About & Author

About & Author

👤 Author Profile

Webpage Signage Runner was designed, developed, and open-sourced by Maximiliano Contartesi.

Maximiliano is a Solutions Architect and Principal Software Engineer with deep expertise in distributed desktop applications, resilient Node.js / Electron architectures, high-availability kiosk systems, and full-stack web platforms.

📬 Connect with Maximiliano

• 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maxiconta/
• 🐙 GitHub: @mcontartesi
• 📝 Medium: @maxiconta
• ✉️ Email: maxiconta [at] gmail [dot] com

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🎯 Motivation & Design Philosophy

Commercial digital signage platforms are often burdened by costly recurring SaaS subscriptions, proprietary hardware lock-ins, bloated software, and poor support for multi-monitor video walls and custom authenticated REST feeds.

Webpage Signage Runner was built to provide an open-source, enterprise-grade, zero-cost alternative that is:

1. Lightweight & Fast: Minimal memory overhead with automated periodic cache purges to run indefinitely without slowdowns.
2. Hardware Agnostic: Runs on standard x86/x64 hardware across Windows and Linux.
3. Resilient by Default: Self-healing watchdog, automatic reconnection, and crash recovery.
4. Developer & Sysadmin Friendly: Comprehensive HTTP REST API, live screenshots, interactive Swagger UI, and JSON configuration.

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📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2026 Maximiliano Contartesi

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
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THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
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OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
SOFTWARE.