Marquee, InfoPanel and LianliThemeEditor
The InfoPanel and LianliThemeEditor columns come from each project’s public README, release notes and store listing, as of 27 October 2026. “Not listed” means we found it in none of their documentation, not that we tested it and found it missing. LianliThemeEditor builds themes that L-Connect then displays, so what it can show also depends on what L-Connect can do.
Where Marquee differs
| Marquee | InfoPanel | LianliThemeEditor | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Who draws the screen | Marquee, directly over USB | InfoPanel, directly, on the panels it supports | L-Connect; LianliThemeEditor edits the themes L-Connect shows |
| Lian Li 8.8" Universal Screen | Yes, tested on the hardware | Not listed | Yes, landscape and portrait, through L-Connect |
| The screen’s LED ring | Set by the theme, with rules | Not listed | Not listed (L-Connect has its own lighting controls) |
| Working with L-Connect | Takes the screen over; L-Connect keeps running fans and RGB | Not applicable | Uses L-Connect 3 to install and activate themes |
| Claude Code and Codex usage | Built in | Not listed | Not listed |
| Game FPS | Built in, from PresentMon: FPS, frame time, 1% low and the game’s name | Through HWiNFO’s sensors or a community plugin | Not listed; depends on L-Connect’s sensors |
| Shader backgrounds | SkSL, with values bound to readings | Not listed | Not listed |
| Video | MP4, MOV, WMV, GIF and WebP, as backgrounds or in a box | GIF animation; a community plugin plays YouTube Live | Animated and video backgrounds, converted for each device |
| Styles that react to readings | Rules restyle a widget, or make it pulse, past a value | Not listed | Not listed |
| Themes as text | YAML with hot reload, checked by marquee validate | Not listed | L-Connect .template and .turtheme files; validates and fixes packages |
| Values from your own scripts | Local HTTP or marquee push | Through its plugin API | Not listed |
| Updates | Checks a signature before installing | Through the Microsoft Store, for the Store version | Self-updates from its GitHub MSI; verification not stated |
Where the others go further
| Marquee | InfoPanel | LianliThemeEditor | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other Lian Li panels | Not yet (planned) | Not listed | HydroShift II LCD S and C, VM 9.2" |
| Other USB panels | No | All BeadaPanel models; Turing/TURZX models A, C and E | Not listed |
| Desktop overlay or extra monitors | No | Yes | Not listed |
| Plugins | No; local HTTP and marquee push instead | Documented API, built-in plugins and a community registry | Not listed |
| Weather and network data | Not built in; a script can push them | Built-in plugins | Not listed |
| Sharing themes | Not yet (planned) | Not listed; has an in-app plugin browser | In-app gallery: browse, preview, install and submit |
| L-Connect themes | No import yet (planned) | Not listed | Edits, converts and exports them |
| Languages | English, ready for translation | Not listed | 7: English, Turkish, German, French, Korean, Russian and Chinese |
| Phone control | Not yet (planned) | Not listed | Phone Link, a local web page |
| Where to get it | GitHub (MSI) | Microsoft Store, its website and GitHub | GitHub (MSI) |
| License | Source-available; free for noncommercial use | GPL-3.0 open source | Source on GitHub; no open-source license identified |
| Maturity | Version 0.1.1, newly launched | About 766 commits and 251 GitHub stars | Version 2.9.1, about 15 GitHub stars |
Sources
- LianliThemeEditor on GitHub
- LianliThemeEditor latest release
- InfoPanel on GitHub
- InfoPanel on the Microsoft Store
- Marquee’s README, with its L-Connect sources
Marquee is made by MadJag Studios. InfoPanel and LianliThemeEditor are independent projects by other developers. None of the three is affiliated with or endorsed by Lian Li Industrial Co., Ltd.