LumiFur iOS
An iOS companion for controlling LED and light systems in fursuits. Design, preview, and deploy patterns with fast, intuitive controls, available on GitHub today with App Store publishing planned, plus watchOS, widgets, and Live Activity for quick status checks.
App capabilities
Highlights from the current feature set and near-term roadmap.
Connectivity
Bluetooth connectivity
Connect over BLE today, with Wi-Fi control planned for extended range.
Design
Interactive dot matrix editor
Design animations on a 64x32 or 8x8 grid with touch-first tools.
Patterns
Custom lighting patterns
Build, save, and remix pattern sequences tailored to each suit.
Preview
Real-time preview
Visualize effects before pushing them to the hardware controller.
Controls
Accessory toggles + modes
Manage auto brightness, accelerometer gestures, sleep mode, and aurora overlays from settings.
Messaging
Custom message + scroll text
Send scrolling text messages and tune scroll speed on demand.
Maintenance
OTA updates + release notes
Launch controller OTA updates and view app/controller release notes.
Status
Status widgets + Live Activity
Surface connection state, temperature, and signal strength at a glance.
Roadmap
Third-party controller support
Planned interoperability with platforms like ProtoTracer.
Experience
Wearable-friendly UX
Clear, glove-ready controls built for live events and quick changes.
App architecture
Connectivity, visualization, and performance workflow details.
Connectivity
Wireless control
Protocols for direct and long-range connections.
- Bluetooth control for direct suit connections without a network.
- Wi-Fi control planned for extended range and staging setups.
- Roadmap includes ProtoTracer interoperability.
Visualization
Matrix workflow
Mapping tools for expressive LED layouts.
- Supports 64x32 and 8x8 dot matrix layouts.
- Interactive dot matrix editor for drawing expressions.
- Real-time preview before pushing patterns to hardware.
Workflow
Sequencing + maintenance
Built for live edits, settings control, and open-source collaboration.
- Create and save custom sequence presets for performances.
- Apply changes live with low-latency updates.
- Settings toggle auto brightness, accelerometer, sleep mode, and aurora modes.
- In-app release notes and OTA update flow for controller firmware.
- Native SwiftUI app targeting iOS 14.0+ devices.
- Open-source under the BSD 3-Clause license.
Latest app release
Current iOS build and recent change notes.
Changelog highlights
- BLE stack refactor for connection stability.
- Optimized SwiftUI view redraw performance.
Views
Status, faces, and settings screens tuned for fast changes.
Status view
Glanceable connection status, signal strength, temperature, and brightness.
Faces view
Swipe through expressions and queue presets without breaking focus.
Settings view
Tune auto-brightness, accelerometer, sleep mode, aurora overlays, plus OTA updates.
Widgets + Live Activity
Glanceable status surfaces for quick checks on iPhone.
Large status widget
At-a-glance connection, temperature, and signal strength.
Lock Screen widget
Quick status checks on the Lock Screen during events.
Live Activity
Persistent status card that updates while connected.
Getting started
Development setup for early adopters and contributors.
- 1iOS 14.0+ device and Xcode 14+ required for local builds.
- 2Clone the LumiFur repository and open the project in Xcode.
- 3Pair with a compatible LED system to test Bluetooth control (Wi-Fi planned).
watchOS + macOS
Companion experiences for quick changes, widgets, and bench workflows.
The watchOS companion keeps expression switches and settings on your wrist, while widgets and Live Activity surface connection, temperature, and mode status. macOS tooling is planned for bench setup, testing, and bulk updates.