Mission Control

Mission Control is a tool for managing your information displays. It is a standalone binary that you can run on any linux (x86 or arm) machine using xorg.

Features:

• 🖥️ Digital Signage Management: Control multiple displays, playlists, and tabs
• 🏠 Home Assistant Integration: MQTT-based device discovery and control
• 🌐 Web UI: Modern React-based dashboard for monitoring and control
• 🎛️ REST API: OpenAPI-documented endpoints for programmatic control
• 📱 Live Previews: Real-time tab screenshots and live streaming

We recommend you use a setup as described here.

Installation

Simply download the latest binary from the releases page and run it on your machine. You could also easily grab the latest x86 binary or the latest arm binary from these links.

Web UI

Mission Control includes a built-in web interface accessible at http://localhost:3000 once the server is running. The web UI provides:

• 📊 Dashboard: Overview of all playlists and their current status
• 🖼️ Live Previews: Thumbnail previews of each tab with live updates
• ⚡ Quick Controls: Click to activate playlists or switch to specific tabs
• 📈 Device Status: Real-time monitoring of device state and uptime

Development

Building from Source

1. Build Web UI:

cd web
pnpm install
pnpm dev

The web development server runs on http://localhost:5173 and proxies API calls to the backend.

1. Build Backend:

cd app
cargo run

Configuration

The configuration is stored at ./config.toml or ~/.config/v3x-mission-control/config.toml.

A sample configuration look as follows:

[homeassistant]
mqtt_url = "mqtt://localhost:1883"
mqtt_username = "username"
mqtt_password = "password"

[device]
name = "My Display"
id = "my_display_1"

[display]
# sleep time in seconds
sleep_time = 10

[chromium]
enabled = true
# optional
binary_path = "/usr/bin/chromium"

[chromium.tabs.my_homepage]
url = "https://v3x.fyi/s1"
persist = true

[chromium.tabs.google_news]
url = "https://news.google.com/topstories"
persist = true

[chromium.playlists.my_playlist]
tabs = [
    "my_homepage",
    "google_news",
]
# Alternate between tabs every 30 seconds
interval = 30