⚠️ Work in Progress
LCARdS is a hobby project and not a fully commissioned Starfleet product — expect the occasional tribble.
Documentation is under heavy construction - it may not be complete and/or accurate to the current build of the project.
What is LCARdS?
Build Star Trek LCARS-style dashboards in Home Assistant — reactive controls, coordinated animations, and a full Master Systems Display, all in one unified card system.
LCARdS originates from, and supersedes, the CB-LCARS project. It is designed to accompany the HA-LCARS theme.
lcards-button — All standard LCARS buttons, plus advanced multi-segment controls.
- Built-in preset library: lozenge, bullet, capped, outline, pill, text, and more
- Component mode — embed SVG components (D-pad, Alert, custom shapes) with per-segment interactivity
- Canvas-based background animations — stackable layers with zoom and pan
- Rules Engine integration — styles hot-patched at runtime
What Makes It Different
Every card shares a common set of core features — you get these without any extra configuration.
State-aware styling — cards change colour and style in response to HA entity state, individually or in coordinated groups via the Rules Engine.
Templates everywhere — any text field accepts entity state, attributes, theme tokens, DataSource values, JavaScript expressions, or Jinja2. Learn more →
Alert Mode — a single helper entity shifts the entire dashboard colour palette, plays sounds, and activates an overlay card simultaneously. Learn more →
Animations — Anime.js v4 is built in; animate any element in response to interactions or entity state changes. Learn more →
DataSources — subscribe to entities, buffer history, run processing pipelines (moving averages, min/max), and use the results in any card field or chart. Learn more →
Next Steps
→ Installation — install via HACS in under a minute
→ Quick Start — add your first card and explore the editors
→ Coming from CB-LCARS? — feature mapping table