Orchard UI

Orchard UI is a set of custom Lovelace strategies for building dynamic Home Assistant dashboards. The project exposes ready‑made layouts for homes, floors, rooms and device specific views.

Setup

Install the dependencies using Yarn:

yarn install

Run a development build that watches for changes:

yarn dev

Build the production bundle:

yarn build

Dev Container

Open the repository in a dev container to get a ready to use environment. The container installs Node.js and Yarn automatically and runs yarn install after creation.

Testing

Execute the unit tests with:

yarn test

Installing in Home Assistant

The plugin can be installed manually or through HACS.

Manual Installation

1. Run yarn build and copy dist/orchard-ui.js to <config>/www/orchard-ui.js on your Home Assistant instance.
2. In Settings → Dashboards → Resources add /local/orchard-ui.js as a module.

HACS

Add this repository as a custom frontend repository in HACS and install Orchard UI from the HACS interface.

Example configuration

Use the strategy in a dashboard configuration:

strategy:
  type: custom:orchard-ui-home
  areas:
    - id: kitchen
    - id: living_room