Countdown

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

At a glance

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

Settings4every one editable live in the studio, or by an agent with update_app_settings

Sourceextras.pysrc/deskdot/apps/extras.py

Settings
Setting	Type	Default	Options / range
Label`label`	text	LAUNCH	up to 10 characters
Date & time`target`	text	2026-12-31T23:59:00	free text
Colour`color`	colour	#00dcff	any colour (#rrggbb)
Style`style`	choice	Auto (days → clock)	Auto (days → clock)Days only

render a frame to PNG (no panel needed)

$ uv run deskdot preview countdown --settings '{"style":"days"}' --out countdown.png

show it on your panel (engine running)

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

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

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

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

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

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