Backer update: the enhanced SparkBox dashboard is live
Posted by tomspark
If you've backed the project, your dashboard just got a real upgrade — it's live now. Here's what's new. The enhanced dashboard Your Home tab is a proper control center now, not just a launcher: - A live media overview — what's playing, what was just added, pending requests, and your library + disk usage at a glance. - A drag-and-drop layout — arrange and resize the cards however you like. - A "Money Saved" widget — a running tally of what the equivalent subscriptions (streaming, password manager, photo storage, and so on) would cost vs running it all yourself. - Optional animated themes if you want some flair (Matrix rain, neon glow). Off by default — the normal UI stays clean. And it keeps growing: I'm adding new widgets to the enhanced dashboard over time, and the day they ship they're already yours. No upgrade fee, no "v2", no subscription — it's all part of the one-time $49 Legend. Pay once, keep getting more. Here's where it's headed: https://tomsparkbox.com/roadmap Free SparkBox hasn't changed To be clear: the free version is still the whole thing — every app, the full server, all of it — and every bug fix ships to everyone. The enhanced dashboard is the extra polish for the folks who chip in to fund the work. It's a thank-you, not a paywall on anything you already had. How to get it If you're a Backer or Legend it's already waiting — run sudo sparkbox update and refresh your dashboard. Thanks to everyone backing this — 26 of you and counting. You're what keeps full-time development (and the independent security audits) going. 🙏
2 replies
Seez wrote:
Awesome! :D I tried it for a brief minute before updating, it looked great 😎
tomspark wrote:
🤣 little oopsey there, snuck into one of the releases.