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The library

Every app, every setting

All 100 apps with their real previews, rendered by DeskDot's engine at 32×32. Open any app for its settings, defaults, ranges and choices, and for games the modes, maps, themes and controllers.

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Ambient running on a 32×32 LED panel
Baked loop
Ambient

Ambient

Plasma, aurora, lava, zen, embers, fire, rain, stars, ripples, fireworks, snow, Life.

4 settings
Loops running on a 32×32 LED panel
Baked loop
Ambient

Loops

Novelty loops: pixel cat on a rainbow trail, glyph rain, warp speed, Game of Life, bouncing logo.

5 settings
7 Up 7 Down running on a 32×32 LED panel
Live
Casino

7 Up 7 Down

The dice party game: bet under 7, over 7 or lucky 7 from your phone; the panel rolls.

3 settings9 players
Andar Bahar running on a 32×32 LED panel
Live
Casino

Andar Bahar

The Indian card game: the joker is turned, bet Andar or Bahar, watch the cards fall.

4 settings9 players
Baccarat running on a 32×32 LED panel
Live
Casino

Baccarat

Punto Banco for parties: bet Player, Banker or Tie from your phone; the panel deals the coup.

5 settings9 players
Big Six running on a 32×32 LED panel
Live
Casino

Big Six

The money wheel: bet on 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, joker or logo; the panel spins the big wheel.

2 settings9 players
Blackjack running on a 32×32 LED panel
Live
Casino

Blackjack

Blackjack for parties: everyone plays the dealer from their phone; the panel deals the hands.

12 settings9 players
Roulette running on a 32×32 LED panel
Live
Casino

Roulette

Casino roulette for parties: friends bet from their phones, the panel spins the wheel.

4 settings9 players
Slots running on a 32×32 LED panel
Live
Casino

Slots

A slot machine for every phone: pull the lever, watch your reels spin on the panel.

6 settings9 players
Teen Patti running on a 32×32 LED panel
Live
Casino

Teen Patti

Three-card Indian poker: play blind or seen, chaal, raise, sideshow and show from your phone.

6 settings9 players
Texas Hold'em running on a 32×32 LED panel
Live
Casino

Texas Hold'em

No-limit poker for the party: phones hold the cards, the panel shows the board, pot and turns.

7 settings9 players
3D Wireframe Vector running on a 32×32 LED panel
Baked loop
Creative

3D Wireframe Vector

Retro 80s 3D vector graphics and 4D tesseract holo-display with depth cueing.

4 settings
Canvas running on a 32×32 LED panel
Live
Creative

Canvas

Pixel-paint straight onto the LEDs. Your drawing is saved.

0 settings
Emotes running on a 32×32 LED panel
Baked loop
Creative

Emotes

Full-screen animated emotes: laughing King, crying, GG, fire, 100, rage quit…

7 settings
Falling Sand running on a 32×32 LED panel
Baked loop
Creative

Falling Sand

Powder Toy cellular automaton with sand, water, fire, lava, plants, and acid.

4 settings
Flocking Boids running on a 32×32 LED panel
Baked loop
Creative

Flocking Boids

Craig Reynolds flocking swarm simulation and bioluminescent particle life.

4 settings
Fly Brain running on a 32×32 LED panel
Baked loop
Creative

Fly Brain

A fruit fly driven by a model of its real visual circuit (FlyWire connectome): it hunts fruit, dodges a looming swatter. Its neurons firing and the keys it presses play in the studio's 3D Fly view.

3 settings
Font Lab running on a 32×32 LED panel
Live
Creative

Font Lab

Every font (built-in and pixel TTFs like Minecraft / VCR OSD), styles, fills and text animations.

14 settings
Neuromorphic Cortex running on a 32×32 LED panel
Baked loop
Creative

Neuromorphic Cortex

1,024-neuron biological spiking neural network simulation with traveling waves.

4 settings
Pixabots running on a 32×32 LED panel
Baked loop
Creative

Pixabots

Animated 32x32 pixel art robot avatars with idle bounce, blinking, and accessories.

