Freeboard
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Freeboard, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Freeboard's own pricing page, checked 9 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Freeboard open-source software | Free | Open-source dashboard client · server-side user management, database saving, and public/private functionality are not included |
The facts
Each one read from Freeboard's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- API
- Its JavaScript API can initialize, load, serialize, and control dashboards, and register data-source and widget plugins.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Dashboard engine
- It provides an HTML-based dashboard layout engine that connects data sources with display widgets.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Dashboard type
- interactivechecked 20 Sep 2026
- Data sources
- JSON,Open Weather Map API,Dweet.io,Playback,Clock,Octobluchecked 20 Sep 2026
- Embedded dashboards
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Intended use
- The repository describes Freeboard as a possible front end for embedded devices with limited ability to serve complex and dynamic web pages.checked 9 Oct 2026
- License
- The repository identifies Freeboard as open source and lists an MIT license.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Local use
- The project says Freeboard can run from a local hard drive by opening index.html.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Plugins
- JavaScript plugins can add data sources that fetch data and widgets that display it.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Plugin settings
- Plugin settings support text, calculated values, booleans, dropdown options, and arrays.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Freeboard is an open-source real-time dashboard builder and viewer for IoT and other web mashups.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Scheduled refresh
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Server-side limit
- The repository says the client-side project does not include server-side user management, database saving, or public/private functionality.checked 9 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Browser limitation
- The repository warns that Chrome may encounter CORS issues with JSON APIs when Freeboard is opened from a local hard drive.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Integration approach
- The plugin documentation gives JSON APIs as an example data source and describes refreshing data through a callback.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Platform
- webchecked 20 Sep 2026
- Runs in browser
- It can run as a single-page static web app in a browser without a server.checked 9 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
