pilibre 0.1.0
Display hardware metrics from LibreHardwareMonitor, intended to be run on a small screen on a RaspberryPi.
License: MIT
Requires Python: >=3.11,<4.0

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A small Python script for displaying hardware metrics. Metrics are pulled from `LibreHardwareMonitor`, and requires it to be installed on your PC and in server mode. It is designed to be run on a small computer with a small display. I intend to use a Raspberry Pi, but you could likely use something else.

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## Installation

PiLibre relies on `rich` and `httpx` on the display machine, and `LibreHardwareMonitor` on the machine from which you want to see metrics.

- `rich`: For terminal display of the hardware metrics
- `https`: To pull the JSON data served by `LibreHardwareMonitor`
- `LibreHardwareMonitor`: For getting the hardware metrics of your computer.

### Host Machine Setup

The host machine only needs to have `LibreHardwareMonitor` installed. The project can be found here: https://github.com/LibreHardwareMonitor/LibreHardwareMonitor and downloaded from here: https://github.com/LibreHardwareMonitor/LibreHardwareMonitor/releases.

Once installed:

- Open the HTTP server via `Options -> HTTP Server`.
- Take note of the IP address. This is the IP address of the local machine.
- If you'd like to change the default port, do so here.

### Display Machine Setup

The machine you want to display metrics on needs to have the `PiLibre` application installed. The easiest way is to use `pipx`, but manual instructions are also included.

#### pipx

`pipx` is recommended for the simplest installation. This will install `PiLibre` into its own virtual environment, along with any dependencies.

Install `pipx` from here: https://github.com/pypa/pipx#install-pipx.

```shell
pipx install git+https://github.com/acbuie/pilibre.git
```

#### Manually

If you know what you're doing, you can install the package via `Git` and run it manually, with `python -m src/pilibre`. As always, a virtual environment is recommended, so the requirements don't get installed into the system python. Runtime dependencies can be installed with `python -m pip install requirements.txt`.

First, clone the project into a new directory.

```shell
mkdir pilibre
cd pilibre
git clone https://github.com/acbuie/pilibre.git
```

Once installed, create and activate a python virtual environment. Read about python virtual environments here: https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/venv.html.

Then, install the dependencies.

```shell
python -m pip install requirements.txt
```

## Usage

Usage is very simple. Once the HTTP server is running on the host machine, simply specify the IP address and port in the config file and run the project.