Valve Open-Sources E-Paper Display for Steam Machine Front Panel
By open-sourcing the Inkterface, Valve enables the community to build and customize an information display for the Steam Machine, extending the replaceable front panel concept beyond the available black, red, and wood grain finishes.
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Valve has released the design drawings and source code for an e-paper information display called Inkterface, designed for the front panel of the Steam Machine gaming PC. Published on the official Steam GitLab repository under an MIT license, the project includes parts sales links and assembly instructions, using an Adafruit 4.2-inch three-color e-paper display.
The Steam Machine, Valve's official gaming PC released June 23, 2026, uses a magnetic front panel that can be swapped. Among the replacement panels Valve provided to media outlets was an unreleased e-paper information display. Valve has now published that display's design files and source code on the official Steam GitLab repository under the name Inkterface, licensed under MIT.
The repository includes links to parts sales pages and assembly instructions. The display uses Adafruit's 4.2-inch three-color e-paper panel. Valve plans to post an Inkterface page on Steam in the future. The repository also contains store asset collections.
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