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Jooki custom web UI

A custom web remote for a kids' music player, with playback, volume and playlist-per-tile settings.

built Oct 2025 updated Feb 2026 Side projects and experiments

how it works

Next.js/shadcn UI over MQTT/HTTP control of a factory-reset Jooki.

App: A complete application.

The code for this one lives in a private repo. This page explains the idea so you can build your own.

kidsmqttnextjs

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