Hello Community!

I’m pleased to announce my new module, MMM-Forum, which brings unread topics, notifications and messages from this forum directly to your mirror. This module is designed to keep you up to date with what’s going on in the forum.

It should also work for other NodeBB forums, but hasn’t been tested yet. Feedback would be nice.

Here’s a (slightly doctored) screenshot of the module in action:

You can find the repository and installation instructions here: https://github.com/KristjanESPERANTO/MMM-Forum.

Your feedback is invaluable, so please share your thoughts, suggestions or any problems you encounter. I’m not that talented at web design, so please be gentle and give me some pointers, or even better a PR 😁

In the last few days I have worked on some details on the site. So if you’re interested, take a look: https://kristjanesperanto.github.io/MagicMirror-3rd-Party-Modules/.

And there is now a little statistics table on the results page: https://github.com/KristjanESPERANTO/MagicMirror-3rd-Party-Modules/blob/main/result.md#statistics

I have also created a few PRs based on the list for some modules. Most of them have already been accepted :-)

Hey everyone!

Even though MMM-Remote-Control is the most popular third-party MagicMirror² module (measured by GitHub stars), it looks like it never properly introduced here in the forum. Today’s v4 release seems like the perfect opportunity to change that!

What is MMM-Remote-Control?

MMM-Remote-Control lets you control your MagicMirror² from any device on your network – your phone, tablet, or computer. So you can control your mirror from your couch using your cell phone, for example.
No need to SSH into your Pi or edit config files manually anymore. With a simple web interface, you can:

• Show/hide modules on the fly
• Adjust brightness and color temperature
• Update modules and MagicMirror² itself
• Install new modules directly from the interface
• Edit your config.js with a visual editor
• Restart or shut down your mirror
• Send notifications and alerts
• Control your monitor (turn on/off)
• And much more through a comprehensive REST API

How to use it?

Just follow the instructions on the GitHub page.

What’s new in v4?

This release is the biggest update in years – a complete modernization of both the user interface and the underlying code:

For Users:

• Completely redesigned interface – Modern look, smoother animations, better usability
• QR Code on your mirror – Just scan it with your phone to instantly access the remote control. No more typing IP addresses!

Under the Hood:

• Code modernized to current JavaScript standards
• Massively expanded test suite for better reliability
• Enhanced error handling throughout
• Better documentation and maintainability

Important Note: While there shouldn’t be any breaking changes, I recommend testing thoroughly after updating due to the extent of the changes.

You can find the complete changelog and installation instructions on GitHub.

I’m looking forward to your feedback! If you run into any issues or have ideas for improvements, feel free to open an issue on GitHub.

Have fun with the update!

Some Screenshots

On Mobile Device

Main Menu

Power Menu

View Menu

optional QR Code on the mirror

We already have one other weather station as a provider in the core. So I think we are open to add another one.

You could create a PR to add your provider to the core. So you don’t have to do this hack:

cp ~/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-PWSWeather/pws.js \
  ~/MagicMirror/defaultmodules/weather/providers/

Nice. Don’t forget to add it to the modules list: https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/wiki/3rd-party-modules :smiley:

@Volkae Please try my fork:

git clone https://github.com/KristjanESPERANTO/MMM-DBF

Let me know if it runs more stable.

Meanwhile, there have been some changes to the module list. E.g.

• If you click on a maintainer’s name, you will get a list of all modules by that maintainer :smiley:
• Dark mode switch
• Style changes
• Many module maintainers added screenshots and keywords and fixed listed issues
• GitHub stars are displayed
• New sort option: number of stars
• Module tags are now clickable
• Screenshots are now clickable
• Optimized mobile view

And some more …

Nice! :thumbs_up:

Realy nice 👏 Thank you!

Since 6.14.12 there have been a lot of bug fixes, so an upgrade is recommended. And MM works fine with 8.19.2.

The maintainer is working on implementing the new API: https://github.com/fewieden/MMM-NHL/pull/51

So I see two options for you:

1. be patient and wait for it to be completed.
2. switch to the develop branch and test the new implementation. But don’t forget to switch back to the master branch later.

@mumblebaj Many thanks for the tips! :smiley:

I have meanwhile written to the operators of the website to see if they can offer an API. If not, I will probably follow your suggested approach.

Really nice work! 👏

@Hacksaw There are good Websites that can translate texts - e.g. https://www.deepl.com/. Try again in English and describe more precisely what you want. This is not clear from your current text.

@mumblebaj Sure :slightly_smiling_face: I have included a brief explanation of this in the README.

If there are several images in your repository, one image is selected according to the following logic: First search for an image that contains 'screenshot' or 'example' in it's name and if none is found, take the first image that is found.

I created a PR to fix this, let’s see when @0m4r accept it.

for MagicMirror purposes, is there a preferred style to be used for modules?

@kayakbabe I agree with Sam, but here’s a more detailed answer anyway: This depends on where you are. In some modules there are no rules for this - there and in your own modules it is, as Sam says, up to you.

However, to avoid poor code style, such as spaghetti code and inconsistently formatted code, which not only make maintenance and further development more difficult, but also affect team collaboration, many projects use static code analysis tools such as prettier and ESLint for checking code quality.

In the MagicMirror core (and with this in the default modules), we use the ESLint object-shorthand rule (see https://archive.eslint.org/docs/rules/object-shorthand) to ensure that only the shorthand version is used.

@Chloe282 Nice job! 👏 Thanks for sharing 😀

@UncleRoger Nice. Do you want to add it to the list of modules?

https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/wiki/3rd-Party-Modules

edited to fix url

@mumblebaj Thanks for the hint! I’ve just updated the state description. But unfortunately it is still abandoned. The maintainer no longer responds to issues and PRs.