Headlines

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

At a glance

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

Settings11every one editable live in the studio, or by an agent with update_app_settings

ButtonsNext storystudio buttons, or app_action over MCP

Sourceheadlines.pysrc/deskdot/apps/headlines.py

Settings
Setting	Type	Default	Options / range
News
Source`source`	choice	Hacker News	Hacker NewsSpaceflight NewsDEV CommunityLobsters
Feed`feed`Hacker News: all five · DEV: top (day) / best (week) / new · Lobsters: hottest / active / newest	choice	Top	TopBestNewAskShow
Stories`count`	whole number	10	1 – 30
Minimum points`min_points`Skip stories below this score (sources without scores ignore it)	whole number	0	0 – 2000
Layout
Layout`layout`	choice	Story card	Story cardBig numberVertical ticker
Title`title_style`	choice	Marquee	MarqueeWord-wrapped pages
Seconds per story`rotate`Minimum; a scrolling title always finishes its pass	whole number	10	3 – 120
Scroll speed (px/s)`speed`	whole number	12	4 – 24
Colours
Accent`colors`	choice	Source colour	Source colourCustom
Custom accent`accent`	colour	#ff6600	any colour (#rrggbb)
Title`text_color`	colour	#ffffff	any colour (#rrggbb)

render a frame to PNG (no panel needed)

$ uv run deskdot preview headlines --settings '{"source":"space"}' --out headlines.png

show it on your panel (engine running)

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

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

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

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

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

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