Your weather, at a glance. StormDesk’s Observatory dashboard opens in Graphite Silver, with a compact current-conditions card, a forecast list showing up to ten days, and HookEcho radar at the center. Local signals, alerts, astronomy, and device health share the right column. A live clock and nearby official warnings sit above the weather.
Choose a location to start. A personal weather station is optional; readings that are unavailable stay visible and clearly labeled. StormDesk supports Tempest, Ecowitt, Ambient Weather, Davis, AcuRite, La Crosse, and other compatible sources.
The navigation has three destinations: Weather, Radar, and History. Radar gives HookEcho’s map the screen, with official warnings and emergencies along the bottom. History begins with clear temperature, rain, wind, and pressure snapshots and opens detailed charts on demand.
New installs open in Graphite Silver. Choose Settings → Appearance → Theme for all ten dark palettes: Graphite Silver, Midnight Violet, Carbon Lime, Ocean Abyss, Night Spruce, Oxblood Rose, Burnished Copper, Electric Indigo, Petrol Citron, and Espresso Gold. Classic themes remain available, and existing saved choices are preserved. Each screen remembers its choice. No StormDesk account, subscription, or ads.
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The interface images show the current design with labeled demo station data. HookEcho supplies the radar map. The latest packaged release is 4.5.1.
Stormdesk Lite remains available as a lighter browser interface for older devices: open Lite or read its design specification.
Open the latest release, then choose the file for your device.
| Your device | File to choose | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| Windows 10 or 11 | StormDesk_*_x64-setup.exe |
Open the file and follow the installer. Allow access on private networks when Windows asks. |
| Mac | StormDesk_*_universal.dmg |
Open the file, then drag StormDesk into Applications. |
| Ubuntu, Debian, or Linux Mint | StormDesk_*_amd64.deb |
Double-click the file, or use the short command below. |
| Other 64-bit Linux computers | StormDesk_*_amd64.AppImage |
Make the file runnable, then open it. See the short command below. |
| Raspberry Pi 4 or 5 | StormDesk_*_arm64.deb |
Use a 64-bit Raspberry Pi system, then install it with the short command below. |
| Android or Fire tablet | StormDesk_v*.apk |
Open the file and allow installation from your browser or Files app when asked. |
If a Mac says it cannot verify StormDesk, open System Settings → Privacy & Security and choose Open Anyway.
For the optional natural male voice (Kokoro Michael), install uv,
then run python3 scripts/install-natural-voice.py from this repository. Setup downloads about
350 MB once; speech then runs locally on the CPU without an account or cloud service. An installed
pw-play, paplay, or aplay provides audio playback. Restart StormDesk and use Enable / Test voice;
the setting shows Natural male voice · local when ready. The ordinary system voice remains available
on installations without the voice pack. If an installed voice pack fails, the app reports the error
instead of silently changing back to the robotic voice.
Spoken watches and warnings: open Settings → Alerts & sound → Warnings & voice, enable Read warnings and watches aloud, then press Enable / Test voice. Keep the dashboard open. The status below the button explains blocked playback or missing voices; the test does not send push notifications.
The Linux app falls back to the local espeak-ng engine when browser speech cannot start.
Debian and Arch packages install it as a dependency. AppImage users should install espeak-ng
with their package manager (for example, sudo apt install espeak-ng or sudo pacman -S espeak-ng).
Browser mode uses the browser's speech engine and may require a system voice and an initial tap.
On Linux, browser speech may also require speech-dispatcher and espeak-ng; restart the browser
after installing them. An embedded browser without speech support reports an error instead of
claiming an announcement played; use the Linux app's native fallback in that case.
Warnings and watches bypass quiet hours just as official alert notifications already do; routine
advisories stay silent. Closed-app and locked-phone announcements are not supported.
For Ubuntu, Debian, or Linux Mint:
sudo apt install ./StormDesk_*_amd64.debFor a 64-bit Raspberry Pi:
sudo apt install ./StormDesk_*_arm64.debFor the AppImage:
chmod +x StormDesk_*_amd64.AppImage
./StormDesk_*_amd64.AppImageTo build a local AppImage from source, run bash scripts/build-appimage.sh with Docker
running. It builds in Ubuntu 22.04, matching the release workflow and avoiding Arch's
newer GTK loader layout and incompatible bundled strip tool. The unsigned preview is
written to src-tauri/target/appimage-ubuntu/release/bundle/appimage/. Build caches stay
under ~/.cache/stormdesk-appimage; no host packages are changed. Published, signed
updater artifacts still come from the GitHub release workflow.
