Glasshouse

Own the glass. A dashboard, privacy controls and Home Assistant bridge for rooted LG webOS TVs.

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You bought the TV.

It's your TV and you should control it. You own the glass.

Designed for those who reject their network-connected home appliances being used as a platform for advertising, telemetry and vendor-controlled experiences, this project brings control, visibility and automation back to the device.

It offers multiple ways to remove ads, withdraw from agreements and services designed to monetize your data, and make the TV a simpler, more streamlined experience — alongside a wide range of useful features, customisation and local smart-home integration.

Glasshouse itself is local, transparent, and requires no cloud service. No nonsense, no data collection, no ads, no dark patterns. I don't want your data.

Glasshouse is a server that runs directly on a rooted LG webOS TV, providing both a live browser dashboard and a dashboard app.

Use it for remote control, app installation and removal, OLED panel care, privacy controls, service menu access, and hardware telemetry. It also includes an MQTT bridge for integrating the TV with Home Assistant and other smart-home software.

Compatibility at a glance

• webOS: 2.2 through 11 (LG's webOS 26) confirmed; tested across 2015–2026 models. Other versions likely work as well. LG names its versions two ways: webOS version numbers gives both
• Panels: OLED (full panel wear telemetry and burn-in controls) and LCD (core dashboard, controls, and telemetry; OLED Care tab hides automatically)
• Access: Rooted via Homebrew Channel. Telnet or SSH. No external dependencies or internet access needed on the TV
• Tested hardware: 75 TVs across 51 series verified so far (LF632V, UF850T, UH600V, UH6030, UH610V, UH635V, B6, B7, SJ80, UJ63, B8, C8, LK61, UK63, LM57, UM71, UM73, C9, CX, GX, UN73, C1, G1, NANO75, NANO85, UP80, UP81, QNED82, UQ80, B2, C2, G2, C3, UR80, QNED80, B4, G3, C4, G4, QNED86, UT73, UT81, C5, G5, CS, LX3, UA73, UA75, C6, NU80, QNED84). Other rooted models should work; see full table

Read the documentation for the features, installation, Home Assistant and security.

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Quick start

1. Root the TV and install the Homebrew Channel.
2. Clone this repository on a computer on the same network as the TV.
3. Run ./deploy.sh <tv-ip> from the server/ directory.
4. Open http://<tv-ip>:8080/ in a browser.

That's it. The dashboard is ready to use.

The installation guide has the details and troubleshooting.

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What it's for

This project is intended to give a rooted webOS TV a useful local control surface instead of requiring the owner to work around the TV's built-in menus, vendor services and cloud dependencies.

1. A cleaner Home screen. A replacement Home app with full control over what displays, and no ads, with a row of Internet TV channels from your own IPTV playlist. Or choose Glasshouse Minimal, a plainer one that comes with it, or put a launcher of your own in its place, or a web page such as a Home Assistant dashboard. Available on webOS 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 and 11

2. Controlling the TV without the cloud. Remote's keys, volume, inputs, power, sleep timer, comprehensive picture and sound settings, Game Optimizer, and much more.

3. Seeing what the TV is configured to collect, and switching it off. One button to turn ads and telemetry off, including LG's content-recognition engine. Every data agreement is recorded in the app, with most of them switchable from the dashboard.

4. App management and debloating. Install apps from the Homebrew Channel catalog, uninstall apps, disable unnecessary background system services to free up RAM and CPU cycles, stop LG keeping apps loaded in the background that are never used, and hide non-removable built-in LG system apps from LG's Home.

5. Remapping the remote's buttons. Point Netflix, Prime Video, Guide, the color keys and the TV's other shortcut buttons at any installed app, an HDMI input or Live TV, or turn them off, or have Input open a strip of the HDMI inputs over the picture.

6. Replacing the screen saver. Over a dozen screensavers to choose from, and customisable brightness settings.

7. Integrating the TV with a smart home. The MQTT bridge exposes the TV as a single device with its controls and telemetry, with Home Assistant support through MQTT Discovery and the same underlying interface available to other MQTT clients. You can also send button press events to Home Assistant to control your smart home from your TV remote.

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