A home screen for rooted LG webOS TVs that recreates the look and motion of the late-2008 Xbox 360 NXE dashboard: a column of channels, a row of panes you move along with the remote, a boot sequence, toasts, a Guide overlay, HDMI input previews and a Steam friends list.
Note
AI Generated Software Ahead
This project is entirely AI generated.
While it works on my TV, it may not work on yours.
Please report any issues you find by opening an issue on GitHub.
It runs from file:// on the TV, and in desktop Chrome against a mock Luna transport for development. The app ships with an original default theme, and other looks load as theme add-ons (app/src/theme/).
- A rooted LG webOS TV, webOS 23 or later (the app needs Chromium 108).
- The Homebrew Channel installed. First launch uses its root shell to finish the install.
This isn't in the Homebrew Channel repo, so add it as a custom repo:
Add https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lewisdoesstuff/webos-nxe/main/repo.json in the Homebrew Channel's repository settings, then install NXE from the app list. Open it: the first run offers the Home button hook, starting at boot, a custom avatar and Steam sign-in, and each can be skipped.
To sideload an IPK instead, build it (below) and run ares-install --device <name> dist/ooo.lew.nxe_*.ipk, or follow the luna-send steps in AGENTS.md.
bun install
bun run dev # http://localhost:5173/?boot=off
bun run verify # check, lint, format and tests
./build.sh # IPK in dist/ (needs ares-package)Start with AGENTS.md. ./build.sh needs ares-package from @webos-tools/cli. Tagging v* builds and publishes a release through GitHub Actions.
The Home button hook in service/home-hook/ is GPL-3.0; everything else is MIT.
NXE is not affiliated with Microsoft, LG or Valve. See NOTICE.md.