Active App

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

At a glance

OutputLiveRendered by the engine and streamed over Bluetooth as its data changes (about 5–9 frames a second).

Settings3every one editable live in the studio, or by an agent with update_app_settings

Sourceactiveapp.pysrc/deskdot/apps/activeapp.py

Settings
Setting	Type	Default	Options / range
Layout`layout`	choice	Icon	IconTitleFocus
Pop up when you switch apps`take_over`In the playlist	on/off	Off	on / off
Pop-up seconds`popup_seconds`	whole number	5	2 – 30

render a frame to PNG (no panel needed)

$ uv run deskdot preview activeapp --settings '{"layout":"title"}' --out activeapp.png

show it on your panel (engine running)

$ curl -X POST http://127.0.0.1:8765/api/apps/activeapp/activate

Or ask your agent: “Show Active App on my panel”. It calls show_app with "activeapp". New here? Set up DeskDot first.

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

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

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

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