Pick up where you left off.
Open Home over the current application. Go back to the same place when you are ready.
Meet Home & Back
Open source. Taking shape. PRE-ALPHA
Your PC.
YOUR PC. YOUR SOFA. YOUR RULES.
Your PC.
Your living room.
Arinn is a living-room interface for a Linux PC connected to your TV.
Open your websites, films, games and apps from one Home screen.
Navigate Arinn with a keyboard-compatible remote. Keep the Linux apps you use.
AT HOME ON LINUXKDE Plasma 6 / WaylandArch Linux & EndeavourOSKeyboard-compatible remotesX11 setup & limits
LESS SWITCHING. MORE SETTLING IN.
Your apps.
A shared home.
Keep the Linux applications you use.
Launch them from your sofa. Bring Home over the current app, switch to something else, or return with Back without closing it.
Your library. Your player.
Browse local or mounted media folders, see playback progress and watch with the external mpv player.
Explore the media guideMore than movie night.
Open websites, desktop applications and game launchers from one interface. Your apps stay in charge of what they do.
Set up your browserDESIGNED FOR THE SOFA
Four arrows.
One place to start.
Big controls. Visible focus. Arrows, OK and Back.
Use a keyboard-compatible remote to navigate Arinn, or a keyboard and pointer. Apps and games keep their own controls; text fields open an on-screen keyboard.
↑←OK→↓⌂HOME↶BACK
A CLOSER LOOK
Space for what
you love to do.
Four screens from the current Qt interface.
Select a screenshot to explore it in full.
01
Home
Your starting point. Your way back.
02
Open services
Your open pages, within reach.
03
Settings
Make room for your preferences.
04
Library folders
Keep your library connected.
Captured from the current Qt/QML views through tests/ui/visual at 1920 × 1080, with fictional services, neutral monograms, placeholder artwork and a fixed clock. Your installed apps, library and settings will look different. Screenshot provenance
A LITTLE GUIDANCE
Settle in.
We have a guide.
BUILT IN THE OPEN
A small project.
A thoughtful beginning.
Arinn is pre-alpha. You can try the connected interface today; everyday use on a real TV still needs testing across hardware and services. There is no stable release yet.
Follow the roadmapAvailable to explore
Home and Back, installed apps and game launchers, website tiles, browser switching, local media, playback controls, the download queue and settings.
Still in progress
Real-TV and X11 qualification, curated Home favorites and further ambient work. Source builds include Downloads, managed playback and platform-dependent power controls; release packages may be older.
Free & open source
Application code under GPL-3.0-or-later. Your household shares one Home screen. Optional diagnostics are disabled by default; public consent and privacy work remain pending.
MAKE YOURSELF AT HOME
Your next evening.
A calmer starting point.
For curious Linux users. Pre-alpha, with room to grow.