This is probably one of the biggest changes we’ve made to Solidpixels so far.
Until now, most of the apps available on the display were built by us.
Starting now, you can build your own.
We’ve opened up our app development tools so you can create pretty much anything you want to run on your Solidpixels.
The easiest way to start is here:
https://app.solidpixels.io/dev/my-apps
You can build directly from your browser, run previews, and test your app on your actual Solidpixels device without installing anything locally.
We also added an AI agent.
Instead of starting with code, you can describe what you want to create and let the agent help you build it.
You can also upload sketches or reference images if that’s an easier way to explain your idea.
And if you prefer working locally, we have local development tools for Starlark apps as well.
For anyone using Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, or another AI coding tool, we’ve also made the entire documentation available as an LLM-friendly file:
https://docs.solidpixels.io/llms-full.txt
So… what can you actually build?
Our docs already include complete examples for things like:
• Weather + sun clock
• Market dashboard
• News/RSS ticker
• Live transit board
• Photo & GIF frame
• Now Playing
• QR event passes
• Animations and configurable widgets
You can see all of them here:
https://docs.solidpixels.io/app-development/examples
Apps can work with external APIs and services, images, GIFs, charts, animations, configuration fields, OAuth, QR codes, live data and a lot more.
Once you’re happy with your app, you can submit a version for review. When it’s approved, it can be published for other Solidpixels users.
There’s also proper version management, so you can keep releasing updates without affecting the currently published version while the new one is being reviewed.
And if something goes wrong, you can roll back to an older approved version.
This is the part we’re most excited about:
We don’t know what all the best Solidpixels apps are going to be anymore.
Hopefully some of them will come from you guys.
Build your first one:
https://app.solidpixels.io/dev/my-apps
Docs:
https://docs.solidpixels.io
If you build something, definitely post it here. We’d love to see it.
