × 15	Flap wall 5 × 15
Flap wall 2 × 15

Image

Mirrors a picture onto the panel as a full-color frame — fit or fill. Leave the URL blank for a color demo.
🎨

Image on a 128×64 panel

ISS Tracker

Where the Space Station is — and an interruption when it passes overhead.
🌐⚡ · min wall 1×14


Matrix 256 × 64	Matrix 128 × 64
Matrix 128 × 32	Matrix 64 × 32
Flap wall 3 × 15	Flap wall 5 × 15
Flap wall 2 × 15

Livestream

Launch-day rotation for a stream.
🔑 · min wall 3×12


Matrix 256 × 64	Matrix 128 × 64
Matrix 128 × 32	Matrix 64 × 32
Flap wall 3 × 15	Flap wall 5 × 15
Flap wall 2 × 15

Lumina Clock

The time as luminous color — big anti-aliased digits filling the panel, in four treatments: Glow (a light-to-color gradient with a soft halo), Aurora (color flowing through the numerals), Neon (a bright tube-glow) and Minimal. Curated palettes (Amber / Ice / Mint / Duotone / Daylight, never pink), 12h/24h, a smooth seconds bar. The canvas evolution of the flap Art Clock.
🎨

Magic 8 Ball (channel)

Ask, and the wall answers.
🌐 · min wall 3×15


Matrix 256 × 64	Matrix 128 × 64
Matrix 128 × 32	Matrix 64 × 32
Flap wall 3 × 15	Flap wall 5 × 15
Flap wall 2 × 15

Matrix

A cascade reveal.
🎞 · min wall 1×1

An animation — best seen in motion; no static screenshot.

Metro

MBTA arrivals for your stop.
🌐⚡ · min wall 1×10


Matrix 256 × 64	Matrix 128 × 64
Matrix 128 × 32	Matrix 64 × 32
Flap wall 3 × 15	Flap wall 5 × 15
Flap wall 2 × 15

Moon Phase

The current moon phase, with an illumination bar in color flaps.
🌐⚡ · min wall 3×10


Matrix 256 × 64	Matrix 128 × 64
Matrix 128 × 32	Matrix 64 × 32
Flap wall 3 × 15	Flap wall 5 × 15
Flap wall 2 × 15

Motivational Quotes (channel)

Daily motivation.
🌐 · min wall 3×15


Matrix 256 × 64	Matrix 128 × 64
Matrix 128 × 32	Matrix 64 × 32
Flap wall 3 × 15	Flap wall 5 × 15
Flap wall 2 × 15

Movie Quotes (channel)

Iconic film lines, each with the movie it's from.
min wall 3×15


Matrix 256 × 64	Matrix 128 × 64
Matrix 128 × 32	Matrix 64 × 32
Flap wall 3 × 15	Flap wall 5 × 15
Flap wall 2 × 15

News Headlines

Latest news from RSS feeds you choose.
⚡ · min wall 3×10


Matrix 256 × 64	Matrix 128 × 64
Matrix 128 × 32	Matrix 64 × 32
Flap wall 3 × 15	Flap wall 5 × 15
Flap wall 2 × 15

On This Day

Historical events that happened today — up to three per day.
min wall 3×10


Matrix 256 × 64	Matrix 128 × 64
Matrix 128 × 32	Matrix 64 × 32
Flap wall 3 × 15	Flap wall 5 × 15
Flap wall 2 × 15

One Liners (channel)

Quick witty laughs.
min wall 3×15


Matrix 256 × 64	Matrix 128 × 64
Matrix 128 × 32	Matrix 64 × 32
Flap wall 3 × 15	Flap wall 5 × 15
Flap wall 2 × 15

Planes Overhead

Nearby aircraft. Keyless via OpenSky; FlightAware / Flightradar24 / AirLabs / aviationstack with a key.
⚡ · min wall 3×12


Matrix 256 × 64	Matrix 128 × 64
Matrix 128 × 32	Matrix 64 × 32
Flap wall 3 × 15	Flap wall 5 × 15
Flap wall 2 × 15

Precious Metals

Gold & silver spot prices.
🌐 · min wall 1×13


Matrix 256 × 64	Matrix 128 × 64
Matrix 128 × 32	Matrix 64 × 32
Flap wall 3 × 15	Flap wall 5 × 15
Flap wall 2 × 15

Public Holidays

Upcoming holidays for your country and province/state — ten years bundled, works offline. Four layers, each switchable: public holidays, religious observances by tradition, curated cultural traditions per language-region, and a fun-day-every-day novelty calendar. On a Matrix panel: a desk-calendar card per holiday.
🌐 · min wall 2×12


Matrix 256 × 64	Matrix 128 × 64
Matrix 128 × 32	Matrix 64 × 32
Flap wall 3 × 15	Flap wall 5 × 15
Flap wall 2 × 15

Quote

An inspirational quote.
min wall 3×15


Matrix 256 × 64	Matrix 128 × 64
Matrix 128 × 32	Matrix 64 × 32
Flap wall 3 × 15	Flap wall 5 × 15
Flap wall 2 × 15

Rainbow

A color wave.
🎞 · min wall 1×1

An animation — best seen in motion; no static screenshot.

Random Fact

A concise random fact — in English or German, following your Language.
🌐 · min wall 3×15


Matrix 256 × 64	Matrix 128 × 64
Matrix 128 × 32	Matrix 64 × 32
Flap wall 3 × 15	Flap wall 5 × 15
Flap wall 2 × 15

Random Spin

Continuous random flaps.
🎞 · min wall 1×1

An animation — best seen in motion; no static screenshot.

