Hey everyone, I was tinkering today with an open source project that provides a web UI for applying these specific patches and would love some feedback. I've tentatively called it "KoboPatch Web UI".
You can
check it out here and the source code
is available on GitHub.
If you use Chrome, it can detect your device, which simplifies the process. This way it can also write the `KoboRoot.tgz` straight to your device.
Downloading and patching all happens clientside, so this is very much a static website with no analytics, no tracking, etc -- just something I wanted for myself since I have a couple of Kobo devices and I'd love to have a frictionless way to apply these patches without needing to check download URLs and run the patcher via the command line.
For those interested in the technical details: the website leverages a WASM build of kobopatch and uses the set of patches in the OP. Only supports Kobo Libra Color, Kobo Clara Color and Kobo Clara BW for obvious reasons as this specific version of the patches is the only one I currently include.
I've been able to successfully use this on my own Kobo Clara BW. Also includes a "restore original software" option which may be useful to some.
I'd love to also appropriately credit everyone involved w/ these patches. Is there any definitive list somewhere that I can add to my acknowledgements section or should I just use the original post for that? Thanks!