Slipway

Slipway lets you quickly create custom dashboards (called Rigs) that can be displayed on almost any device with a screen. View them in browsers, as phone widgets, on eInk screens, and more.

If you have data in one place and want to display it in another place, Slipway is designed to do that quickly and with minimum fuss.

By utilizing an ecosystem of Components you can often create custom Rigs with just some JSON and a small amount of code. If someone else has already done what you need, you might not even need any code.

Rigs compose components together, allowing you to mix and match information to create dashboards that are tailored to your needs.

Using playlists, you can schedule Rigs to be displayed at different times of the day, or on different days of the week.

Perhaps in the morning you want today's calendar alongside train departures, in the afternoon your house solar stats, and in the evening some movie recommendations. Playlists make that trivial.

Slipway has been designed to make self hosting as simple, hassle free, and safe as possible.

All you need is a cheap, basic server. There are no databases or other dependencies. Slipway is deployed as a single binary with some static configuration, or as a single Docker image.

Slipway lets you write Components in Javascript or any language that compiles to WASM, such as Rust, and mix and match within your Rigs.

Renderers are also just Components. Currently Slipway supports rendering using JSX, SVG, ECharts, Adaptive Cards, or a mix of all of them.

TRMNL devices are affordable eInk screens for displaying anything you like.

Slipway supports the TRMNL API out of the box, so you can quickly get up and running displaying your Rigs on your TRMNL devices while taking advantage of Slipway's flexible scheduling, playlists and on-demand rendering.