Niko Sagiadinos
Co-Founder SmilControl - Digital Signage
Germany
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Top SchoolNiko Sagiadinos is a co-founder and hands-on software engineer with over a decade of experience building standards-driven digital signage solutions from Hanover, Germany. He leads SmilControl to deliver modular, vendor-neutral player and CMS software that lets resellers and integrators avoid lock-in and deploy as SaaS or in-house. Known for prioritizing openness and transparent interfaces, he helps clients mix and match hardware and software to protect business models and future-proof deployments. A former chemistry student turned Linux-savvy developer, he blends engineering rigor with practical product design for advertising, POS and public display systems. Outside work he’s a hobby pianist, DJ and intermittent island resident on Corfu—interests that mirror his taste for creative, user-facing media.
10 years of coding experience
Bachelor's degree, Chemie, Bachelor's degree, Chemie at Leibniz Universität Hannover
German, Greek, English, Spanish, French
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (42)
device-management10
parser10
digital-signage10
dooh10
smil10
media-player10
android-launcher10
player10
php-library10
raspberry-pi10
launcher10
ffmpeg9
cms9
javascript9
self-hosting9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
garlic-signage/garlic-launcher
Feb 2020 - Jul 2022
Digital Signage Software - Root-free Android launcher for maintaining media player
Contributions:132 commits, 132 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 5 months
android-launcherdigital-signagelauncherandroiddigitalsignage
garlic-signage/garlic-hub
Dec 2024 - Jul 2026
Digital Signage Software - Device and Content Management (CMS)
Contributions:2 releases, 1 PR, 858 pushes in 1 year 6 months
cmsdigital-signagedoohnarrowcastingpublic-display
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