Free wall dashboard
One URL for your Pi, tablet or TV
A clock, the weather, sun and moon, and on this day, full screen and big enough to read across the room. Free, with no account and nothing to install.
Make your screen
Your screen's address
https://webknox.com/wall/live?place=dresden-de
What's on it
- Clock and date
- In your city's time zone and the page's language.
- Weather
- Today's forecast from MET Norway, updated every three hours.
- Sun and moon
- Sunrise, sunset and the moon, for your city.
- On this day
- A moment from history, from Wikipedia.
- Local news
- Three recent headlines that name your city, when there are enough. Word lists and a small AI model leave out crime, accidents and other bad news.
- A joke
- A new one each day, on English screens without local news.
Put it on a screen
- Raspberry Pi
- Start Chromium in kiosk mode with your address, using the command below. It fills the screen and hides the browser.
- Tablet
- Open the address, add it to your home screen, turn off auto-lock and keep the tablet plugged in.
- TV
- Open the address in the TV's browser, or connect a small computer such as a Pi to its HDMI port, which is steadier.
chromium --kiosk --noerrdialogs "https://webknox.com/wall/live?place=dresden-de"
Questions about the wall dashboard
Is it really free?
Yes. There's no account and no key. A small credit line stays at the bottom of the screen.
Is it self-hosted?
No. WebKnox hosts the page and its data, so your screen needs an internet connection.
Why can't I find my town?
The list has about 5,000 of the world's largest cities and every capital. Pick the nearest one.
Where does the news come from?
From the World News API. Headlines are in the main language of your city's country, with the publisher's website. Countries whose main language isn't English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese or Italian show no news. An AI model chooses the local, pleasant ones from their titles.
How often does it update?
The clock runs on your screen. The screen checks for new data every 30 minutes, the weather changes every three hours and the rest changes once a day.
Can I change what's on it?
You can choose the place and the theme, and the screen uses the language of this page. For your own cards and design, use the API with your own key.
Places from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Weather from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0). On this day from Wikipedia. Headlines from World News API.
Building a display product?
Apart from the news, the cards on this screen come from the WebKnox API. With your own key you choose the cards and the design, and people can ask it anything.