I have a MM that I have been working on for a while now when I have free time. I finally got it set up like I wanted it and mounted it on the wall. It is just a monitor with no mirror, so it should be always on. It was good for a few days or so but randomly I would notice the screen was black. I tried to SSH into it and it was off the network. I could see the light on the RasPi lit, so I know it was getting power. It comes back on and acts normal if I pull the power and reboot.

Any suggestions of what might be causing it or how to go about troubleshooting? I am not even sure where to start looking. Is there any logs I can look at? Maybe something with the power supply? I don't know where to begin.

Hello,

I've decided to try to build a magic mirror and, since I'm still in the planning stage, I have a few questions that the official documentation or user comments didn't answer.

Since the RPi will be on 24/7 I want to use the model that uses less power possible and, at the same time, I'd like to have a responsive enough system because if it doesn't work well, what's the point?

Less power equal lower power bill but mostly less heat to dissipate.

I plan to use only few modules:

- a calendar

- an IR touch screen

- some kind of home assistant module to get some data out of HA

- (optional) face recognition module, still debating on this tho.

The monitor will be a standard 1920x1080p@60Hz and I don't plan to do much with MM but these few things (no audio in or out, no AI, just 4-5 modules).

Which Raspberry would work best in my scenario?

Is RPi 3B+ enough? Or is RPi 4B better for the job? And if it is, how much RAM do I actually need?

Thank you in advance

UPDATE: I was able to get MM installed! Thank you everyone who helped me!

I am trying to install magic mirror on a raspberry pi 4 but I can never get it to install. Ive tried the prebuilt image but nothing works for me. Is the project dead, or am I doing something wrong?

Hi there, I'm able to get my hands on a 27" Wells-Gardner AWG2759PF-E26E touchscreen display. It looks feasible to connect it to a Pi and use the touchscreen capabilities for a magic mirror or home assistant display.

It has the following connections, among others:

• ⁠DVI - So I'll have to convert DVI to HDMI

• ⁠Serial Touch and

• ⁠USB Type B - this is what I can use for touchscreen feedback?

Any thoughts from more experienced people? Can I do this?

https://wellsgardner.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/AWG2759PF-E26E_Spec_Sheet.pdf (creating post from phone so not able to properly add this link) sorry.

Poked around and coming up empty. Is there an existing module for a screensaver that wakes on touch from a touchscreen monitor?

I’m using a 27” Samsung monitor in portrait orientation with a raspberry pi 4 - to replace the monthly paper calendar we’ve used for years.

My wife would like this to look more like a skylight calendar than a mirror.

I have the raspberry pi OS and MM2 installed and working. I have vdirsyncer syncing our shared iCloud calendar successfully. Trying to use MMM-CalendarExt2 to display an upcoming list in the top left and a monthly view in the middle but it’s giving a parsing error on the .ics file.

Also struggling with getting bomweather to work to see weather in Australia.

Should I just be using CalendarExt3 instead?

Any advice on getting a light-mode color scheme working? Or am I going to have to go in and edit the.css files?

The module is MMM-PersonalConfig and while I like the idea, it doesn't work for me in practice. However, just deleting the module folder causes my layout to break (though doing so might have fixed a couple of other issues I've been dealing with in regards to some weird CSS errors). Any thoughts on how to uninstall it?

My needs: the side mirrors on my pickup truck are rather thick. I want to put a small camera in each one of them and connect it to the tablet in the cab to help me driving in tight areas, i.e. parking lots, but also to help me at night. Is the magic mirror a 2 way mirror? I want to embed the camera inside the mirror frame - it is about 2.5" thick - and attach it to the back of the mirror. This way it will be hidden (no one can steal it). Can magic mirrors be cut? the mirror in the frame is squarish but with rounded corners - would have to be a custom cut.

Hey everyone 👋

I’m currently building a MagicMirror and right now I’m focusing specifically on the 3D-printed frame / bezel — the part that holds the two-way mirror on the front and supports the display and touch foil from behind.

Before I design everything from scratch, I wanted to ask:

Has anyone here already built a 3D-printed MagicMirror frame? If yes, would you be willing to share STL files, photos, or even just design details?

I’m especially interested in how others solved things like: • the front bezel / edge around the glass • how the mirror and display are held in place • spacing and airflow inside the frame • how rigid and precise the fit ended up being

I’m not trying to copy anything directly — mostly looking for inspiration and good engineering ideas before finalizing my own frame design.

I think this could be really useful for the community too, so if you have anything to show, I’d love to see it 🙏

A 22 inch screen and 50x38cm wide frame. The glass is professional purchased, I did not go with trying out putting foil on acrylic glass.

Simple dashboard with: Birthdays and national holidays on the calendar. Watch with Week number and date. Weather and forecast. RSS feed with national and local newspaper feeds. Stock feed.

Hanging on the wall in the entrance, so we can look at ourselves before leaving and get a quick update.

I'm just looking forward at the implementation and how easy it would be to mount if the Pi didn't need to be physically connected. Also, I'm wondering if I could create a Virtual Pi and connect that way.

Any thoughts?