5 settings
Pixel Avatar running on a 32×32 LED panel
Live
Creative

Pixel Avatar

Minecraft faces, GitHub identicons and DiceBear pixel characters — pixel-exact, with a name tag.

7 settings
Player Card running on a 32×32 LED panel
Baked loop
Creative

Player Card

Your own rated football card — tiers, portrait, nation, six stats, shine and flip.

20 settings
Synthwave Horizon running on a 32×32 LED panel
Baked loop
Creative

Synthwave Horizon

80s cyberpunk outrun horizon with 3D perspective grid, blazing sun, and sports car.

4 settings
Text running on a 32×32 LED panel
Live
Creative

Text

Messages, auto-fitted, smoothly scrolling, or flowing like Spotify lyrics.

8 settings
Text Studio running on a 32×32 LED panel
Live
Creative

Text Studio

Click the preview to place text and live values — drag, restyle, animate. Your own layout.

4 settings
Air Quality running on a 32×32 LED panel
Live
Live data

Air Quality

AQI gauge, PM2.5/PM10/O3/NO2 bars, UV index advice, pollen (Europe) and a 24 h forecast.

7 settings
Crypto Ticker running on a 32×32 LED panel
Live
Live data

Crypto Ticker

Binance prices with 24-hour change and trend line.

3 settings
Currency running on a 32×32 LED panel
Live
Live data

Currency

Exchange rates for your home currency: big pair with a sparkline, board, converter, heat grid.

13 settings
Earthquakes running on a 32×32 LED panel
Live
Live data

Earthquakes

Live USGS earthquakes: world map with pulsing rings, regional zoom, nearest/latest card, list.

13 settings
Flight Radar running on a 32×32 LED panel
Baked loop
Live data

Flight Radar

A phosphor radar scope of live aircraft around you (free ADS-B). Click a blip to inspect it.

10 settings
GitHub Graph running on a 32×32 LED panel
Live
Live data

GitHub Graph

Your contribution graph, total and streak — straight from your public profile.

3 settings
Headlines running on a 32×32 LED panel
Live
Live data

Headlines

Hacker News, Spaceflight News, DEV and Lobsters: story cards, big points or a vertical ticker.

11 settings
Home Assistant running on a 32×32 LED panel
Live
Live data

Home Assistant

Any Home Assistant entity: state, icon, unit, thresholds and a history sparkline.

11 settings
Live Scores running on a 32×32 LED panel
Live
Live data

Live Scores

NBA, NFL, MLB, NHL, soccer, cricket, tennis, golf, F1 and UFC — live, in team colours.

15 settings
Planets Tonight running on a 32×32 LED panel
Live
Live data

Planets Tonight

Which naked-eye planets are up now or tonight, on a sky dome or a list with rise/set times.

6 settings
Rain Radar running on a 32×32 LED panel
Live
Live data

Rain Radar

Animated rain radar around you (past 2 hours), with a home marker and coastline.

12 settings
Space running on a 32×32 LED panel
Live
Live data

Space

Next rocket launch countdown, live ISS tracker, people in orbit and spaceflight news.

12 settings
Stocks running on a 32×32 LED panel
Live
Live data

Stocks

Stocks, indices, forex and futures: cards, ticker tape, watchlist, charts and heatmap.

19 settings
System Monitor running on a 32×32 LED panel
Live
Live data

System Monitor

Live CPU, memory, storage and network from this PC.

4 settings
Tides & Surf running on a 32×32 LED panel
Live
Live data

Tides & Surf

Tide curve with a now marker and next high/low, plus wave height, period and direction.

7 settings
Weather running on a 32×32 LED panel
Live
Live data

Weather

Animated conditions, temperature, high/low and a 24-hour trend. Location in Settings.

2 settings
What to Wear running on a 32×32 LED panel
Baked loop
Live data

What to Wear

One big icon for the next hours — umbrella, jacket, shades, T-shirt, scarf or snow boots.

6 settings
3D Printer running on a 32×32 LED panel
Live
Device

3D Printer

Print progress ring, ETA, nozzle and bed temperatures from OctoPrint or Moonraker.

8 settings
Firmware Modes running on a 32×32 LED panel
Firmware
Device

Firmware Modes

The panel's own clock designs, effects, scoreboard and timers — no streaming.

