Your next jump
starts here.

PHOENIX is a companion app for Elite Dangerous. Install it on your gaming computer and pair your tablet or spare screen to extend your cockpit. Find places to go, check missions and stats, inspect and track your ships and modules, search community databases, plan engineering upgrades, record your exobiology progress, bookmark locations and take notes. On top of that, a context-aware AI-Copilot supporting text and voice input can help you navigate, find, research and control your ship remotely.

PHOENIX / FLIGHT NOTESREAL APP SCREENSHOTS

PHOENIX 3D Galactic Atlas showing the saved plotted route, labelled systems and bookmarks — Galactic AtlasAn interactive galaxy map showing points of interest, your bookmarks and Elite’s plotted route together. Explore search results and leads from optional GalNet news analysis, then open a system to look closer or plot your route.

Install PHOENIX v0.1.9 · Pre-release

Screenshots show the development version. Some features may be newer than v0.1.9.

Release notes & checksums

Download for Windowsx64 installer · .exe Download for Linuxx64 · AppImage

Prepare Elite

Launch the game once and save keyboard bindings for the commands you want to use.
Launch PHOENIX

Install the desktop app. On Linux, mark the AppImage executable first. Your browser opens at http://localhost:3400.
Pair your second screen

Choose Pair device from the tray and scan the QR with your tablet. Keep both devices on the same local network.
Sync your game data

Some screens will be empty on first launch. PHOENIX gets commander data from Elite’s journal events, so open the relevant in-game screens to trigger them and fill in the data.

01 / THE GALAXY, CONNECTED

See the bigger picture.
Then pick your next stop.

GALNET / ANALYSIS / CONTEXT

GalNet news and analysis

Read GalNet in PHOENIX and use optional AI analysis to connect related reports, follow developing stories and identify leads. Leads with known destinations appear on the Galactic Atlas, linked back to their source articles.

Your Copilot can consult the saved reports too, bringing news and story context into the conversation when you discuss what’s happening in the galaxy or where to go next.

PHOENIX / GALNETREAL APP SCREENSHOTS

PHOENIX GalNet news list and selected article — GalNet newsRead GalNet articles in PHOENIX.

A good search deserves a bookmark.

Search community databases, compare the results in a table or on the Atlas, and save queries you want to use again.

PHOENIX / SEARCHESREAL APP SCREENSHOTS

PHOENIX Query Console — Query ConsoleChoose what to search for: systems, stations, equipment, commodities and more.

Your cockpit. Your layout.

Use the ship deck or build your own. Choose commands, arrange the buttons and edit what each one does.

PHOENIX / CONTROL DECKSREAL APP SCREENSHOTS

PHOENIX Ship Control Deck — Ship Control DeckShip controls with your keyboard bindings, tap or hold actions, and guarded buttons.

Your helpful Copilot. With opinions.

Talk or type to a Copilot with context about your game. Choose its permissions and edit its profile. (Currently requires your own OpenAI API Key - work in progress)

PHOENIX / AI-COPILOTREAL APP SCREENSHOTS

PHOENIX Copilot interface — Copilot interfaceAsk questions or request actions using text or voice.

Tools & helpers with impact

Keep locations and notes, record your exobiology progress and plan engineering upgrades.

PHOENIX / TOOLS AND HELPERSREAL APP SCREENSHOTS

PHOENIX Bookmarks — BookmarksKeep saved locations with tags and notes, and open their system details.

02 / THE SETUP

One computer.
A little more cockpit.

PHOENIX runs beside Elite on your gaming computer. It reads the game’s local journals and status files, and sends your saved keyboard bindings when you use a control.

Open it in a browser there, or pair a tablet on the same local network. Each screen can have its own view.

Controls need a second device. Elite must stay focused to receive commands. For controls, use a tablet, phone or another computer; a second display on your gaming computer won’t work for this. Voice commands are the exception.

Restart PHOENIX after changing bindings. Read the setup guide

FROM DISCOVERY TO DEPARTURE

Found your next destination?
Let PHOENIX
plot the route.

PHOENIX 3D Galactic Atlas with systems and bookmarks — Galactic Atlas

PHOENIX system schematic with a selected body and Plot route control in its toolbar — System schematicsPlot route

PHOENIX missions showing linked destination systems and mission details — Missions

PHOENIX plotted route with the destination, jump sequence and distances — Your plotted route

Wherever a system or location appears in PHOENIX, it links to its system schematic. Inspect the destination, explore its bodies and stations, then plot a route in Elite with a single button.

A few things to know.

Can satellites work on their own?

Satellites need the PHOENIX server app running on your gaming computer to function. Only UI settings are stored on the satellites; your PHOENIX data stays on the server.

Does everything update live?

PHOENIX reads Elite’s journal and status files, including available history, and updates as you play. Some screens may be empty or out of date at first. Use the relevant screen or action in Elite so the game writes a fresh update. Community database results can also be out of date.

Can I use any tablet?

The interface is optimized for Google Chrome and tested on an Android tablet. Other browsers and screen sizes need more testing. Open PHOENIX in the tablet’s browser and pair it with your gaming computer on the same local network.

Do you collect my data?

No. I don’t collect your PHOENIX data, and I have no intention of starting. Frankly, I don’t have time for it either. Your commander records, notes and conversations are stored on your own computer.

Does anything leave my computer?

PHOENIX contacts external services for galaxy information and news. If you use Copilot or AI news analysis, the relevant messages, game context or articles are sent to OpenAI using your API key. Those services have their own data policies.

Who can connect to my PHOENIX installation?

Devices on your local network must be paired with PHOENIX before they can connect. You can revoke paired devices from your gaming computer. Pair devices you trust: they can access your PHOENIX data and controls.

Is the connection encrypted?

The standard local-network connection currently uses HTTP. Pairing controls access, but doesn’t encrypt the traffic. Use PHOENIX on a trusted network and keep its server off the public internet. An encrypted Android connection is being tested.

Will PHOENIX submit data to EDDN?

EDDN submissions are planned for a future update. You’ll be able to share selected game observations with community databases, only if you allow it in Settings. Community publishing isn’t available yet.

What’s still being worked on?

Carrier operations, colonisation, powerplay and EDDN submissions are work in progress.

Found a bug, or have an idea?

Open an issue on GitHub. Tell me what happened and what would help your next session. Keep keys, pairing codes and access tokens out of reports.

Work in progress

The app is still under development and optimized for Google Chrome only. What's there works as intended. There's still a lot of work to do, and certain planned features require me to actually play the game. I still haven't managed to get a carrier. Or played operations. In fact... I've never fired a hand weapon. So I am missing data to finish the app. You're welcome to share your game data with me, if you don't mind. That would help a lot.

For feature requests and bug reports, visit my GitHub.

One more thing...

NUMPY / NUMPAD CONTROLS

Control PHOENIX
with a numpad.

Connect a numpad and use Numpy to navigate PHOENIX, trigger actions from your configured decks, open bookmarks and run saved queries—all without touching the screen.

Press Numpad 0 to start, then follow the numbered choices. As you learn the sequences, enter them directly from memory. Numpy follows your configured decks, so the commands you arrange are the commands you can reach by number.

PHOENIX / NUMPYREAL APP SCREENSHOTS