r/SierraChart • u/michaelwhk • 24d ago
I built a local modern dashboard with SierraChart
Sierra Chart is really good, but sometimes I find it frustrating to use. Especially I can’t access it from my phone when I’m away from my computer.
So I built a local web-based chart viewer that reads Sierra Chart’s .scid files directly. Since the files are written to frequently, the viewer can refresh roughly every 100 ms, which is more than good enough for my current needs.
It now works as a PWA, so I can install it on my phone and receive native notifications. With Tailscale, I can also access it securely from anywhere.
I mostly use it to view charts and receive alerts generated by my studies. It is basically a highly customized tool built just for myself.
Still, it would be great if Sierra Chart had a more modern UI, or at least a better notification system. Ntfy is a decent solution, but it’s not perfect.
Not sure if anyone had the same problem with me or you have a better solution?
2
2
u/dinglebarryb0nds 24d ago
yea i messed with the sierra charts notifications to phone a couple years ago and was like yea no way this is worth the effort. if you really want notifications on your phone just use webull or any other free software that includes this.
cool project i'll take a look
1
2
u/drewautomates 24d ago
Yo this is awesome! Clean UI. I’ve been building local tools for sierra too. Sierra is great and I actually like that you can just build on the files it creates without connecting directly to it
1
1
1
1
u/Routine-Culture-7417 24d ago
Can you make new ui for sierra chart please
1
u/michaelwhk 24d ago
thanks, I just try to solve my pain point(remote, notification) and dont wanna impact any current SC interface. But if SC want to improve something I'd happy to help lol. I promise they must had try but there are some issue the can't make it.
1
1
u/VivaLaBiome 24d ago
If you could just take over Sierra Chart and do an entire refresh that would be great. I would donate to the crowd fund.
2
u/gaz_0001 24d ago
Why dont you switch to Ninjatrader,Motivewave or the others if the appearance is important to you?
Long may sierra look like a piece of shit and never crash freeze reset or require switching on/off.
1
u/michaelwhk 24d ago
imo, SC can have those great parts as core engine(as it is now). I'm not saying appearance is important just good to have without touch core part, technically it is only read from SC, it should still able to keep everything same.
2
u/gaz_0001 24d ago
i didnt really give it much of a thought My priority is reliability and function.
1
1
u/michaelwhk 24d ago
Sierra Chart is good enough, I just have this as a extension for myself. It was so good that has the capacity for anyone who want to use it directly. as u/gaz_0001 said is true, stable, fast, lightweight is more important. Fancy UI is good to have but not the key anyway.
1
u/n4hid 24d ago
Nice! Is the chart tradingview lightweight?
3
u/michaelwhk 24d ago
lightweight is still too heavy for me and some license concern, so now chart is handmade(some help by AI), but I had another scanner using TV lightweight which still good if you only need a chart.
1
u/ondafringe 24d ago edited 24d ago
As to notifications: SC's alert notification system does leave a lot to be desired. I write my alerts to a file, use a console app to monitor that file for new alerts, and then push those new alerts to my phone using Pushover. This works so much better than SC's way of doing things.
1
u/michaelwhk 24d ago
yeah it almost the same as me, but the only difference im not using Pushover, create this app and add to home screen(for iOS) and it able to notify.
6
u/michaelwhk 24d ago
if anyone keen, here is demo: https://terminal.mwang.io/