Quadro was an awesome app that would let you control your PC with virtual launchpads. Unfortunately Quadro was removed from the App Store. I've attempted to recreate Quadro from the ground up using web technologies, because almost all devices support PWA's and they don't have to follow Apple's App Store guidelines.
Currently this project is still a work-in-progress, but some funcitonality is here! Buttons, sliders, and a basic settings app is working. Unfortunately, there is currently no easy way to create tiles, because they're written in JSON and there isn't a finished GUI to create and manage them, although I have included a JSON schema that should add autocomplete functionality to vscode/coc when editing the palette files.
The server is currently pretty buggy with creating new palettes and I'm
considering creating a seperate module for managing palettes. If you don't care
for the gui you can also run just the server by running node server/index.js
in the src/ directory, though you'll need to reinstall your npm dependencies if
you've ran electron-rebuild. Most settings are in server/user/ but I'm working
on creating an os-dependent config store, so settings will be in ~/.config on
Linux and %appdata%\ on Windows in the future.
- Some important code is commented out or messy because I was testing on Linux, full compatibility soon™ (affected files are in src/server, notably processMetadata.ts and actions.ts)
- I've decided (after 7 months) that I'll never finish this enough to call it usable before uploading it to GitHub, so here it is I guess.
Buttons that launch:
- Node.js modules
- Files, such as executables or documents in their default app
- Midi messages
- Keystrokes (currently Windows only, because node 12 RobotJS)
- Commands (pretty much useless on Windows but useful on Linux)
Sliders that launch:
- Midi messages
- System volume changes
- Screen brightness changes
- Node.js modules
Installation guide is here
Cinquo is currently in a pretty much unusable state for regular users. I wouldn't recommend using this for important tasks, because all network traffic isn't encrypted. RobotJS doesn't work on Linux (for me?) with Node 12 and electron, and there are performace issues that cause a delay when changing app focus and it being reflected client-side which doesn't happen on Windows.
See the issues tab for planned features, known bugs and progress on milestone builds.