Currency

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

At a glance

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

Settings13every one editable live in the studio, or by an agent with update_app_settings

Sourcecurrency.pysrc/deskdot/apps/currency.py

Settings
Setting	Type	Default	Options / range
Currencies
Home currency`base`ISO code, e.g. INR, USD, EUR, AED	text	INR	up to 6 characters
Currencies`quotes`Comma-separated: USD, EUR, GBP, JPY, AED, SGD, BTC… (fiat, metals and crypto)	text	USD,EUR,GBP	free text
Show`direction`	choice	1 USD = ₹95.7	1 USD = ₹95.71 INR = $0.0104
Converter amount`amount`	number	100.0	0.01 – 1000000000.0
Layout
Layout`layout`	choice	Big pair	Big pairBoardConverterHeat grid
Chart range`range`	choice	30D	7D30D90D1Y
Change`change`	choice	Since yesterday	Since yesterdayOver the chart range
Seconds per page`rotate`	whole number	8	2 – 120
Colours
Up colour`up`	colour	#00ff78	any colour (#rrggbb)
Down colour`down`	colour	#ff143c	any colour (#rrggbb)
Accent`accent`	colour	#ffaa00	any colour (#rrggbb)
Home view colours`home_view`Red when the home currency weakens (the foreign price rises)	on/off	Off	on / off
Full-scale change %`heat_scale`	number	1.0	0.1 – 10.0

render a frame to PNG (no panel needed)

$ uv run deskdot preview currency --settings '{"direction":"from_home"}' --out currency.png

show it on your panel (engine running)

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

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

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