Introducing Patch

Every switch,wired by hand.

A modular desk switchboard for status, focus, and your smart home — every toggle programmable, every routine patched by hand.

01

Physical control

Eight programmable toggles, one per routine. No app required to flip a status.

02

Patch routing

Route one switch's action into another with real patch cables — wire your own automations.

03

Smart home native

Matter, Home Assistant, and MQTT support out of the box. No vendor lock-in.

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Open by design

Open HTTP API, self-hosted option, Python & TypeScript SDKs.

The problem

We buried the switch inside the software — then wondered why nobody flips it.

01

Screens ask first, act second

Unlock, find the app, find the toggle. Three steps for something that should take one flick of a finger.

02

Software status is easy to ignore

A banner notification gets swiped away in half a second. A glowing switch on your desk doesn't.

03

Automation lives behind menus

Most smart-home routines are configured once and never touched again — because touching them again is a chore.

Tactile control

Flip a switch.
Mean it.

Eight chunky toggles, each mapped to a routine — status, focus, lights, alerts. No screen to unlock, no app to open. Just a satisfying, physical click.

8× programmable toggles
Close-up of a single toggle switch on the PATCH panel
Patch cables connected to jack ports on the PATCH panel
Patch routing

Wire your own automations.

Two patch jacks let you route one switch’s action straight into another — pause music when you go DND, dim the lights when focus mode starts. No app, no code, just cables.

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Milled aluminum panel

Scroll to build one, piece by piece — the same order it leaves the bench.

How it works

Three motions. No menus.

01

Flip

Press a toggle. It maps to exactly one routine — DND, lights, focus, whatever you've named it.

02

Route

Patch a cable from one switch to another to chain actions — no app, no menus, just physical wiring.

03

Automate

Once patched, the routine runs itself. Matter, MQTT, and the open API keep it running offline.

At a glance

A tiny screen, for context only.

Never the hero, always useful — no pixel-art status messages to design, just a quiet confirmation of what’s active.

Close-up of the pixel-matrix display on the PATCH panel

24×12 readout shows

  • Active scene name
  • Focus timer countdown
  • Connection status
  • Battery level
Master switch

One flip.
Fully offline.

The red master switch kills every connection instantly. For when “busy” needs to mean it, no exceptions.

  • Wi-Fi — off
  • Bluetooth — off
  • Cloud sync — off
Close-up of the red master kill switch on the PATCH panel
Tech specs

Built to last on a desk, not in a drawer.

PATCH switchboard, top-down view

Panel

Brushed aluminum, dark walnut base

Switches

8 programmable toggles + 1 master kill

Display

24×12 monochrome pixel-matrix

Ports

2× patch jacks (A/B routing), USB-C

Connectivity

Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, USB Virtual LAN, MQTT

Smart home

Matter, Home Assistant

Firmware

Open-source, GPLv2, self-hostable

Modularity

2 / 4 / 8-switch panel blocks

Power

USB-C, 10-hour internal battery

Two finishes

Steel or slate. Same click.

PATCH in brushed aluminum and matte black finishes
PATCH unboxed, with patch cable and quick start guide
Designed to simplify

Reserve yours before the first run ships.

Includes PATCH switchboard, two patch cables, USB-C cable, and wall mount. Ships in Steel or Slate. Limited first production run.

Ships worldwide · 30-day returns · 2-year warranty