Kitchen

The kitchen is where the household passes most often. A viewport on the fridge shows the day at a glance: the weather, what needs doing now, the calendar, the energy and the heating. The remote beside it handles the lights and music.

A viewport on the fridge beside a remote — A viewport on the fridge, with a remote beside it

Status: the weather, what needs attention now, today's calendar and the home battery

Energy: solar against the forecast, and where the power went

Heating: every zone against its setpoint, and the hot water

Security: the alarm, doors and windows, motion and cameras

Presence — Family: who's home, the rooms, what's playing and the next bus

The case for Switchboard

Everyone sees it, nobody has to open an app. The things a household asks each other (“Is it going to rain?”, “Did anyone lock up?”, “Is the battery full?”) are on the fridge.
Only what matters right now. The Now list shows a sentence when something needs attention, such as a window open with the heating on, and nothing when all is well.
No cable to the fridge. A viewport needs no power cable and runs for around 3 months on a charge.
No glow in the kitchen at night. It reads like paper in daylight and is dark at night, unlike a tablet.
Answers that come from your house. Energy, heating and security come straight from Home Assistant, with no template sensors to write.

Setting it up

Start from the kitchen dashboard (Start from or import → Kitchen dashboard), then change its screens and sections in Viewport layouts; the sections are described in Screens.