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An Electron based multi display browser experience.

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Multis Browser

This app helps to display HTML content on multiple displays connected to one machine.

Use Case

You want to show your custom dashboards, selected websites or a timetable wall like the ones used on the airport using one machine and multiple monitors.

Multis Welcome Photo by Matthew Smith on Unsplash

Problem

First you think OK no big deal but if you start working on it, you'll see it's not that simple task.

See these postings as reference:

Solution

Use Multis and setup you list of URLs to show on each attached display/monitor. Multis will open a browser instance for each URL in fullscreen mode on the corresponding monitor.

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Multis Welcome

Multis Preferences

Attention: in current version you need to restart Multis after your initial URL setup.

Features

  • Manage multiple monitor kiosk setup
  • Connect with MQTT server to remotely manage your kiosk

Future Ideas

Growing list of ideas, other packages to integrate etc.

  • Pretty logger for development
  • List of URLs sortable via Drag'n'Drop
  • More options per URL or monitor (e.g. fullscreen optional)
  • Switch to electron-builder
  • Extended MQTT interface
  • you name it ...

Get Started

Run Multis on your local machine.

npm install
npm start

Build for deployment (currently MAC only)

npm run build-mac

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