If the AppImage opens a blank window, use browser mode:
./StormDesk_*_amd64.AppImage --browserThe easiest option is to run StormDesk on another computer in your home, then open the address
shown by StormDesk in the Chromebook browser. If Linux is enabled on your Chromebook, you can also
download the AppImage and run it with --browser.
- Open StormDesk and search for your town or postcode.
- Choose the matching location to see current conditions and the forecast.
- If you have a personal station, connect it under Settings → My station.
The top metrics stay in this order: Rain, Lightning, Wind, WBGT, UV Index, Pressure, Humidity. Station readings appear where available; forecast estimates and unavailable measurements are labeled. The forecast list shows up to ten days, depending on what the provider supplies.
Tempest owners need a personal-use token from tempestwx.com → Settings → Data Authorizations. StormDesk can find the stations connected to that token, so you do not need to hunt for sensor numbers.
Other supported stations send readings directly from your home network. StormDesk shows the exact address to enter in your station's app or console.
Don't own a weather station? Choosing a location is enough to use the forecast dashboard.
The desktop app shows an address such as http://192.168.1.20:8088 in its window title. Open that
address on another device connected to the same Wi-Fi. Leave StormDesk running on the main
computer so the other screens can reach it.
Use the address ending in /public for a read-only screen that cannot change settings.
- Weather — seven top metrics, compact current conditions, up to ten forecast days, and central HookEcho radar.
- Local context — nearby official alerts, local signals, sunrise and sunset, moon details, and device health when the source provides it.
- Radar — live HookEcho radar with warnings and playback.
- History — charts, records, model comparisons, rain totals, and your weather archive.
- More weather details & analysis — additional charts, the timeline, and advanced weather tools remain accessible from Weather.
- Alerts — built-in warnings plus your own rules for wind, rain, heat, cold, and more.
- Backup — one complete backup file for your settings and weather history.
The same Weather and Radar pages adapt to phone-sized screens. The top metrics keep their order while the forecast, radar, and local context stack to fit the display.
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Classic themes, including light, high contrast, and e-ink options, remain available in Settings. Saved theme choices survive the update.
Welcome, Settings and phone layouts
Start with Find my weather, Bring my station, or Join my home. Location search is the recommended first step; station credentials and connection controls appear only when needed.
Settings opens to six searchable cards: Everyday, Appearance, Alerts & sound, My station, Radar, and More tools. Open a card for focused controls; use Save changes to apply form edits. Calibration, reporting, integrations and backups remain available in expandable groups.
- WeatherFlow Tempest
- Ecowitt and Wittboy
- Ambient Weather
- Davis WeatherLink Live
- AcuRite through
rtl_433 - La Crosse Technology
- WeeWX
- Many stations that can send data in Weather Underground format
- Forecast-only mode when no station is available
Brand-by-brand instructions are in the technical guide.
Open Settings → More tools → Troubleshooting → Diagnostics or the Health Center. StormDesk checks your station, forecast, alerts, radar, saved history, and other connections. Copy support report creates a safe report you can paste into a GitHub issue without including passwords, tokens, or your location.
Common fixes:
- No readings: reopen the welcome setup and make sure it receives one real reading.
- Another screen cannot connect: keep StormDesk running and allow it through the main computer's firewall on private networks.
- Blank Linux window: start StormDesk with
--browser. - Old or missing forecast: open the Health Center and choose Retry now.
If you are still stuck, report a problem and include the support report.
The technical guide covers Docker, Home Assistant, MQTT, alert services, read-only sharing, station upload formats, building from source, data sources, testing, and troubleshooting.
StormDesk stores its settings and weather history on your own computer. It has no user accounts, ads, or app tracking. Forecast and alert providers receive only the information needed to return weather for your area.
The regular home-network dashboard is meant for people you trust. Use /public for guests or any
screen that should not see or change private settings.
StormDesk is free and open source under the MIT License.