@app_id@ CC-BY-SA-4.0 GPL-3.0-or-later @app_name@ Companion for Home Assistant #7fd6ff #027bb3 Cassidy James Blaede Cassidy James Blaede

Access your Home Assistant dashboard from a native companion UI, integrating better with your OS. Native features include:

Butler is designed to make getting at your Home Assistant dashboard easier for kiosks, your laptop/desktop, or your Linux phone. It does not support companion app features from Android and iOS like location services, notifications, or exposing device sensors.

Other features include:

Note WebRTC camera streams (i.e. used by some newer Nest cameras) are not currently supported.

@app_id@ @app_id@.desktop 360 pointing keyboard touch https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cassidyjames/butler/3c3c6f7182049db184e6f7533326d5240ea3bdfc/data/screenshots/light.png Home Assistant dashboard with many rooms and devices https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cassidyjames/butler/3c3c6f7182049db184e6f7533326d5240ea3bdfc/data/screenshots/light-settings.png Available settings, including server URL and custom header colors https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cassidyjames/butler/3c3c6f7182049db184e6f7533326d5240ea3bdfc/data/screenshots/dark.png Home Assistant dashboard in dark style https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cassidyjames/butler/3c3c6f7182049db184e6f7533326d5240ea3bdfc/data/screenshots/dark-settings.png Available settings in dark style

GNOME 47 “Denver”

  • Updated with the latest GNOME 47 platform and design
  • Matched the default dark header color to the Home Assistant dark theme
  • Reworked adaptive “Settings” dialog with individually-resettable options
  • Improved reliability of saving server URLs

The Rise of Settings

  • New “Settings” dialog where you can set your server URL, and more…
  • New “Header Bar Color” setting where you can customize the background color of the top bar, including different colors for light and dark styles

Under the hood

  • Separate development and release profiles to make development easier

Improved app listing

  • Improved light brand color for Flathub and app store clients
  • Updated screenshots

Improved brand colors for Flathub and app store clients

GNOME 46

  • Target GNOME 46 runtime
  • Improved dialogs using new Adwaita widgets
  • Improved light brand color for Flathub and app store clients

Improved app listing

  • Refreshed icon with better contrast thanks to Tobias Bernard
  • Brand colors for Flathub and app store clients

Improved app listing

  • New icon based on Jakub Steiner's excellent work
  • Refreshed summary and description to better align with Flathub recommendations
MetaInfo: failing summery length Unique icon

Small improvements

  • Show a banner about the demo server
  • Open links in default browser
  • Automatically prepend protocol to custom server if omitted
  • Improved about window
  • Start preparing for translations
Better onboarding Open links in default browser Automatically prepend protocol to custom server if omitted

Improved accessibility and fullscreen experience

  • Hide header bar when fullscreen
  • Remember fullscreen state
  • Remind how to exit fullscreen
  • Add access keys (mnemonics) for better accessibility
Hide header bar when fullscreen Remember fullscreen state Remind how to exit fullscreen Add access keys (mnemonics) for better accessibility

Initial release

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