ddayb/vnc-ipad repository overview

⁠VNC-iPad

Give Your Old iPad a New Life as a Home Assistant Remote!

⁠Info ℹ️

Old iPads come with an outdated version of Safari, which makes them incompatible with modern Home Assistant dashboards.

VNC-iPad allows you to repurpose your old iPad as a remote control for Home Assistant. Since the outdated Safari browser on older iPads isn’t suitable for this purpose, VNC-iPad provides a better solution.

⁠Quick Start 🚀

1. Install any VNC viewer on your iPad (available for all iPad models).
2. Start the Docker container (see instructions below).
3. In the VNC viewer on your iPad, connect to container_ip:5900.

• ⁠Docker CLI 🐳

  docker run -d -p 5900:5900 --name vnc-ipad -e VNC_PASSWORD="mypassword" -e STARTING_WEBSITE_URL="HOMEASSISTANT_IP:8123" ddayb/vnc-ipad
  

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• ⁠Docker Compose 🐳

  services:
    vnc-ipad:
      container_name: vnc-ipad
      image: ddayb/vnc-ipad
      ports:
        - "5900:5900"
      environment:
        VNC_PASSWORD: "mypassword"
        STARTING_WEBSITE_URL: "HOMEASSISTANT_IP:8123"
      restart: unless-stopped
  

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