Busylight Core for Humans™
A unified Python library for controlling USB status lights from multiple vendors.
busylight-core provides a consistent interface to control USB LED status lights. If you want a command-line interface or HTTP API, see Busylight for Humans™.
Quick Start
from busylight_core import Light
light = Light.first_light()
light.on((0, 128, 0)) # green
light.off()
Installation
uv add busylight_core
pip install busylight_core
Features
- Multi-vendor support -- 28 devices from 10 vendors
- HID and serial -- multiple connection types
- Async effects -- blink, pulse, rainbow, spectrum
- Multi-LED targeting -- devices with 1-192 individual LEDs
- Input detection -- button press handling on interactive devices
- Extensible -- plugin architecture for adding new devices
Supported Hardware
| Vendor | Models |
|---|---|
| Agile Innovative | BlinkStick, BlinkStick Pro, Square, Strip, Nano, Flex |
| CompuLab | fit-statUSB |
| EPOS | Busylight |
| Embrava | Blynclight, Blynclight Mini, Blynclight Plus, BLYNCUSB10, BLYNCUSB20 |
| Kuando | Busylight Alpha, Busylight Omega |
| Luxafor | Flag, Orb, Mute, Bluetooth |
| MuteMe | MuteMe Original, MuteMe Mini, MuteSync |
| Plantronics | Status Indicator |
| ThingM | Blink(1), Blink(1) mk2 |
| VT | DND Alpha, DND Omega |
Usage
Find and control all connected lights:
from busylight_core import Light
for light in Light.all_lights():
print(f"{light.name} by {light.vendor}")
light.on((255, 0, 0)) # red
Vendor-specific access:
from busylight_core import EmbravaLights, LuxaforLights
embrava = EmbravaLights.all_lights()
if embrava:
embrava[0].on((255, 0, 0))
luxafor = LuxaforLights.all_lights()
for light in luxafor:
light.on((0, 255, 0))
Async effects:
import asyncio
from busylight_core import Light
light = Light.first_light()
asyncio.run(light.blink(color=(0, 0, 255), speed=1))
Meeting status indicator:
from busylight_core import Light
light = Light.first_light()
light.on((0, 128, 0)) # available (green)
light.on((255, 0, 0)) # in meeting (red)
light.on((255, 255, 0)) # away (yellow)
light.off()
Platform Support
- macOS -- works out of the box
- Linux -- requires udev rules for USB access
- Windows -- may work, untested, patches welcome
Development
This project is part of a uv workspace monorepo.
Virtual environment activation is supported via direnv.
Development tasks (linting, testing) are automated with
Poe the Poet -- run poe for a list of tasks.
See CONTRIBUTING.md for development details.
License
1 maintainer
Metadata
1 maintainer
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