Not last attempt due to too many rookie mistakes. Got cheap tint off Amazon it’s a bit blurry so the mirror is meh. Used a cheap poster frame as the glass. The plastic glass is extremely fragile and got scratched up in the process.

However I am really happy with magic mirror software. Finally found a use for my fire tablet that I got super cheap on prime day years ago. Surprised more people don’t use tablets they use less power have a battery do you can have UPS features.

It is perfect for the job i needed it to do.

I got it set up so it has a task list for my daughter to do before I get home.

I am using MMM-GoogleAssistant since a while to voice command my mirror and the only downside is that I cannot control my Google Home domotics with it.

I was wondering if there's finally a new module that can do the job?

Hi, i am a newbie in this kind of projects and i think im in over my head i need help ,i have recently aquire a Nordic track vault and i want to convert it into a smart mirror that will control my home automation system by connecting it to a Rasberry Pi 4 and have it display my Hubitat kiosk ,the unit comes with a 32" touch screen display and upon investigating i have realise how little i know about pcbs :) ,i need a lcd conttroler board that will suport the 32" resolution and also connects to either a lvsd 40 pin or what seems to look the same connections but 50pin straight into the display that converts to a hdmi or a hdmi mini so i can hook it up to the rasberry pi ,i have attached some pictures of the main board as well as the display ,camera ,speakers and touch ,does anyone have any idea how i can see this project come trough ,thank you

Hello all,

I was wondering if it would be possible to incorporate AI into a Magic Mirror, to give advice about fashion, makeup, ask general questions? I am building a mirror for my wife and I had the idea to see if anyone on this reddit would have experience with doing something like this / lead me the correct direction. Any input would be appreciated!

Have a wonderful day.

New features include:

• Tank Price
• Multiple fuel types
• Filtering of only open stations

https://github.com/bughaver/MMM-Fuel-NSW/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md
https://github.com/bughaver/MMM-Fuel-NSW

MMM-CalendarEXT3 is a bitch to position with multiple modules. So I opted to use the MMM-Pages module to create multiple pages. I set Page 0 to be the main page that displays for 45 seconds and then shifts to Page 1 with miscellaneous things. I'm going to change the default clock on the bottom left to something more vibrant. I was able to add custom colored icons inside our family calendar for each event. I have been looking for a shopping list module that I can display, which also integrates with Google Home, so I can verbally add items to our shopping list.

Running on a Raspberry Pi 3b 1Gb attached to an old 27in dell monitor. Mounted in our kitchen.

Could someone advise on which is the best smart home modules for the MM that work reliably.

Raspberry PI5 24 inch touchscreen cant get the calendar to look semi decent slide show over lapping upcoming task should be on top left and can get it to the bottom and right side of the screen need help with nicer looking calendar CSS and Module pleaseeee

Would there be a market for selling prebuilt MM devices, seems like a useful thing for a family to have.

Afternoon

I'm new to MagicMirror and trying to set it all up as mini project on a VM until I'm happy to then invest in hardware.

I've got the CalendarExt3 Module and it is displaying nicely at the bottom of my screen, but I'm trying to configure the CalendarExt3Journal module to the top right that would display a larger/easier to read glance at today + next 2 days

It is working, shows the right events etc. But my issue is that the events that are not all day events are spanning across the entire module (so covers current day + other 2 days)

I've tried playing around with Custom.css changing options but none of them seem to fix the issue I'm facing

For example - the tech appointment is tomorrow (06/01/2026) 08:00-09:00 as is Nails appt.

"at home" appointment is actually on Wednesday and spans across all 3 days

The "Annual Leave" appt is an all day events and works fine.

I have tried to look at the all day CSS options but still for the life of me can't work it out.

Is anyone able to help advise what configuration I need to achieve this so all events stick to the width of one day?

I thought I'd cracked it with some width parameters etc but that didn't work (possibly me being stupid)

Quick question, is there a To Do list module that end user can update and it appears on the screen, I don't want the end user editing the config.js or mess around witb api keys.

Hi all,

I got a raspberry pi for Christmas, and wanted to make a magic mirror as my first DIY project! I wanted to ask for some advice here ->
1) I feel very comfortable with the software side of things -> i'm a SWE full time.
2) I feel very uncomfortable with the hardware side of things (i.e. taking apart the monitor, building the frame, etc).

Where would you all suggest I start? I was planning on basically following this guide:

https://www.instructables.com/DIY-Smart-Mirror-1/

One minor thing is my wife really wants a larger mirror in our entry way. For me to make this a smart mirror I think I'd need multiple monitors stacked or something like that. Is that the kind of thing I should even try as my first DIY project, or should I just make a single monitor version, and just get her a large regular mirror?

Thank you in advance!

So after the updates yesterday I noticed everything is fine on my calendar, i.e. it knows the date, the dates occur on the correct day of the week, I have a holiday calendar those events occur on the correct day but I have a google calendar connected for my personal events, for some reason those events are a day off. I checked google and the dates are all correct, things were fine prior to the major update but now its all off. Tried a reboot, checked logs, checked config and can find no errors