Butler is a hybrid native and web app for Home Assistant. Butler is designed and developed on and for GNOME.
Butler wraps your Home Assistant dashboard up in a native UI, integrating better with your OS.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Icon in your App Grid, Applications Menu, Dash, Dock, etc.
- Native header bar
- Save and restore current view and size when closed and re-opened
- Two-finger swipe and mouse button support to go back/forward between views
- Cross-desktop light/dark style support for GNOME, elementary OS, etc.
- Other features:
- Pinch-to-zoom.
- Set the scaling with Ctrl+Plus/Minus or Ctrl+0 to reset.
Website: github.com/cassidyjames/butler
Support:
Developer: Cassidy James Blaede
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
Butler is written in Vala. Learn Vala with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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