MyAnythingList: Open Source Visual Media Walls From Plain Text
MyAnythingList turns a simple text playlist into a visual grid of links, videos, images, and QR codes. It is a single-file web application that can run locally, online, on public displays, in classrooms, on kiosks, or on personal computers without a server.
What it does
A playlist can contain ordinary URLs, YouTube videos, image links, QR code settings, layout variables, header and footer text, translated variables, and simple inline commands. The result is an interactive media wall that can be browsed, inspected, mirrored, translated, and exported as high-resolution thumbnails.
Why it matters
The project demonstrates human-directed, AI-assisted open-source software development: careful testing, clear documentation, language access, media literacy, public-interest curation, and reproducible configuration in a plain-text format.
A tiny open format for every screen, printer, classroom, shop, and community
Anyone can make a MyAnythingList with plain text: artists, teachers, journalists, printers, organizers, students, small businesses, museums, libraries, and families. It turns ordinary links into a portable visual surface for video walls, QR posters, interactive business cards, postcards, product sheets, event signage, public archives, and human-curated knowledge. The promise is simple: your links, your language, your layout, your file.