prestonbrown / helixscreen

HelixScreen A modern touch interface for Klipper/Moonraker 3D printers helixscreen.org Your printer can do way more than your current touchscreen lets you. Bed mesh visualization, input shaper graphs, multi-material management, print history — it's all trapped in a browser tab. HelixScreen puts it at your fingertips. Fast, beautiful, and built for every Klipper printer — from a Creality K1 to a tricked-out Voron or RatRig. --- > **Release Candidate — v0.98** > > Approaching 1.0 with a customizable grid dashboard, full widget system, and comprehensive printer support. Looking for testers across different printer setups. > > **Tested on:** Voron 2.4 (Raspberry Pi 5), Voron 0.2, Doron Velta, RatRig V-Core, Flashforge AD5M Pro (Forge-X firmware), QIDI Q1 Pro, Sovol SV06, Sovol SV08 > > **Raspberry Pi:** Both 64-bit and 32-bit Raspberry Pi OS are supported (Pi 4, Pi 5, CM4, Zero 2 W). > > **QIDI:** Supported with auto-detection heuristics and print start profile. > > **Flashforge:** AD5M/Pro (Forge-X firmware), AD5X (ZMOD firmware). > > **Creality:** Sonic Pad, K1/K1C/K1 Max binaries are included. K2 Plus build target exists (ARM, static musl) but is **untested** — if you have one, we'd love your help! > > **Snapmaker U1:** Cross-compile target with 480x320 display support. > > **Ready to help?** See Installation. Found a bug? Open an issue. Have an idea? Request a feature. Want to chat? Join our Discord. --- **Quick Links:** Website · Features · Screenshots · Installation · User Guide · FAQ · Contributing · Changelog · Discord --- Why HelixScreen? • **Customizable dashboard** — Drag, resize, and arrange widgets on a grid that persists across restarts • **Every feature at your fingertips** — 30+ panels, 18 overlays, 13 modals, 233 XML layouts • **Runs on anything** — ~10MB RAM, from a Creality K1 to a Raspberry Pi 5 • **68 printers in the database** — Auto-detects your hardware and configures itself • **Multi-material ready** — AFC, Happy Hare, ValgACE, ViViD, tool changers, Spoolman • **Looks great** — Light/dark themes with 14 presets, responsive layouts, GPU-accelerated blur • **First-run wizard** — 13-step guided setup discovers your printer's capabilities Technical comparison | Feature | HelixScreen | GuppyScreen | KlipperScreen | |---------|-------------|-------------|---------------| | UI Framework | LVGL 9 XML | LVGL 8 C | GTK 3 (Python) | | Declarative UI | Full XML with reactive bindings | C only | Python only | | RAM Usage | ~10MB | ~15-20MB | ~50MB | | Disk Size | ~70-80MB | ~60-80MB | ~50MB | | Multi-Material | 5 backends | Limited | Basic | | Printer Database | 68 models | — | Manual config | | Display Layouts | Auto-detecting (tiny to ultrawide) | Fixed | Configurable | | Status | Release Candidate (active) | Inactive | Mature (maintenance) | | Language | C++17 | C | Python 3 | Screenshots Home Panel Print File Browser Bed Mesh Visualization More screenshots Controls Panel Motion Controls AMS / Filament Management Input Shaper Results PID Tuning Settings First-Run Wizard See docs/devel/GALLERY.md for the full gallery. Features **Dashboard** — Customizable grid layout with drag-to-reposition, edge resize, widget catalog, per-breakpoint persistence. Includes clock, job queue, shutdown/reboot, temperature, fan, network, power, and more. **Printer Control** — Print management with G-code preview, motion controls, temperature presets with per-material overrides, multi-fan control, Z-offset, speed/flow tuning, live filament consumption tracking, power device management **Multi-Material** — 5 filament system backends: AFC (Box Turtle), Happy Hare (ERCF, 3MS, Tradrack), ValgACE, ViViD, and tool changers. Multi-unit and multi-backend support. Full Spoolman integration with spool creation wizard. **Visualization** — 3D G-code layer preview with memory-aware geometry budgets, 3D bed mesh with async rendering, print thumbnails, frequency response charts, unified temperature graph **Calibration** — Input shaper with frequency response charts, PID tuning with live graph, MPC calibration (Kalico), bed mesh, screws tilt adjust, Z-offset, firmware retraction, probe management **Integrations** — HelixPrint plugin, power devices with quick-toggle, print history with dashboard, timelapse (Moonraker plugin), exclude objects with per-object thumbnails, LED control (5 backends), sound alerts (SDL/PWM/M300) **Display** — Auto-detecting layout system (480x320, 800x480, 1024x600, 1920x480 ultrawide), display rotation (0/90/180/270) with auto-detection, light/dark themes with 14 presets and live theme editor, GPU-accelerated backdrop blur, screensavers **System** — 13-step first-run wizard, 68 printer models with auto-detection, opt-in crash reporting with debug bundles, KIAUH installer, versioned config migration, i18n translation system Supported Platforms | Platform | Architecture | Status | |----------|-------------|--------| | Raspberry Pi 4/5 (64-bit) | aarch64 | Tested | | Raspberry Pi (32-bit) | armhf | Tested | | BTT Pad / CB1 / Manta | aarch64 | Supported | | Flashforge AD5M/Pro | armv7-a | Tested | | Flashforge AD5X | MIPS32 | Supported | | QIDI (Q1 Pro, Plus 4, etc.) | aarch64 | Supported | | Creality Sonic Pad | armhf | Tested | | Creality K1/K1C/K1 Max | MIPS32 | Builds available | | Creality K2 Plus | ARM (musl) | Untested | | Sovol SV06/SV08 | Pi build | Active testing | | Elegoo Centauri Carbon | Dedicated build | Active testing | | Snapmaker U1 | armv7-a | Cross-compile target | | macOS | x86_64/ARM64 | Development | | Linux | x86_64 | Development / CI | Installation > **Run these commands on your printer's host computer, not your local machine.** > > SSH into your Raspberry Pi, BTT CB1/Manta, or similar host. For all-in-one printers (Creality K1, K2 series, Flashforge AD5M/Pro), SSH directly into the printer itself. **One-line install (Raspberry Pi, Creality, QIDI, Sovol, and more):** The installer auto-detects your platform, downloads the corr…