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[Abandoned Plugin] TouchUI #1126
Description
Which Plugin?
https://plugins.octoprint.org/plugins/touchui/
Link to ticket on plugin's issue tracker confirming abandonment
BillyBlaze/OctoPrint-TouchUI#535
Is there someone open to adopting it?
No response
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wwian commentedon Dec 2, 2022
sad face. I still use this app with my prints.
imjosecampos commentedon Dec 4, 2022
What’s the process to take this over? Fork and re-submit?
jneilliii commentedon Dec 4, 2022
Fork, address any outstanding major issues relative to compatibility, etc. bump version and submit PR to redirect the update checks. A good example can be found here of such a PR.
imjosecampos commentedon Dec 4, 2022
Sounds good, will install and check the issues to see how much work may be involved and report back.
vexofp commentedon Dec 4, 2022
Probably the biggest issue is an incompatibility with Octoprint 1.8.0+. See BillyBlaze/OctoPrint-TouchUI#532 for more info.
There is a link in there to a branch I made and have been using locally that fixed that problem, but I was never entirely happy with it because it broke backwards compatibility with older Octoprint versions. Maybe that is less of a problem now, since 1.8.0 has been out for awhile now? Either way, hopefully it helps!
JohnathonMohr commentedon Dec 6, 2022
I've been wondering what happened to the temp graph. 😅
Well, if the plugin transfers ownership, that would provide a convenient time to shift compatibility to 1.8.0+. Just my 2 cents.
sfarkhan commentedon Dec 28, 2022
I use TouchUI as well. I would be up to Patreon someone to take over. It's a popular plugin
TheNore commentedon Feb 16, 2023
Has there been any update on this? I use this on all of my printers, I would gladly donate to whoever took this over, its a great Plugin!! It would be a shame to loose it.
jneilliii commentedon Feb 17, 2023
You could do a copy of the file and conditionally load the different file based on OctoPrint version. Here's an example of where I've used this.
https://github.com/jneilliii/OctoPrint-TPLinkSmartplug/blob/27d265aadf164f2f2aebad99ef64874af029d869/octoprint_tplinksmartplug/__init__.py#L337
Also, it's always better to utilize id css selector if at all possible, just not sure without looking directly at it if that's available here or not.
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ender-bit commentedon Apr 13, 2025
To Touch UI, thats the plugin I would like to take ownership of
DanVerseDev commentedon Aug 9, 2025
🙌 Someone is making a progress in this? i am willing to help mantain this project alive as it's the best of this kind
cameleonnzl commentedon Aug 25, 2025
So the last push on this was a little over four years ago. Do people really like it enough to want it kept alive? I had it in my download list and it's warned as abandoned.
TheNore commentedon Aug 25, 2025
Thats concerning :( I have been using this plugin for years, and would really like to see it updated
vexofp commentedon Aug 29, 2025
Are there other alternatives for a good interface for small screens and mobile devices?
Touch UI has been my daily driver for close to a decade now. Despite the lack of updates, it has luckily managed to escape major breakage over the years.
jneilliii commentedon Aug 29, 2025
OctoDash, which currently is an external app, is currently being refactored into a plugin with kiosk browser mode (the way touchui works on pi touch screen). Just because a plugin is abandoned didn't mean it's going to get deleted and you can continue using it until it breaks.
CmdrOverBeard commentedon Oct 13, 2026
Hello OctoPrint community,
I would like to offer continued community maintenance for the abandoned
TouchUI plugin.
The maintained fork is called TouchUI - ReVersiond:
https://github.com/CmdrOverBeard/OctoPrint-TouchUI-ReVersiond
The original project, copyright notices, license and Git history have been
preserved. TouchUI was originally created by Paul de Vries / BillyBlaze.
This is a community-maintained continuation and not a claim of original
authorship.
The current release is:
https://github.com/CmdrOverBeard/OctoPrint-TouchUI-ReVersiond/releases/tag/v0.9.0
Changes made so far include:
The plugin is currently being tested on OctoPrint 1.11 with Raspberry Pi OS
Bookworm. I am willing to maintain the project, review bug reports and continue
adapting it to future OctoPrint releases.
Before submitting a plugin repository update, I would appreciate guidance on
the preferred adoption process and whether the existing TouchUI plugin entry
should be transferred or whether TouchUI - ReVersiond should receive a separate
entry.
Maintainer: CmdrOverBeard
Affiliation: IT Services Segbart
P.s.: Sorry my English is not the Yellow from The Egg . Text ist KI Translatet
jneilliii commentedon Oct 13, 2026
I noticed you don't have any historical github activity and curious if you developed your changes extensively using AI or not. If that is the case, then we would probably want to register your plugin separately rather than as an adoption.
I've scanned your plugin source using the octoscanner tool. Please find the results in the attached txt file. We would want to have these addressed prior to adoption/new registration.
octoscanner_results.txt
heinzight commentedon Oct 14, 2026
roblandry commentedon Oct 15, 2026
4 years later and nothing done. I opened this to inform people. Closing to stop receiving notifications as I doubt this will ever be revived.
jacopotediosi commentedon Oct 15, 2026
@roblandry please keep this open. You can stop notifications clicking the "unsubscribe" button in this page.
About the "I doubt this will ever be revived"... I wouldn't be so sure about that 😜