# A Kindle dashboard for AI usage

A jailbroken Kindle displays aggregated coding-tool usage, waking periodically to refresh.

## Hardware
Compatible Kindle; exact generation not specified

A jailbroken Kindle wakes on a schedule, downloads a dashboard from a host computer and keeps the last image visible on its e-paper screen while asleep.

## Shopping list

Uses the Kindle’s own display and battery. No separate e-paper panel is needed; framebuffer dimensions and jailbreak method are generation-specific.

Quantities are for one build. Unless marked source-specified, they are planning quantities; confirm kit contents and the chosen configuration before ordering.

### Confirm before buying
- Original KT3 hardware is now identified, but an exact used unit with eligible firmware is not verified. A seller must disclose firmware/serial details before purchase.
- Check framebuffer rotation and FBInk on the actual unit. Older Kindles may require 2.4 GHz WPA2 rather than 5 GHz or WPA3-only networking.

### 1 × Kindle KT3 — original 600×800 deployment
- Requirement: Required
- Quantity basis: Planning quantity for one build; check the selected configuration
- Purpose: E-paper dashboard.
- Notes: The maintainer’s setup guide identifies the original KT3 deployment and 600×800 framebuffer. Before purchase record the exact model, first eight serial characters, firmware and jailbreak state, then check the linked compatibility wizard. KT3 identification does not make arbitrary firmware safe to jailbreak.
- Destination: https://kindlemodding.org/kindle-models
- Match: Compatibility wizard linked by maintainer; NOT a purchase listing
- Link review: Source-linked; live page not verified; stock not assessed
- Evidence: Creator source
- Source: https://youcanjustbuildthings.openai.chatgpt.site/projects/submission-8133b4dec277fe58e2c3e0a3bc317fa1a2e33b28e9035bba9bd2a73612241224
- Source: https://github.com/Kuberwastaken/kindle-ai-usage
- Source: https://github.com/Kuberwastaken/kindle-ai-usage/blob/main/docs/KINDLE.md

### 1 × Computer / always-on host running Node.js 20+
- Requirement: Required
- Quantity basis: Planning quantity for one build; check the selected configuration
- Purpose: Build, configure or flash the software.
- Notes: Collect usage and serve the dashboard.
- Sourcing: Use existing equipment or match the specification above. No exact purchase link verified.
- Evidence: Setup requirement — check against your configuration
- Source: https://youcanjustbuildthings.openai.chatgpt.site/projects/submission-8133b4dec277fe58e2c3e0a3bc317fa1a2e33b28e9035bba9bd2a73612241224
- Source: https://github.com/Kuberwastaken/kindle-ai-usage

### 1 × USB (Kindle-model-specific) data cable
- Requirement: Required
- Quantity basis: Planning quantity for one build; check the selected configuration
- Purpose: Connect to the computer for programming or data.
- Notes: The Kindle must expose its drive during installation; connector varies by generation.
- Sourcing: Use existing equipment or match the specification above. No exact purchase link verified.
- Evidence: Setup requirement — check against your configuration
- Source: https://youcanjustbuildthings.openai.chatgpt.site/projects/submission-8133b4dec277fe58e2c3e0a3bc317fa1a2e33b28e9035bba9bd2a73612241224
- Source: https://github.com/Kuberwastaken/kindle-ai-usage

### Existing × Wi-Fi network
- Requirement: Required
- Quantity basis: Planning quantity for one build; check the selected configuration
- Purpose: Download dashboard images.
- Sourcing: Use existing equipment or match the specification above. No exact purchase link verified.
- Evidence: Setup requirement — check against your configuration
- Source: https://youcanjustbuildthings.openai.chatgpt.site/projects/submission-8133b4dec277fe58e2c3e0a3bc317fa1a2e33b28e9035bba9bd2a73612241224
- Source: https://github.com/Kuberwastaken/kindle-ai-usage

Source reviewed, not assembled or hands-on tested. A working product page does not confirm stock, firmware compatibility or a complete build.

## Setup
Unofficial firmware

## Coding tool
Codex

## How the agent helped
The creator credits Codex with the jailbreak and setup workflow, including compatibility checks, dashboard configuration, framebuffer rendering and scheduled wake-and-sleep behavior.

## Before you build
Requires firmware-compatible jailbreak, FBInk and a host server. Do not interpret API-equivalent costs as billed subscription spend.

## Sources
- Original build: https://youcanjustbuildthings.openai.chatgpt.site/projects/submission-8133b4dec277fe58e2c3e0a3bc317fa1a2e33b28e9035bba9bd2a73612241224
- Supporting source: https://github.com/Kuberwastaken/kindle-ai-usage

Source reviewed 2026-11-04. Not hands-on tested.