flipoff
Free split-flap display emulator for any TV. The classic flip-board look, without the $3,500 hardware.
The Lens
By Erik Loyd, SaaS CEO and former COO/CFO of an AWS Premier Partner.
Updated Mar 2026
FlipOff gives you one on any TV or monitor for free. Open an HTML file, go fullscreen, and you have a retro departure-board display without spending $3,500 on Vestaboard hardware.
Vanilla HTML/CSS/JS, zero dependencies. Realistic scramble animation with recorded flap audio. Auto-rotating quotes, fullscreen TV mode, keyboard controls. Responsive from mobile to 4K. Works offline. Just open index.html.
The community is already adding features: Docker support, JSON config, emoji support, GitHub Pages deployment.
The catch: it's a fun display project, not a business tool. If you want it for a restaurant menu, office dashboard, or retail signage, it works great. If you want integration with data feeds, flight APIs, or custom backends, you'll need to build that yourself. No configuration UI; you edit JavaScript or JSON config directly.
Free vs Self-Hosted vs Paid
fully freeFree Tier
Fully free under MIT. Open an HTML file on any screen and you have a split-flap display.
Self-Hosted
Static HTML file. No server needed.
Paid
None. Saves you the ,500+ cost of a real split-flap display.
Free. It's one HTML file. The $3,500 is what you're NOT spending on hardware.
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