a tui for Philips Hue

huetui is a terminal user interface that allows for easy control of your Philips Hue lights. It uses the official Hue-Bridge-API to communicate with the lights and py_cui for the front-end.

An AUR package is available for installation via an AUR helper:

paru -Syy huetui

Install huetui with:

pip install huetui

This should fetch all the necessary dependencies. Nevertheless, make sure that all dependencies are installed.

Launch huetui by typing huetui into your terminal.

Should you get the error command not found: huetui, try restarting your terminal. Also, in case your upgrading from v1.0 to v2.0, please make sure to remove the old version before upgrading, as described below.

Should you have a previous version of huetui installed, please remove it from your system before upgrading, either by running

pip uninstall huetui

or deleting the script manually

cd ~ && rm .local/bin/huetui

These dependencies are needed for installing and running huetui.

• python3
• pip

The following dependencies are downloaded automatically when installing via pip. If you're cloning the repo, make sure to install them manually.

• py_cui
• colorthief

pip -U install py-cui colorthief

huetui needs to be provided the bridge's IP and an authorized API user.

1. Determine the bridge's IP, e.g. by opening your router's network tab and looking for a device with "Phillips-hue" as its hostname.

2. Obtain an API user by following the official guide.

3. Run huetui and input the information.

The status bar will show helpful information about navigation and keybindings.

• Navigation is done using the arrow keys. You'll see a cursor move to the bottom right of the modules.
• Selecting modules or items is done by pressing ENTER. The selected option will highlighted.
• Light/group operations. Move to the desired light or group and:
  • toggle on/off: ENTER
  • decrease brightness: j
  • increase brightness: k
  • change color: c
• To exit a module press ESC.
• To quit the program simply press q while in the main overview (i.e. not inside a module).

• To set wallpaper colors press w while in the main overview.

The colors as well as other settings can be changed in huetui's config file ~/.config/huetui/config.py. Here are all the available settings:

# sample config. Edit to your liking.
import py_cui.colors as colors
from huetui.backend.utils import Config
c = Config()
c.ip = "192.168.178.75"
c.api_user = "O4qAaBl9LaXonrNlAu0Pzei3ianWAJuUzYuZpC2I"
c.tui_settings = {
	"unicode": True,
	"wallpaper": "~/Path/To/Wallpaper.jpg",
	"uicolors": {
		"main_ui": colors.WHITE_ON_BLACK,
		"selected": colors.CYAN_ON_BLACK,
		"border": colors.MAGENTA_ON_BLACK,
		"logo": colors.CYAN_ON_BLACK,
		"status_bar": colors.BLACK_ON_MAGENTA,
		"title_bar": colors.BLACK_ON_MAGENTA,
	},
}