daily-dashboard 0.1.3

A terminal-based dashboard for news feeds, weather, and network scanning

Daily Dashboard

A terminal-based dashboard (TUI) built with Python's Textual framework. Displays news feeds from RSS/JSON sources, weather information, saved links, and performs network scanning using scapy's ARP-based discovery.

Features

• News Feeds: RSS and JSON feed support with tabbed interface
• Weather: Current conditions and 5-day forecast via Open-Meteo API
• Links: Organized bookmarks by category
• Network Scanner: ARP-based device discovery on your local network
  • MAC vendor identification (40,000+ vendors)
  • mDNS hostname discovery (macOS)
  • Known hosts tracking (alerts for new devices)
  • Configurable scan timeouts
• Keyboard Navigation: Vim-style bindings (j/k) and standard arrows
• Auto-refresh: Configurable automatic data refresh
• Caching: Smart caching to reduce API calls
• Settings UI: In-app configuration (press s)

Installation

From PyPI (Recommended)

pip install daily-dashboard

From Homebrew

brew tap grego360/tap
brew install daily-dashboard

From Source

git clone https://github.com/grego360/daily-dashboard.git
cd daily-dashboard
pip install -e .

Quick Start

1. Create a configuration file

   # Copy the example configuration
   curl -o config.json https://raw.githubusercontent.com/grego360/daily-dashboard/main/config.example.json
   

2. Edit the configuration to add your feeds, location, and network targets

3. Run the dashboard

   # With network scanning (requires sudo)
   sudo daily-dashboard
   
   # Without network scanning
   daily-dashboard
   

Configuration

Create a config.json file in your working directory:

{
  "feeds": [
    {
      "name": "Hacker News",
      "url": "https://hnrss.org/frontpage",
      "type": "rss",
      "enabled": true
    }
  ],
  "links": [
    {
      "name": "Development",
      "links": [
        {
          "name": "GitHub",
          "url": "https://github.com",
          "description": "Code hosting"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "network": {
    "scanner": "scapy",
    "targets": [
      {
        "name": "Home Network",
        "range": "192.168.1.0/24",
        "expected_hosts": []
      }
    ],
    "scan_interval_minutes": 15,
    "dns_timeout_seconds": 1.0,
    "arp_timeout_seconds": 3.0
  },
  "weather": {
    "enabled": true,
    "location_name": "London",
    "latitude": 51.5074,
    "longitude": -0.1278
  },
  "settings": {
    "user_name": "Your Name",
    "refresh_interval_minutes": 15,
    "cache_ttl_minutes": 5,
    "log_level": "INFO"
  }
}

See config.example.json for a complete example.

Privacy Note

The following files contain personal data and are excluded from git:

File	Contains
config.json	Your name, location, network ranges
known_hosts.json	Discovered network devices (MAC addresses)
.cache/	Cached API responses

When sharing your setup, use config.example.json as a template.

Usage

# Run with default config (config.json in current directory)
daily-dashboard

# Run with sudo for network scanning
sudo daily-dashboard

# Run with custom config file
daily-dashboard --config /path/to/config.json

# Run with verbose logging
daily-dashboard -v

# Show version
daily-dashboard --version

Running as a Module

python -m dashboard

Keyboard Shortcuts

Global

Key	Action
Tab / 1-5	Switch feed tabs
j / k or Up / Down	Navigate lists
Enter	Open selected item in browser
r	Refresh all data
s	Open settings
n	Quick network scan
w	Quick weather search
?	Show help
q	Quit
Escape	Close dialogs

Context-Specific

Key	Context	Action
a	News panel	Add new feed
a	Links panel	Add new link
c	Network panel	Copy IP address
m	Network panel	Copy MAC address
o	Network panel	Open IP in browser

Project Structure

daily-dashboard/
├── dashboard/
│   ├── __main__.py          # CLI entry point
│   ├── app.py               # Main Textual application
│   ├── components/          # UI widgets
│   │   ├── news_panel.py    # News feeds display
│   │   ├── network_panel.py # Network scan results
│   │   ├── weather_panel.py # Weather display
│   │   ├── links_panel.py   # Bookmarks panel
│   │   └── status_bar.py    # Bottom status bar
│   ├── models/              # Pydantic data models
│   │   ├── config.py        # Configuration schema
│   │   ├── news_item.py     # News item model
│   │   ├── scan_result.py   # Network scan results
│   │   └── weather.py       # Weather data model
│   └── services/            # Business logic
│       ├── feed_parser.py   # RSS/JSON feed parsing
│       ├── weather_service.py # Open-Meteo API client
│       ├── network_scanner.py # ARP-based scanning (scapy)
│       ├── known_hosts.py   # Device history persistence
│       └── cache.py         # Response caching
├── tests/                   # Test suite
├── .github/                 # CI/CD workflows
├── config.example.json      # Example configuration
├── pyproject.toml           # Project metadata
├── CONTRIBUTING.md          # Development guidelines
├── CHANGELOG.md             # Version history
└── README.md

Troubleshooting

Network scanning not working

• Ensure you're running with sudo
• On Linux, you can grant capabilities to avoid running as root:

  sudo setcap cap_net_raw,cap_net_admin=eip $(which python)
  

Feed not loading

• Check the URL is accessible
• RSS feeds should return valid XML
• JSON feeds need a json_path configured to extract items

Weather not showing

• Verify latitude/longitude are correct
• Use the w key to search for a location by name

Development

See CONTRIBUTING.md for development setup and guidelines.

# Install development dependencies
pip install -e ".[dev]"

# Run tests
pytest

# Run linter
ruff check .

# Run type checker
mypy dashboard

License

MIT License - see LICENSE for details.

Author

Costel Grigoras (@grego360)

Acknowledgments

• Textual - TUI framework
• Open-Meteo - Free weather API
• Scapy - Network packet manipulation
• mac-vendor-lookup - MAC address vendor database