10 settings
2048 running on a 32×32 LED panel
Live
Games

2048

Slide and merge tiles towards 2048; colour tells the value. The AI hugs a corner. Arrows slide. B in the demo opens the menu: Race on 2–4 small boards, or Relay (take turns on one board).

14 settings4 players2 maps
3D Dungeon Raycaster running on a 32×32 LED panel
Baked loop
Games

3D Dungeon Raycaster

First-person 3D raycasting dungeon crawler with textured walls and radar.

4 settings
Asteroids running on a 32×32 LED panel
Live
Games

Asteroids

Pilot a tiny ship through a field of splitting space rocks. ←/→ turn, ↑ thrust, A fire, B warp.

15 settings4 players4 maps
Breakout running on a 32×32 LED panel
Live
Games

Breakout

Smash a colourful brick wall; new patterns every level. Left/right moves the paddle. Co-op: two paddles and two balls on one wall. Versus: a split field, first to clear their half wins.

15 settings2 players3 maps
Chess Puzzle running on a 32×32 LED panel
Live
Games

Chess Puzzle

Chess.com's daily puzzle on a 32×32 board, then the solution plays out move by move.

8 settings
Dig World running on a 32×32 LED panel
Live
Games

Dig World

A block-world sandbox: the miner digs for ore, builds a house at dusk and hides from night creatures. Arrows walk/dig, A jumps (or places in build mode), B toggles dig/build. Two miners play co-op, up to four race for ore.

15 settings4 players4 maps
Dino Runner running on a 32×32 LED panel
Live
Games

Dino Runner

An endless desert run: jump cacti, duck birds, day turns to night. Up/A jumps, down ducks. Race: up to four runners on one track, last one running wins.

14 settings4 players3 maps
Flappy running on a 32×32 LED panel
Live
Games

Flappy

A little bird threading between pipes. Plays itself; up or A flaps. Race: up to four birds through the same pipes, last one flying wins.

14 settings4 players3 maps
Four Up running on a 32×32 LED panel
Live
Games

Four Up

Four-in-a-row. Two AIs play until someone takes a seat: left/right aim, A or down drops your disc. A phone can join as the second player. Variants: Pop Out (up pops your bottom disc) and Stones.

13 settings2 players3 maps
Game Deals running on a 32×32 LED panel
Live
Games

Game Deals

Free-game giveaways and the best PC game discounts, with store tags and countdowns.

9 settings
Infinity running on a 32×32 LED panel
Live
Games

Infinity

A tiny ship flying forever through a procedurally generated neon cave. Up/down to steer.

16 settings4 players3 maps
Invaders running on a 32×32 LED panel
Live
Games

Invaders

Hold the line against a marching alien fleet behind crumbling shields. ←/→ move, A fires.

16 settings4 players4 maps
Leaf Leap running on a 32×32 LED panel
Live
Games

Leaf Leap

A flip-screen platformer: Sprig runs, jumps pits, stomps beetles and grabs coins on the way to the flag. Left/right run, up/A jumps. Two sprouts play co-op (shared lives) or race to the flag.

14 settings2 players4 maps
Light Cycles running on a 32×32 LED panel
Live
Games

Light Cycles

Up to four glowing bikes, walls behind them — box the others in, don't crash. Plays itself; arrows steer the blue bike, and up to three friends can join from their phones on your Wi-Fi. Party, 2v2 teams and four arenas.

14 settings4 players4 maps
Maze Chase running on a 32×32 LED panel
Live
Games

Maze Chase

Eat every dot in a fresh wrap-around maze while ghosts give chase; power pills turn the tables.

15 settings4 players4 maps
Mines running on a 32×32 LED panel
Live
Games

Mines

Minesweeper that solves itself with logic (and the odd guess). Arrows move the cursor, A reveals, B flags. Up to four players sweep one field together (co-op) or race for cells.

14 settings4 players3 maps
Neon Heat running on a 32×32 LED panel
Live
Games

Neon Heat

Top-down neon city getaway: grab packages, deliver them and shake the police. Arrows turn at the next junction, the opposite arrow U-turns. Up to four couriers race for the package and steal it by ramming, or play Cops & Robbers.

