dark-matrix is an open-source control system for the Framework Laptop 16's dual 9×34 LED Matrix Input Modules, developed by community member heckseven. It is built as a persistent TypeScript/Node.js daemon driving both modules over USB serial, paired with a browser-based web UI called the Deck for configuration, animation editing, HUD presets, audio visualization, video display, and games. The project is licensed under GPL-3.0-or-later.
fw16-kbd-uleds is a Framework Laptop 16 keyboard backlight bridge that exposes QMK-controlled input modules as a standard UPower keyboard backlight device. Developed by community member paco3346, it creates a virtual LED device via /dev/uleds named framework::kbd_backlight, translating desktop brightness changes into direct QMK/VIA HID commands applied to detected Framework 16 keyboard, numpad, and RGB macropad modules.
fw16-led-matrixd is an open-source, cross-platform daemon and CLI for controlling the Framework Laptop 16 LED Matrix Input Modules, developed by community member Sabrina Andersen (GitHub: NukingDragons). Written in Rust, it fully implements Framework's LED Matrix serial API and provides both a background daemon (fw16-led-matrixd) and a command-line client (ledcli) for scripting and automation.