A tool for launching next generation media experiences
Launchpad ensures stability, reduces installation time, and allows teams to focus on innovation rather than troubleshooting.
“We developed Launchpad to address challenges we frequently see in Bluecadet's exhibit projects, which include content-heavy experiences, native apps, and long-term deployments across large fleets of computers.”Adiel Fernandez, Technology Director, Bluecadet
Launchpad ensures stability, reduces installation time, and allows teams to focus on innovation rather than troubleshooting.
By automating PC configuration, managing content syncing, and monitoring applications, Launchpad eliminates the guesswork in configuration and reduces the installation time from days to minutes, providing a seamless and reliable solution for exhibit environments.
Core Functions
Automates PC Configuration
Launchpad automates the setup of exhibit environments by configuring PCs to disable consumer features like edge swipes, notifications, and system updates. It also prevents PCs from going to sleep, significantly reducing the need for manual configuration. This automation cuts installation time drastically, from days to just minutes.
Manages and Syncs Content
Launchpad handles the synchronization of text and media with CMS platforms like Contentful, Sanity, Strapi, WordPress, and Drupal. It ensures that content is consistently updated across devices. In case of network outages or file corruption, it caches content locally and automatically rolls back to the last stable version, maintaining uninterrupted operation.
Monitors and Restarts Applications
Launchpad efficiently manages multiple applications running simultaneously, with control over launch sequence and window arrangement. If an application fails or exits unexpectedly, Launchpad automatically restarts it, ensuring continuous operation without requiring manual intervention.
Key Features
Run multiple apps simultaneously
Allows for control over launch sequence and window order, enhancing flexibility in complex exhibit setups.
Graceful handling of app failures
Automatically restarts applications if they exit or crash, ensuring reliability.
Automated PC configurations
Disables consumer features such as edge swipes, notifications, and updates, and prevents PCs from going to sleep, making the setup more exhibit-friendly.
Content syncing across platforms
Syncs content from APIs like Sanity, Strapi, Contentful, Airtable, and generic JSON (WordPress, Drupal, REST APIs), ensuring up-to-date media and text.
Local content caching
Stores content locally to handle network outages, with rollback error handling to prevent disruptions in case of issues.
Content processing support
Offers support for text transformations (e.g., markdown to HTML), as well as image processing, resizing, filtering, and cropping, providing flexibility in content presentation.
“Launchpad significantly reduces the time and effort required for exhibit installations, transforming a process that once took days into one that can be completed in just minutes.”Josh Goldblum, CEO, Bluecadet
Getting Launchpad
Bluecadet is offering Launchpad free to use and is available on NPM and GitHub.
Launchpad is being actively used and maintained, keep an eye out for new features, like our upcoming plugin API.
If you have questions or suggestions, feel free to contact us.