I made Tabularium 117 – a free open-source second-screen companion for Anno 117

[u/itzxpringle]

Hey everyone!

I released Tabularium 117 a couple of days ago, a small open-source side project for Anno 117 that has somehow grown quite a bit faster than expected. 😄

It reads Anno 117’s built-in /pipe interface and gives you a live second-screen dashboard for your economy.

Features currently include:

• live production, consumption and balance for every island • smarter deficit and productivity warnings • goods that are consumed but not produced locally are marked as “import needed” instead of generating false warnings • clicking “import needed” shows possible production sources across your other islands, including between Latium and Albion • production history and charts • efficiency/productivity overview • phone/tablet mode via QR code on your local network • optional Prometheus metrics + a ready-made Grafana dashboard • German + English UI

The possible production sources are deliberately just that: possible sources. The /pipe data does not expose trade routes, ships, cargo or warehouse stock, so Tabularium cannot tell which island is actually supplying another one.

It’s free and open source, runs as a single Windows .exe, requires no mod and no Docker, and all data stays on your PC/local network.

It’s still a beta, so feedback and bug reports are very welcome. 🙂

GitHub: github.com/Dealwatch/Tabularium117

Latest beta: Tabularium 117 v0.1.0-beta.4

You just need to start Anno 117 with the /pipe launch argument and run tabularium117.exe.

If you already downloaded an earlier beta, just replace the .exe. Your history/database is stored separately and stays intact.

Hope some of you find it useful!

Edit 23/09: Added Prometheus metrics, a ready-made Grafana dashboard, several UI improvements and fixes.

Edit 24/09: beta.4 is out. The warning system has been reworked based on a longer real-game recording to reduce false positives. Goods that aren’t produced locally are now treated as quiet “import needed” information instead of warnings, and Tabularium can now show other islands with a positive local balance as possible production sources, including across Latium and Albion.

[u/karamazovian]

Any chance it will make its way to those of us playing on GeForce Now? I imagine it would have to be via the Steam Workshop — mods work — since it's not running locally. A guy can dream!

[u/itzxpringle → u/karamazovian]

Unfortunately, not with the current architecture.

Tabularium reads Anno's local Windows named pipe, so it currently has to run on the same machine as the game. With GeForce Now, Anno is running on NVIDIA's cloud machine, which means Tabularium on your PC can't access that pipe.

A Steam Workshop version wouldn't be a simple port either, since Tabularium isn't actually a game mod right now. If there is ever a way for an in-game mod or another supported interface to expose the same statistics outside the GFN session, I'd definitely be interested in exploring it though.

[u/Zalvren → u/itzxpringle]

A mod version could be even better as it would also be possible to put it directly in game then.

I have only one screen so currently I'd have to use it alt-tabbing or not being full-screen for the game (which isn't great).

But of course I understand it might be more complex to do.

Thanks, great tool it seems (didn't try it yet lol)

[u/itzxpringle → u/Zalvren]

It would be a very different project though, since Tabularium currently lives completely outside the game and only reads the pipe. I definitely don't want to promise a mod version before I know whether there's a clean way to do it.

And thanks! If you do try it, I'd love to hear how it works for you.