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Orbit Cards Wiki

Welcome to the Orbit Cards wiki.

Orbit Cards is a collection of modern Home Assistant dashboard cards with a shared visual style, visual editors, dynamic colours, custom icons, actions, popups, and compact grouped layouts.

Orbit Cards is available directly from the default HACS repository. Search for Orbit Cards in HACS, or see Installation for the manual installation fallback.

Screenshots

See Screenshots for Area Card, Status Card, Action Card, and Deck Card examples in light and dark themes where available.

Cards

Card Type Best for
Area Card custom:orbit-area-card Area overview cards with status text, main entity, area navigation, side buttons, curved buttons, and a standalone action button.
Status Card custom:orbit-status-card State summary cards, person cards, and compact icon-only status groups.
Action Card custom:orbit-action-card Compact scene, script, automation, button, camera, and shortcut controls.
Deck Card custom:orbit-deck-card Group any Lovelace cards into rows, switch between them with tabs, or overlay compact controls on a main card.

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Quick Example

type: custom:orbit-area-card
area: living_room
area_name: Living Room
accent_color: blue
main_entity: light.living_room
tap_action:
  action: navigate
  navigation_path: /lovelace/living-room
status1: sensor.living_room_temperature
status2: sensor.living_room_humidity
button1: light.floor_lamp
curve_button1: scene.movie_time

Current Naming

The old Room Card has been renamed to Area Card.

New configs should use:

type: custom:orbit-area-card

Existing configs using custom:orbit-room-card remain supported through a legacy alias and editor migration helpers.

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