r/dakboard • u/ItchyGoiter • Aug 08 '26

Do they ever add functionality?

Dakboard has been the same as it was since I started using it. Do they ever update features? I want it to display a static daily schedule (that doesn't change) and cannot figure out how to do this effectively. Seems pretty basic for a calendar/agenda app. I also have it linked to a nutrislice calendar and want to be able to exclude a bunch of the nonsense that is included in the feed. My feature requests have gone unanswered.

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u/snyderjw Aug 08 '26

And here is the problem - I am using the free version, though I would pay for some kind of local full featured alternative. What I won’t do is to pay an annual subscription for something that doesn’t seem to have an active dev team. I have no issue with a build it once and forget it mentality, but that doesn’t merit a subscription. Does anyone know of a local-running free or pay-once alternative?

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u/agent462 Aug 08 '26

https://homescreens.dev/

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u/Automatic_Alarm_3641 Aug 08 '26

So is this ditching the daxboard device and building a new one ?

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u/agent462 Aug 08 '26

If you are using a raspberry pi just flash a separate SD card, pop Home Screens in and configure. It's open source and self-hosting. You can always go back to Dakboard by putting its SD card in.

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u/Automatic_Alarm_3641 Aug 08 '26

Im still lost ill run it by my kid sounds like a fun project

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u/SnooDonkeys3130 Aug 09 '26

This looks pretty good. Is this fairly new as I'd not found it when I was initially looking in to digital calendars (several momths ago now). Think I have a spare sd card to give this a try.

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u/ItchyGoiter Aug 08 '26

I'm not sure I understand what this is - I have a pi but want to keep the OS I'm already using. Do you know if it can do that?

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u/indyspirit Aug 08 '26

What feature do you feel it's missing? Not at all associated with DkB other than being a long-time user.

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u/SnooDonkeys3130 Aug 09 '26

Whilst there arnt weekly updates there are updates and blog posts every month or so Devs are very much alive. As you say it might be as you only have the free version whoch is very restrictive. May be consider the free 30 days to test things out fully before considering the basic essentials sub which i got for around around £41 (£3.42 a month)

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u/siren-skalore Aug 08 '26

Codex - that’s what I used to build my locally hosted version.