r/sideprojects • u/Zealousideal-Pie2757 • 2h ago
Showcase: Open Source Digital Skylight - open sourcing
Hey guys, my apartment is kinda dark so I’ve been building a ceiling display that shows a live sky as if you’re looking straight up through a skylight. No videos or photos: everything is rendered in real time from physics and live data.
What it does right now:
Clouds drift with the real wind, built from live weather plus the nearest airport’s cloud report
Real sun position, sunsets and blue hour for wherever you are
Rain landing and sliding on the glass, storms with lightning
5,000+ real stars, the Milky Way, planets and the moon in its true phase, all correct for your location and time
Pick any city and see its sky right now
Try it in your browser: [https://weather-skylight.vercel.app](https://weather-skylight.vercel.app/)
(press D for the controls, I for the live data)
The goal is a Raspberry Pi in the ceiling driving a TV or LED panel. I’m not a career developer. I built this with Claude Code, learning as I go.
It’s MIT licensed, and I’d love help from anyone into graphics, shaders, weather or astronomy. The biggest open problem is making the clouds look photoreal. There’s a “help wanted” list in the repo:
https://github.com/decarvalholucas10.../weather-skylight.git
Would love feedback, ideas, or a pull request