https://github.com/niklasf/display-kiosk

Display a website in a stripped down kiosk
https://github.com/niklasf/display-kiosk

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Display a website in a stripped down kiosk

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/niklasf/display-kiosk
• Owner: niklasf
• License: gpl-3.0
• Created: 2013-08-16T15:46:13.000Z (almost 13 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2015-05-16T13:37:41.000Z (about 11 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-07-18T04:33:36.084Z (11 months ago)
• Language: C++
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• Size: 1.17 MB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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display-kiosk

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Display a website in a stripped down kiosk. Display kiosk can:

 - **Hide the cursor**.

 - **Hide the toolbar**, **hide the statusbar**.

 - **Scroll automatically** at configurable speed.

 - **Reload automatically** at a configurable interval. If possible this is

   done **at a good moment**, i.e. when the application is idle or autoscrolling

   has reached the end.

 - Respect system **proxy** settings.

 - Select a specific **CSS media type**.

![Web kiosks](/photo-kiosks.jpg "Web kiosks")

![Public displays](/photo-displays.jpg "Public displays")

Synopsis

--------

    display-kiosk 

        [--hide-cursor]

        [--hide-status] [--hide-toolbar]

        [--prevent-close]

        [--auto-scroll

            [--auto-scroll-delta ]

            [--auto-scroll-interval ] ]

        [--auto-reload ]

        [--window]

        [--reset-text ]

        [--media ]

Have a look at the manpage or `display-kiosk --help` for details.

Installation

------------

Add the

[public key for the package archive](https://iserv-trg-oha.de/apt/apt.gpg.key).

    $ wget https://iserv-trg-oha.de/apt/apt.gpg.key

    $ sudo apt-key add apt.gpg.key

Append the following APT lines to `/etc/apt/sources.list` or a file in

`/etc/apt/sources.list.d/`.

    deb http://iserv-trg-oha.de/apt/ jessie main

    deb-src http://iserv-trg-oha.de/apt/ jessie main

Install the package.

    $ sudo apt-get update

    $ sudo apt-get install display-kiosk

Building from source

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    $ sudo apt-get install qtbase5-dev libqt5opengl5-dev libqt5webkit5-dev

    $ qmake display-kiosk.pro

    $ make

Configuring

-----------

See `/usr/share/doc/display-kiosk/examples/xsession` for an example

`~/.xsession` or `~/.xinitrc` file. A suggested minimal window manager is

[nodm](http://www.enricozini.org/sw/nodm/). It just automatically starts the

session for the user configured in `/etc/defaults/nodm`.

A poor mans solution can be `su - username -c startx` in `/etc/rc.local`

(usually before `exit 0`) and `update-rc.d rc.local defaults`.

License

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display-kiosk is licensed under the GPL-3. Feel free to use, drop an issue or

submit a pull request.