Rocket Launch

The next orbital rocket launch.
🌐 · min wall 1×12


Matrix 256 × 64	Matrix 128 × 64
Matrix 128 × 32	Matrix 64 × 32
Flap wall 3 × 15	Flap wall 5 × 15
Flap wall 2 × 15

Sarcastic Fortune Cookies (channel)

Cynical fortune-cookie wisdom.
🌐 · min wall 3×15


Matrix 256 × 64	Matrix 128 × 64
Matrix 128 × 32	Matrix 64 × 32
Flap wall 3 × 15	Flap wall 5 × 15
Flap wall 2 × 15

Scoreboard

Live and upcoming games with team logos and scores, cycling one matchup at a time. Uses the same team / league picker as the flap Sports.
🎨

Matrix panel only — no screenshot yet.

Shower Thoughts (channel)

Mind-bending thoughts.
🌐 · min wall 3×15


Matrix 256 × 64	Matrix 128 × 64
Matrix 128 × 32	Matrix 64 × 32
Flap wall 3 × 15	Flap wall 5 × 15
Flap wall 2 × 15

Sports

Scores & schedules for the teams you follow.
🌐⚡ · min wall 1×8


Matrix 256 × 64	Matrix 128 × 64
Matrix 128 × 32	Matrix 64 × 32
Flap wall 3 × 15	Flap wall 5 × 15
Flap wall 2 × 15

Star Wars (channel)

May the force be with you.
min wall 3×15


Matrix 256 × 64	Matrix 128 × 64
Matrix 128 × 32	Matrix 64 × 32
Flap wall 3 × 15	Flap wall 5 × 15
Flap wall 2 × 15

Stock Graph

A live quote — an index or ticker — in big bold type over its own price chart, green when up and red when down, with the day's percentage and a faint previous-close baseline. One symbol, or a rotating watchlist (a market board). Range 1D…1Y. Prices from the same source as the flap Stocks.
🎨

Stock Graph on a 128×64 panel

Stocks

Live prices for the tickers you follow.
🌐⚡ · min wall 1×13


Matrix 256 × 64	Matrix 128 × 64
Matrix 128 × 32	Matrix 64 × 32
Flap wall 3 × 15	Flap wall 5 × 15
Flap wall 2 × 15

Stoic Quotes (channel)

Ancient wisdom.
🌐 · min wall 3×15


Matrix 256 × 64	Matrix 128 × 64
Matrix 128 × 32	Matrix 64 × 32
Flap wall 3 × 15	Flap wall 5 × 15
Flap wall 2 × 15

Sun Times

Sunrise, sunset & day length.
🌐 · min wall 1×12


Matrix 256 × 64	Matrix 128 × 64
Matrix 128 × 32	Matrix 64 × 32
Flap wall 3 × 15	Flap wall 5 × 15
Flap wall 2 × 15

Sweep

A color sweep.
🎞 · min wall 1×1

An animation — best seen in motion; no static screenshot.

The Office (channel)

That's what she said.
min wall 3×15


Matrix 256 × 64	Matrix 128 × 64
Matrix 128 × 32	Matrix 64 × 32
Flap wall 3 × 15	Flap wall 5 × 15
Flap wall 2 × 15

Ticker

A line of text scrolling across the panel, rendered on-device — a message you type, or a live news / RSS feed.
🎨

Matrix panel only — no screenshot yet.

Tides

Today's high & low tides (NOAA).
🌐 · min wall 1×12


Matrix 256 × 64	Matrix 128 × 64
Matrix 128 × 32	Matrix 64 × 32
Flap wall 3 × 15	Flap wall 5 × 15
Flap wall 2 × 15

Time

A live clock. Optional seconds on a Matrix Gateway.
🌐 · min wall 1×8


Matrix 256 × 64	Matrix 128 × 64
Matrix 128 × 32	Matrix 64 × 32
Flap wall 3 × 15	Flap wall 5 × 15
Flap wall 2 × 15

Time Since

Elapsed time since a moment — days without incident, days since launch. Live seconds on a Matrix Gateway.
🌐⚡ · min wall 3×10


Matrix 256 × 64	Matrix 128 × 64
Matrix 128 × 32	Matrix 64 × 32
Flap wall 3 × 15	Flap wall 5 × 15
Flap wall 2 × 15

Trivia

Random trivia questions.
min wall 3×10


Matrix 256 × 64	Matrix 128 × 64
Matrix 128 × 32	Matrix 64 × 32
Flap wall 3 × 15	Flap wall 5 × 15
Flap wall 2 × 15

Twinkle

A sparkle effect.
🎞 · min wall 1×1

An animation — best seen in motion; no static screenshot.

Weather

Current conditions, a multi-day forecast with per-day sky words and color flaps, and AQI / UV / pollen. Keyless out of the box (Open-Meteo); WeatherAPI, QWeather or OpenWeather with a key.
🌐⚡ · min wall 1×8


Matrix 256 × 64	Matrix 128 × 64
Matrix 128 × 32	Matrix 64 × 32
Flap wall 3 × 15	Flap wall 5 × 15
Flap wall 2 × 15

Weather Sky

The weather app for a Matrix panel: the weather as a colorful scene — a sky whose color is the hour and the conditions (deep-blue nights with a glowing moon and colored stars, warm dawn and dusk, graying over for cloud and rain), a glowing sun or moon, drifting cloud, falling rain or snow — with the temperature, the condition, and today's high/low. On a big panel it opens up into a full info panel — feels-like, humidity, wind and a full-width three-day forecast strip. Shares the same live source and location as the ordinary Weather app.
🎨

Weather Sky on a 128×64 panel