Modern Dashboard for Hubitat
I built a mobile-first dashboard that tries to stay out of your way — and that is
designed around control, not just viewing status.
Most dashboards are status boards. This one is optimized for doing things:
large touch targets, drag-to-dim, and bulk device control so you can turn off
a whole room's lights, the whole house, or adjust multiple thermostats at once.
Select your devices and you're done. No layout builder, no grouping rules, no
Maker API setup. Rooms and names come from your Hubitat room assignments. You
can customize a few things later, but you don't have to.
What makes it different
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Control-first UI — built for acting on devices quickly, including bulk
room/house lights and multi-thermostat control. Status is available; control
is the priority. -
Minimal-effort configuration — install the app, pick devices, open the
link. Layout is automatic from Hubitat rooms. Optional tweaks (theme,
favorites, nav order, PINs) are available when you want them. -
Installable PWA — open the cloud URL on your phone and add it to your home
screen (Android: Install app; iOS Safari: Add to Home Screen). It opens like a
standalone app with its own icon (mDash). -
Simple remote scheduler — create and manage schedules from the dashboard
itself, including when you're away. No Hubitat admin login, no Rule Machine,
no external service — same OAuth dashboard URL you already use for control. -
Runs completely on your hub — UI, API, scheduler, snapshots, and favorites
all live on the hub. No third-party cloud backend. Remote access uses Hubitat's
own cloud proxy when you want it.
Features at a glance
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Lights — room-grouped tiles, drag-to-dim, RGB / color temperature, per-room
and whole-house on/off, light snapshots (slide to save/restore) -
Scheduler — daily, weekly, one-time, sunrise/sunset (with offsets), and hub
mode triggers; actions for lights, switches, outlets, thermostats, and hub mode -
Climate — thermostat dial (setpoints, mode, fan) and multi-select bulk
thermostat control -
Security & home — locks (optional PIN), HSM arm/disarm (optional PIN),
Hubitat scenes, hub mode -
Shades / blinds — open/close/pause and drag-to-position
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Music / media — Sonos, Echo Speaks, AirPlay, Chromecast (where supported)
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Sensors — motion, contact, water, presence, humidity, illuminance, smoke/CO,
temperature (+ battery when available) -
UX — dark/light/auto theme, search, collapsible rooms, favorites, reorderable
rooms and nav icons (synced across devices), local ↔ cloud switching
Plain switches and outlets are selected separately and used in the scheduler
(they are not shown as light tiles on the main view).
Install (HPM — recommended)
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In Hubitat Package Manager → Install → Search → Modern Dashboard
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Apps → Add User App → Modern Dashboard → select devices → Done
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Open the Cloud link from the app page
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On your phone: install as a PWA / Add to Home Screen if you like
*. Tap the Scheduler icon to add schedules you can manage remotely
HPM enables OAuth and deploys the File Manager assets automatically.
Updates: use HPM Update.
Manual / bundle install
See the README for
bundle and paste-into-Apps-Code instructions (upload 11 mld-* files to File
Manager, enable OAuth).
Security note
The cloud URL includes your OAuth access token (Hubitat's normal pattern). Treat
it like a secret — anyone with the URL can control the devices you've selected.
If you regenerate the token, open a fresh cloud link and reinstall the PWA.
Update: I've added an optional feature to secure the dashboard with a password.
Links
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Source & docs: https://github.com/evdev/hubitat-modern-dashboard
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License: Apache 2.0
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Current version: see the repo / HPM package (0.2.x)
Feedback, feature requests, and screenshots welcome in this thread. Happy to
answer questions about setup, the scheduler, or how it compares to the built-in
dashboard / other community dashboards.
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