Embedded {hardware} specialist M5Stack has introduced a brand new launch for its UIFlow browser-based built-in growth surroundings (IDE) — and, in a break with custom, it is now potential to put in the server portion domestically by yourself {hardware}.
The UIFlow IDE is primarily designed to be used with M5Stack’s personal vary of growth boards and equipment, and goals to make the method of placing your individual tasks collectively simpler by placing the whole lot within the browser. Utilizing M5Stack’s hosted model, there is no software program set up required in any respect — and for these new to coding the software features a drag-and-drop block-based visible programming surroundings constructed on Blockly, with a standard Python view additionally obtainable.
The software program’s newest launch, although, brings an entire new characteristic. Dropped at our consideration by CNX Software program, the most recent UIFlow launch comes with the choice to run your individual server domestically — putting in it on one machine in your community and making it obtainable to a number of different machines, with out having to make use of M5Stack’s hosted model and whereas preserving your whole knowledge saved domestically for improved privateness and safety.
M5Stack has launched UIFlow IDE server you’ll be able to run your self — after retiring the desktop app. (📷: M5Stack)
The UIFlow server is offered for Microsoft Home windows 11 — although Home windows 10 also needs to be appropriate — in addition to Apple’s macOs and Linux on 64-bit x86 {hardware}. There’s additionally a model for Linux on Arm-based units, together with M5Stack’s CM4Stack — and on condition that’s primarily based on the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4, the identical model also needs to be installable on the Raspberry Pi 4 and new Raspberry Pi 5 single-board computer systems.
The transfer comes as M5Stack discontinues the desktop variations of the software, which had been merely a model of the online app wrapped in an Electron envelope. In addition to permitting a single set up to be shared by a number of machines on the identical community, the brand new server model additionally enables you to use the browser of your alternative. There may be one downside to the server launch, although: it solely supplies entry to UIFlow 1.0 — whereas the newer UIFlow 2.0, which helps further {hardware}, is simply obtainable by utilizing M5Stack’s hosted model.
The UIFlow server launch is offered to obtain on the M5Stack web site — although, on the time of writing, the corporate’s web site was returning an error, so chances are you’ll want to attend a short while earlier than leaping in.