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Bring your own e-ink screen. QuietDash runs on any Waveshare panel and a Raspberry Pi you already own, so there's no proprietary device to buy and nothing to import. It renders your dashboard (tasks, calendar, a focus timer, fitness rings) to a crisp 1-bit image and the Pi just displays it. No backlight, no notifications. It runs on your own network, so your data stays home. Open source, made in Europe. My phone unlocks dropped from about 60 a day to 15.
Hey, I'm Florent, the maker. I built QuietDash because I was checking my phone something like 60 times a day for stuff that didn't need a whole phone: how my todos were going, the unread count, how much of the day was left. Every check turned into ten other things.
So I moved those few numbers onto a small e-ink screen that can't show me anything else. I'm down to about 15 unlocks a day now.
The part I'm most proud of is the rendering. It's hard-thresholded to 1-bit so the screen looks crisp instead of muddy grey, and it uses partial refresh so the focus timer can tick without the whole panel flashing. The Pi just grabs the finished image over your LAN.
One honest heads up: this is a work in progress. There's nothing to buy or download yet, and no public release. I'm building it in the open and showing where it's at. The plan is for it to run on any Waveshare panel and a Pi you already own, no proprietary box, no import. Open source, made in Europe.
If the idea speaks to you, I'd love to hear what you'd want on your own screen. Ask me anything, I'm happy to get into the refresh handling or the hardware.
The "bring your own panel" decision is what makes this for me — most calm-tech products ask you to buy yet another proprietary gadget, which always felt like the opposite of calm. And 60 → 15 unlocks a day is the rare launch stat that actually means something. Question: is the dashboard pull-only from calendar/task services, or can I push arbitrary text to it via an API — e.g. a daily focus line or a short note? That would open up a lot of workflows. Congrats on the launch!
Hi - this looks great.
I have 2 PIs running on my desktop with the 7" display. One shows a rotating set of websites using puppeteer, the other is just a giant clock.
I'd happily trade the clock one for something like this.
Are the display contents configurable?
About QuietDash on Product Hunt
“Your day on a calm e-ink screen, not your phone”
QuietDash was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 7 upvotes and 4 comments, placing #28 on the daily leaderboard. Bring your own e-ink screen. QuietDash runs on any Waveshare panel and a Raspberry Pi you already own, so there's no proprietary device to buy and nothing to import. It renders your dashboard (tasks, calendar, a focus timer, fitness rings) to a crisp 1-bit image and the Pi just displays it. No backlight, no notifications. It runs on your own network, so your data stays home. Open source, made in Europe. My phone unlocks dropped from about 60 a day to 15.
QuietDash was featured in Productivity (653.8k followers), Hardware (11.4k followers) and Home Automation (8k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 143.1k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted QuietDash?
QuietDash was hunted by Florent Berrez. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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Florent Berrez
Hey, I'm Florent, the maker. I built QuietDash because I was checking my phone something like 60 times a day for stuff that didn't need a whole phone: how my todos were going, the unread count, how much of the day was left. Every check turned into ten other things.
So I moved those few numbers onto a small e-ink screen that can't show me anything else. I'm down to about 15 unlocks a day now.
The part I'm most proud of is the rendering. It's hard-thresholded to 1-bit so the screen looks crisp instead of muddy grey, and it uses partial refresh so the focus timer can tick without the whole panel flashing. The Pi just grabs the finished image over your LAN.
One honest heads up: this is a work in progress. There's nothing to buy or download yet, and no public release. I'm building it in the open and showing where it's at. The plan is for it to run on any Waveshare panel and a Pi you already own, no proprietary box, no import. Open source, made in Europe.
If the idea speaks to you, I'd love to hear what you'd want on your own screen. Ask me anything, I'm happy to get into the refresh handling or the hardware.