SylviaJul 19, 2025

I would like to urge my followers to strongly avoid #TRMNL.

TRMNL calls itself "unbrickable" and Open Source, telling you you can host your own server and that basically everything is fully supported: https://web.archive.org/web/20250718183453/https://docs.usetrmnl.com/go/diy/byos. This is not true. The only thing a local server can do is send images to the device and *proxy from their proprietary server*: https://web.archive.org/web/20250718062040/https://github.com/usetrmnl/byos_hanami/issues/178.

To add insult to injury, TRMNL is trying to refuse me a refund, in gross violation of EU law.

#UseTRMNL #DoNotUseTRMNL

Show threadWren 🐁Jul 19, 2025

@SylvieLorxu interesting, as I'd been curious about doing the same but evidently I misunderstood the "bring your own server" bit as well

Anyway, I wanted color support for a custom device, so I've been writing my own server software that might be exactly what you're looking for ( and will be writing firmware to go with it), might be what you're looking for if you don't mind a little tinkering

Show threadSylviaJul 19, 2025
@Wren I'm definitely interested to hear more! :)
Show threadWren 🐁
@SylvieLorxu I'll push up what I've got soon! Definitely would be neat if it ended up being useful for more than one person lol
Jul 19, 2025 at 1:36pmWeb