Vision Start

A light liquid-glass, modern and customizable startpage built with React.

Try it here: http://vision-start.ivanch.me

Screenshots

Installing

Vision Start is not yet available on Chrome Web Store, but it can be installed manually:

1. Go to https://git.ivanch.me/ivanch/vision-start/releases/latest
2. Download the latest vision-start-[version].zip file
3. Extract the zip file, you will have a vision-start folder
4. Go to chrome://extensions/
5. Enable "Developer mode" in the top right corner
6. Click on "Load unpacked" and select the vision-start folder you extracted in step 3
7. The extension should now be installed! Just open a new tab to see it in action.

Features

• Customizable Website Tiles: Add, edit, and organize your favorite websites for quick access.
• Elegant Clock: A clock because all startpages have one.
• Server Status Widgets: Monitor the status of services directly from the startpage.
• Liquid Glass UI: A modern, light interface with frosted surfaces, soft highlights, and gentle motion.
• Icon Library: It uses the Dashboard Icon library for a better look and feel. It also supports auto-fetch for some websites.
• Settings: A settings page to configure the startpage, with export/import functionality.

Backgrounds

It comes with a selection of some nice pre-defined backgrounds: Abstract, Abstract Red, Beach, Dark, Mountain, Waves.

You can also upload your own images on it (or fetch it from the web).

Running Locally

Prerequisites: Node.js

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://gitea.com/ivan/vision-start.git
cd vision-start

2. Install dependencies:

npm install

3. Run the development server:

npm run dev

To-do

• Multiple Wallpapers
• Remake icons
• [/] Increase offline compatibility (might not be possible)
  • Use chrome.storage.local for user wallpapers -- this one is
  • Use chrome.storage.local for some logos -- a bit hard
    • Some logos have CORS enabled, we can add "<all_urls>" to the manifest.json file and cache them on storage local
• Dynamic Weather Widget
  • A box with information about the current weather, with manual entry on the location
  • Display current temperature, weather condition (e.g., "Sunny," "Cloudy"), and a corresponding icon
  • Optionally, show a 3-day forecast when clicked or hovered
• Search Bar Widget
  • Positioned to the right or left side of the clock, display a nice search bar
  • Behaviour:
    • When not in focus, it could be highly transparent with just a faint border and a search icon.
    • When clicked, it would smoothly expand and become slightly more opaque, with a soft glow around the border (similar to the existing ones)
  • Config to allow changing the default search engine
• Draggable & Resizable Grid System
  • Allow users to drag and drop all widgets (Clock, Website Tiles, Weather, Title, etc.) into any position on a grid
• Notes / Scratchpad Widget
  • A simple text area that saves its content to local storage automatically.
  • Maybe some extra formatting (bold, italic, increase font size, etc).
• Theme-ing
  • A Light/Dark Mode toggle
  • Custom Accent Colors
    • Selection of 6-8 accent colors that are guaranteed to look good with both Light and Dark themes
    • Define CSS variables for the accent color
  • Dynamic Wallpaper-Based Theming
    • Automatically adapt the UI's accent color to match the current wallpaper
  • Minimal feel toggle
    • Disable title and search widget
    • Tiles become small stylish lines

From a technical side:

• Refactor everything :(