One central screen. Every family detail.
Orbit is a touchscreen-based, open-source family hub designed to replace whiteboards, scattered phone apps, and sticky notes. Built for wall-mounted tablets, it brings together calendars, lists, chores, routines, and more, with gamification to make family life fun and functional.
Feature List
Minimum Viable Product
- Design Mockups & Wireframes
- Technical Stack & Architecture
- Development Roadmap
- Backlog & Sprint Planning
- Changelog & Dev Log
- Release Notes
- Open Issues & Feature Requests
- Marketing & Showcase Materials
- Licensing & Open Source Notes
- Finalising MVP scope
- Wireframing key interfaces (Calendar, Lists, Chores)
- Investigating tech options (likely C# with .NET MAUI, Avalonia, or Uno Platform)
- Planning modular design for plug-in-style features
- Frontend: React Native (Expo workflow recommended)
- Backend (local-first): SQLite (accessed via WatermelonDB; cloud-sync adapter available)
- Language: TypeScript
- UI: React Native JSX/TSX (declarative)
- Voice Input:
react-native-voice (bridges to native speech-to-text on Android & iOS)
- Weather API: OpenWeather One Call 3.0 (optional BOM integration for AU-specific data)
- Calendar Sync: Google Calendar REST API + iCal (.ics) import/export (Apple Calendar compatible)
- Minimalist but family-friendly design
- Offline-first with cloud optional
- Child-safe profiles with fun gamification
- Modular, themeable, and community-extensible
Maintained by: Justin Oakenfull
Last updated: 24 June 2025