# mathoudebine/turing-smart-screen-python

Unofficial Python system monitor and library for small IPS USB-C displays like Turing Smart Screen / TURZX

Repository: https://github.com/mathoudebine/turing-smart-screen-python
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/turing-smart-screen-python
Language: Rich Text Format
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: lcd-display, python, serial-communication, system-monitor, system-monitoring, turing-smart-screen, xuanfang, smart-display, smart-screen
Last push: 2026-08-26T15:29:57+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 92/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 79, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1923, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 143, "gap_med": 21.0, "n_releases_24m": 13}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2233, forks 405 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:29.140759+00:00)

## What it is
An unofficial Python system monitor and abstraction library for small IPS USB-C smart displays such as the Turing Smart Screen / TURZX. It displays system stats (CPU, GPU, memory, etc.) on these screens and works on Windows, Linux, macOS, and Raspberry Pi.

## Use cases
- display cpu and gpu stats on a turing smart screen
- turn a cheap usb-c ips display into a system monitor
- python library to control turing smart screen display
- show system monitoring dashboard on a small external screen
- use turzx display on linux or raspberry pi

## When to choose
- you own a Turing Smart Screen / TURZX or compatible USB-C IPS display and want an open-source alternative to the official software
- you want cross-platform (Windows/Linux/macOS/Raspberry Pi) system monitoring on a small external display
- you want a Python library to programmatically draw on these smart screens

## When to avoid
- you need official vendor support or help with the official USBMonitor.exe/ExtendScreen.exe software
- you use macOS and cannot tolerate a known major bug
- your display model is not among the supported smart screen models

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: monitoring, sdk, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, hardware, cross-platform
- platform: windows, python, cross-platform
- tags: system-monitor, usb-display, smart-screen, serial-communication, ips-display, raspberry-pi, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- mathoudebine/turing-smart-screen-python (main) score 92

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:29.140759+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:44:24.142183+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/mathoudebine/turing-smart-screen-python (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:29.140759+00:00, sha 8e0b05c1e08f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.