PinguControll

A simple Web-UI to control PulseAudio (or Pipewire) and any mediaplayer with MPRIS on Linux. This project was just created since all software I found in this direction was deprecated or not working, so I created my own.

We rewrite it in Rust.
Status: 14.10.2025: Its rewritten! But we still need to add a pretty Web-UI.
⚠️ This is still Work-In-Progress! ⚠️

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Todolist

Frontend:

• First-Time-Setup
• user defined buttons
• IP allowlist
• Multiple factory themes (theme support overall)
• Dashboard
• Controls
• Music player (MPRIS) controller
• Mixer
• Settings

Backend:

• auto update

Usage

Requirements

• A PC running Linux
• A libpulse compatible sound server
• Cargo for building the project (or a Nix installed)

Sound-Server Compatability:

• Pipewire (pipewire-pulse module, standard on most Distros)
• PulseAudio (native)
• Jack (not supported at all)
• ALSA (not planned)

Compiling

0. (With Nix only) Enter a nix-shell with the Rust-toolchain installed:

nix-shell

1. Build and run the program with

cargo run

3. Open the webui! The WebUI runs under http://127.0.0.1:8193/ or http://<your pc's IP here>:8193/ (from another device)

Configuration and Customisation

Config file

The configuration file for PinguControl is located in ~/.config/pingu_control/pingu-control.conf. A Default setup looks like this:

{
  "ftsetup":true,
  "host":"127.0.0.1",
  "port":8193,
  "allowed_ips": ["127.0.0.1"],
  "theme":"std",
  "button_1": {
    "text":"undefined",
    "executable":"",
    "args": [""]  
  },
  "button_2": {
    "text":"undefined",
    "executable":"",
    "args": [""]
  },
  "button_3": {
    "text":"undefined",
    "executable":"",
    "args": [""]
  },
  "button_4": {
    "text":"undefined",
    "executable":"",
    "args": [""]
  },
  "button_5": {
    "text":"undefined",
    "executable":"",
    "args": [""]
  },
  "button_6": {
    "text":"undefined",
    "executable":"",
    "args": [""]
  }
}

Key	Explanation	Default Value
ftsetup	Whether the First-Time-Setup is shown (will automatically be set to false when setup is completed)	true
host	The host the Web-UI should run on	"127.0.0.1"
port	The port the Web-UI should run on	8193
allowed_ips	IPs allowed to access the Web-UI	["127.0.0.1"]
theme	Web-UI theme	"std"
button_x	user-defined button configuration	-------------
[+] text	Text in the button shown in the webui	"undefined"
[+] executable	Program/Action to execute on button press	""
[+] args	Extra arguments for the program/action	[""]

Customization

The Web-UI is in the site directory located under ~/.config/pingu_control/ and can be fully modified.

File	Function
index.html	Main dashboard
mixer.html	Mixer UI (with MPRIS controller at the bottom)
mpris.html	MPRIS standalone UI (deprecated - might be removed)
ftsetup.html	First-time Setup UI
conf.html	Configuration UI
sysmon.html	System monitor UI (deprecated - needs additional server functionality that isn't there)
style.css	Styling for all UIs and UI components (should simplify theming)