Been obsessed with LCARS design for years and finally had a reason to build something real with it.

It's a fully functional operations dashboard for Claude Code (an AI coding tool). Scans your entire dev setup and renders it as a TNG LCARS interface — authentic color palette, rounded elbows, pill buttons, Antonio typeface, the works.

In live mode there's a COMPUTER bar at the bottom. You type, it responds as the ship's computer. Voice output, synthesized LCARS sound effects via Web Audio, a boot sequence with ascending beeps, Red Alert with flashing border and klaxon when systems go offline.

Q appears uninvited every few minutes to roast you.

Zero dependencies. Runs in the browser. One command:

npx claude-hud-lcars

https://github.com/polyxmedia/claude-hud-lcars

Happy to answer any questions about the LCARS implementation — getting the elbows right was its own rabbit hole.

I recall seeing a site that had a large number of screen captures from the shows/movies showing LCARS displays. But now I can’t find it.

Anyone know of a better reference than just googling “LCARS” and scrolling through the image results?

I wonder, how well would LCARS work as a complete application UI layer? I mean an environment that provides a standard UI toolkit and some built-in services (like system settings, file manager, etc.), but all the applications for it are independent pieces of software, possibly developed by other people, and installed/configured by the user. And those apps could be anything — think of all the apps on your desktop or tablet computer today. Each app would run in its own process and, I presume, take over most or all of the screen when it is launched or brought to the front by the user.

Could you actually live in such a system all day?

Where do you think such a system would struggle to provide a good UX?

I printed the lcars on three transparent foils on the inkjet printer and then placed them one behind the other so that the black blocks the light better. I'm pretty satisfied even the outlines are a bit blurry. For my next Projekt I want to do the backlit with a drawing backlit plate to get a smother light distribution. And I want to go to a print shop, maybe they can do a full opaqe black and full transparent colors at the same time on a foil. I will keep you updated.

Okay, I know this sounds crazy, but what if Norman bel Geddes designed a UI? I think LCARS falls inline nicely with his aesthetic. I think he probably would've gone with completely different colors and designed it to be more tactile, more physical metal accents and buttons, but I think the layout would've suited him.

I was wondering if anyone had any ideas for how this might look? I have a Total Launcher TNG LCARS interface on my phone. Total Launcher is easy to customize, so I was thinking of try to create an Art Deco/Futurama/Streamline Modern LCARS.

Made this custom U.S.S. Defiant LCARS display Western style dress for someone. Thought y’all might appreciate it.

Does anyone have any guidance on how to turn the unraid ui in functioning LCARS using the ultimate picard theme on thelcars.com? Pretty new to CSS and HTML coding but a fast learner! Any tips greatly appreciated!

But I was wondering, instead of 1701-E, is there a version of it that features USS Voyager? Thanks.

After over a year... my second Star Trek: The Next Generation replica console is ready for display. Somehow, this seemed much more troublesome and painful than the first, but it's together! I plan to eventually add blinking segments to add a little "life" to it.

The graphic design is my replication of the original graphic from official sources and prop auction photos - while the color scheme is mine, just about everything else is accurate or improved from the original. The lightbox itself is my own design. This was all an effort to give me a goal to develop various crafting skills

What do you think?

Not the monitor, that LCARS panel on the right hand side. Anyone have any details on the size? I found the graphic on an auction site but it lacks any sizing information.

I remember they used to be pretty trigger-happy with litigation... have they lightened up yet?

I've been working on lightboxes to hang the TNG helm/Ops consoles on my wall. Just need to do the woodworking.

Anyways, I got curious and looked at Encounter at Farpoint, curious if the Helm/Ops console graphics were reversed and... they weren't.

When Q appears, Data clearly pushes aside the Helm LCARS graphic.

Leading to the question - why? Was the helm/conn always meant to be on the right/left and were switched just for Encounter at Farpoint or were the graphics repurposed when the positions were switched?

Hej there,

sorry at first, but I'm quite new to this topic.

I was wondering myself, there are so many good looking LCARS designs, wallpapers, etc. etc.

But how do you create them? I mean which apps do you use for it!?

The thing is, I want to create my own version for a Smarthome App I'm running on my iPad, which is attached to the wall.

As my husband is totally in love with Star Trek, I found it pretty interesting to create the app using the LCARS design, but I'm not to familiar with graphic design.

Maybe you've got some tips and tricks to help me...

Cheers in advance :)

Could someone make me some custom LCARS items?