Hi everyone,
I wanted to share WakeOnPi, a project I have been building for Raspberry Pi 5 + Touch Display 2 to create a responsive wall dashboard experience for Home Assistant.
The idea is simple:
- Wake the screen when motion is detected
- Keep power usage lower when idle
- Expose controls and status so it fits into Home Assistant workflows
What it currently does:
- Motion-based screen wake and sleep behavior
- MJPEG camera stream and snapshots
- Browser control for dashboard display
- MQTT control and status publishing
- Home Assistant-friendly integration patterns
- Recording support, including record-on-motion
- Live settings page with WebSocket updates
- Runtime settings updates, logs view, and improved modular architecture
Important note:
This is not v1 yet.
It is still in active development, but it is functional and already usable in real daily setups.
I am sharing it now to get feedback from the community before a stable v1 release:
- What integrations or sensors would you want next?
- What would make setup/maintenance easier?
- Any must-have HA entities/services I should prioritize?
Project link:
If you are interested. Heres the related blog posts:
If you try it, I would really appreciate feedback, bug reports, and feature requests.