A web frontend, api and websocket connection for things attached through serial as arduinos or other microdevices would be
cd things_web/tools/setup
python3 -m venv ~/venvs/things_web
source ~/venvs/things_web/bin/activate
pip install -U pip
pip install -r requirements_dev.txt
cd things_web/things_web
source ~/venvs/things_web/bin/activate
python things_web.py
after first start in homefolder/things/things_web.json