Getting started

Will Helio work for me?

Helio works when all three are true:

1. Your inverter has an Eybond WiFi datalogger plugged in: a small black stick with a QR code, a PN: number, and lights labelled PWR COM NET SRV.
2. The stick is online: its NET and SRV lights are on. If not, see Connect the WiFi stick.
3. You can log in at shinemonitor.com (or the SmartClient app) and see today's energy for your plant. If not, see ShineMonitor account.

Quick test: if shinemonitor.com shows your daily energy, Helio will show the same number.

You'll also need free accounts on GitHub and Vercel.

Deploy in five minutes

1. Click Deploy with Vercel in the README and sign in with GitHub. Vercel copies Helio into your GitHub account.

2. Fill in the variables Vercel asks for:

   Variable	What to enter
   SHINE_USER	Your ShineMonitor username, exactly as you type it to log in
   SHINE_PASS	Your ShineMonitor password
   DASH_USER	A new username for your dashboard
   DASH_PASSWORD	A new password for your dashboard (12+ characters, different from SHINE_PASS)
   AUTH_SECRET	Any long random text, e.g. from openssl rand -hex 32
   TARIFF	What you pay per unit, e.g. 7.5

3. Click Deploy. After about a minute you get a link like helio-yourname.vercel.app.

4. Open it, sign in with your dashboard login (not your ShineMonitor one), and check today's units match shinemonitor.com.

Optional settings like EXPORT_TARIFF, CURRENCY and TIMEZONE are covered in Configuration.

Other hosts

Helio is a standard Next.js 15 app. Any Node 18+ host works:

git clone https://github.com/byrishi/helio.git && cd helio
npm install
npm run build
npm start            # set the same environment variables first

Try it without an account

Every deployment has a public /demo page with sample data from a fictional 5.4 kW rooftop. It never touches a real account.