Rain Today Plugin for InkyPi

A lightweight Rain Today plugin focused on showing today's rain conditions in a simple and clean layout for e-paper displays

Rain Today is not a full weather plugin, but a focused alternative designed to quickly show rain information for today, avoiding unnecessary complexity and keeping the UI minimal and readable

Install

Install the plugin using the InkyPi CLI, providing the plugin ID and GitHub repository URL

inkypi plugin install rain_today https://github.com/saulob/InkyPi-Rain-Today

This plugin is an extension for the InkyPi e-paper display frame and includes the following features

Features

• Today's rain forecast
• Rain chance percentage
• Humidity display
• Precipitation rate display
• Simple and clean layout for quick glance
• Multi-language support
• Quick location selection
• Manual latitude and longitude input
• Weather provider support Open-Meteo no API key required
• Unit selection for temperature and precipitation

Key differences

Compared to full weather plugins

• Focused only on today's rain
• Minimal layout with no forecast clutter
• Faster setup with fewer settings
• Optimized for readability on e-paper
• No API key required using Open-Meteo

Settings

• Language selection
• Quick Location presets or manual latitude and longitude
• Weather provider Open-Meteo
• Unit selection Imperial or Metric

Notes

• Uses Open-Meteo free API no key required
• Designed to be simple and fast
• Focused only on today's rain conditions
• Works well on small screens and dashboards

Screenshots

• Rain Today widget on the main dashboard
• Plugin settings screen