15 settings4 players3 maps
Pong running on a 32×32 LED panel
Live
Games

Pong

Two paddles, one ball that speeds up every hit. Plays itself; up/down steers the left paddle. Modes: 1 v 1, Doubles (2 v 2, front and back paddles) and 4 Way (a paddle on every wall). Friends join from their phones (local Wi-Fi).

14 settings4 players3 maps
Racer running on a 32×32 LED panel
Live
Games

Racer

Top-down three-lane highway dash through traffic. Left/right changes lanes. Race: 2-4 cars on one road, last car running wins.

13 settings4 players3 maps
Rock Paper Scissors running on a 32×32 LED panel
Live
Games

Rock Paper Scissors

The party classic, 1 v 1: two pixel hands pump ROCK… PAPER… SCISSORS… SHOOT! Play the AI, a friend (keyboard + phone, or two phones) or run a 3–8 player tournament — friends join by scanning the panel's QR code and pick their hand on big buttons. Plays AI vs AI when idle.

15 settings8 players2 maps
Snake running on a 32×32 LED panel
Live
Games

Snake

Snake on the LEDs. Plays itself as a screensaver; press the arrow keys to play. B opens the menu: Battle and Teams for 2–4 snakes, Co-op with shared apples, and four arenas.

17 settings4 players4 maps
Starship running on a 32×32 LED panel
Live
Games

Starship

A vertical space shooter: weave through swooping enemy waves. ←/→ move, auto-fire, A bomb. Fly with up to three wingmen (co-op, a downed ship is revived when the wave is cleared) or dogfight for points (Ace). Arenas: deep space, an asteroid belt and a narrow canyon.

13 settings4 players3 maps
Street Surge running on a 32×32 LED panel
Live
Games

Street Surge

Pseudo-3D night street race: laps of curves and hills against rival cars on four tracks. Left/right steer, A fires nitro, down/B brakes. Up to four players race each other or in two teams; the camera follows whoever is behind.

14 settings4 players4 maps
Tetris running on a 32×32 LED panel
Live
Games

Tetris

Falling blocks with a next-piece preview. The AI stacks by holes, height and bumpiness. ←/→ move, ↑ rotate, ↓ soft drop, A hard drop, B rotate back. B in the demo opens the menu: Versus (clear lines to send garbage) and Co-op (one wide well).

15 settings2 players3 maps
Trivia running on a 32×32 LED panel
Live
Games

Trivia

Open Trivia DB quiz: question, options A–D, countdown ring, reveal. Play with the arrow keys.

12 settings
X and 0 running on a 32×32 LED panel
Live
Games

X and 0

Tic-tac-toe for 1 or 2 players. Play X against the AI (arrows move, A places), or let a friend join from their phone on your Wi-Fi as O by scanning the panel's QR code. Variants: vanishing marks and misère.

12 settings2 players3 maps
Camera Mirror running on a 32×32 LED panel
Live
Media

Camera Mirror

Your webcam on the LEDs — follows your face, with pop-art, neon, thermal and 1-bit looks.

30 settings
Gallery running on a 32×32 LED panel
Live
Media

Gallery

Your uploads — photos are LED-calibrated, pixel art stays crisp.

4 settings
Media Server running on a 32×32 LED panel
Live
Media

Media Server

Latest Plex or Jellyfin additions as posters, plus who's streaming now.

8 settings
Now Playing running on a 32×32 LED panel
Live
Media

Now Playing

Spotify / YouTube Music / any player: album art, karaoke lyrics, vinyl, spectrum and more.

19 settings
Photo Frame running on a 32×32 LED panel
Live
Media

Photo Frame

A slideshow of public-domain art, nature photos, dogs, cats, foxes and ducks.

15 settings
Screen Mirror running on a 32×32 LED panel
Live
Media

Screen Mirror

Your screen, a window, the area under the cursor, or ambient colours — live on the panel.

23 settings
Visualizer running on a 32×32 LED panel
Live
Media

Visualizer

Reacts to whatever your PC is playing — Spotify, YouTube, games. No mic needed.

5 settings
Pet running on a 32×32 LED panel
Baked loop
Pets

Pet

A pixel pet or character that lives on the panel: wanders, naps, snacks and dances to music.

13 settings
Pet World running on a 32×32 LED panel
Baked loop
Pets

Pet World

Lofi pets living in a scrolling little world — working, snacking, football, naps, dancing.

14 settings
Pokédex running on a 32×32 LED panel
Live
Pets

Pokédex

Pokémon of the day or a random one: crisp sprite, types, stats and Who's that Pokémon.

9 settings
Active App running on a 32×32 LED panel
Live
Productivity

Active App

The app you're using right now — its real icon, a matching animation and today's focus time.

3 settings
Anki running on a 32×32 LED panel
Live
Productivity

Anki

Anki cards due today (new, learning, review) with progress, and a word of the day.

5 settings
Calendar running on a 32×32 LED panel
Live
Productivity

Calendar

Next meeting from your ICS calendars: countdown ring, scrolling title and today's timeline.

7 settings
CI Radiator running on a 32×32 LED panel
Live
Productivity

CI Radiator

GitHub Actions status tiles for your repos, and a should-I-deploy verdict.

10 settings
Claude Mascot running on a 32×32 LED panel
Baked loop
Productivity

Claude Mascot

Animated Claude sprite for agent status: thinking, working, waiting, done.

3 settings
Custom running on a 32×32 LED panel
Live
Productivity

Custom

Screens pushed by other tools (Home Assistant, scripts) via POST /api/custom/{name}.

1 settings
Daily Dose running on a 32×32 LED panel
Live
Productivity

Daily Dose

Quotes, dad jokes, useless facts, advice, cat facts, pun jokes and on-this-day, in rotation.

23 settings
Focus Companion running on a 32×32 LED panel
Baked loop
Productivity

Focus Companion

Lofi animated productivity pet that studies, takes breaks, and rests with you.

7 settings
Focus Timer running on a 32×32 LED panel
Live
Productivity

Focus Timer

Pomodoro cycles, countdowns and a stopwatch. Notifies when a phase ends.

8 settings
Habits running on a 32×32 LED panel
Baked loop
Productivity

Habits

Up to three daily habits with a 7-day dot row, today's tick and a streak flame.

8 settings
OBS Status running on a 32×32 LED panel
Live
Productivity

OBS Status

LIVE/REC badges with elapsed time, current scene and dropped frames from OBS Studio.

6 settings
QR Code running on a 32×32 LED panel
Live
Productivity

QR Code

Share your Wi-Fi, a link or a note as a scannable QR code (encoder written from scratch).

9 settings
Uptime Monitor running on a 32×32 LED panel
Live
Productivity

Uptime Monitor

HTTP and TCP checks with latency sparklines, a status grid and outage alerts.

11 settings
Clock running on a 32×32 LED panel
Live
Time

Clock

Hero, stacked, minimal and analog faces with a seconds ring.

6 settings
Countdown running on a 32×32 LED panel
Live
Time

Countdown

Counts down to any moment — days, then hours, then a live seconds clock.

4 settings
Day & Night running on a 32×32 LED panel
Baked loop
Time

Day & Night

World map with the live day/night terminator, twinkling city lights, you, the sun and the moon.

12 settings
Five O'Clock Somewhere running on a 32×32 LED panel
Baked loop
Time

Five O'Clock Somewhere

A city where it's 17:xx right now (from local time-zone data), toasted with clinking glasses.

4 settings
Holidays running on a 32×32 LED panel
Live
Time

Holidays

Countdown to the next public holiday, a list, a month calendar and a celebration on the day.

8 settings
Progress running on a 32×32 LED panel
Live
Time

Progress

Day, week, month, year, life and custom-event progress as bars, a big ring or a dots grid.

21 settings
Sun & Moon running on a 32×32 LED panel
Live
Time

Sun & Moon

Sunrise, sunset and the sun's path today, golden and blue hour, and the moon's phase.

5 settings

Data: apps.json, generated from the code by scripts/build_site_data.py · Write your own app: docs/APP_SDK.md