clients/apple/PunktfunkWidgets/LibraryWidget.swift

@@ -0,0 +1,202 @@
+// Configurable Home-Screen / Lock-Screen library widget (kind "PunktfunkLibrary"). The user picks
+// a saved host in the widget's configuration (long-press → Edit Widget — the picker is
+// `HostEntity`'s query over the shared App-Group store, running in this extension process); a tap
+// deep-links into that host's game library via `punktfunk://browse/<uuid>` — the app's onOpenURL
+// routes it to the same library presentation every internal surface drives. No session starts
+// until a title is picked there.
+//
+// Unconfigured, it follows the most recently connected host (the same order the hosts widget
+// leads with). A configured host that no longer exists shows the empty state rather than silently
+// following a different host — a widget that says "Studio" must never open someone else's library.
+//
+// Timeline is a single `.never` entry — the app pushes reloads on store changes (HostStore →
+// WidgetCenter.reloadTimelines), exactly like the hosts widget.
+
+import AppIntents
+import SwiftUI
+import WidgetKit
+
+import PunktfunkShared
+
+// MARK: - Configuration intent
+
+/// The widget's per-instance configuration. Executes in the EXTENSION process — which is why
+/// `HostEntity` and its query live in PunktfunkShared, not the app.
+struct LibraryWidgetConfigIntent: WidgetConfigurationIntent {
+    static let title: LocalizedStringResource = "Choose Host"
+    static let description = IntentDescription("Pick whose game library this widget opens.")
+
+    @Parameter(title: "Host", description: "Leave empty to follow your most recent host.")
+    var host: HostEntity?
+}
+
+// MARK: - Timeline
+
+struct LibraryEntry: TimelineEntry {
+    let date: Date
+    /// The resolved target: the configured host if it still exists, the most recent one when
+    /// unconfigured, nil when there's nothing to open (empty store, or a removed configured host).
+    let host: StoredHost?
+}
+
+struct LibraryProvider: AppIntentTimelineProvider {
+    func placeholder(in context: Context) -> LibraryEntry {
+        LibraryEntry(date: .now, host: nil)
+    }
+
+    func snapshot(for configuration: LibraryWidgetConfigIntent, in context: Context) async
+        -> LibraryEntry {
+        LibraryEntry(date: .now, host: Self.resolve(configuration.host))
+    }
+
+    func timeline(for configuration: LibraryWidgetConfigIntent, in context: Context) async
+        -> Timeline<LibraryEntry> {
+        // Single entry, never auto-refresh: the app reloads this timeline on every store change.
+        Timeline(entries: [LibraryEntry(date: .now, host: Self.resolve(configuration.host))],
+                 policy: .never)
+    }
+
+    /// The configured host by id — nil (NOT a fallback) when it's gone; most-recent when nothing
+    /// was configured.
+    static func resolve(_ configured: HostEntity?) -> StoredHost? {
+        let hosts = HostsProvider.loadHosts() // shared-suite JSON, most-recent first
+        guard let configured else { return hosts.first }
+        return hosts.first { $0.id == configured.id }
+    }
+}
+
+// MARK: - Widget
+
+struct LibraryWidget: Widget {
+    var body: some WidgetConfiguration {
+        AppIntentConfiguration(
+            kind: "PunktfunkLibrary", intent: LibraryWidgetConfigIntent.self,
+            provider: LibraryProvider()
+        ) { entry in
+            LibraryWidgetView(entry: entry)
+                .containerBackground(.fill.tertiary, for: .widget)
+        }
+        .configurationDisplayName("Game Library")
+        .description("Jump straight into a host's game library.")
+        .supportedFamilies([.systemSmall, .accessoryCircular, .accessoryRectangular])
+    }
+}
+
+// MARK: - Views
+
+/// Deep link that opens a stored host's library.
+private func browseURL(_ host: StoredHost) -> URL {
+    DeepLink.browse(host: host.id).url
+}
+
+struct LibraryWidgetView: View {
+    @Environment(\.widgetFamily) private var family
+    let entry: LibraryEntry
+
+    var body: some View {
+        switch family {
+        case .accessoryCircular:
+            CircularLibraryView(host: entry.host)
+        case .accessoryRectangular:
+            RectangularLibraryView(host: entry.host)
+        default: // systemSmall + fallback
+            SmallLibraryView(host: entry.host)
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+private struct SmallLibraryView: View {
+    let host: StoredHost?
+    var body: some View {
+        if let host {
+            VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 6) {
+                Image(systemName: "square.grid.2x2.fill")
+                    .font(.title2)
+                    .foregroundStyle(Color.brand)
+                Spacer(minLength: 0)
+                Text(host.displayName)
+                    .font(.headline)
+                    .lineLimit(2)
+                Text("Game Library")
+                    .font(.caption2)
+                    .foregroundStyle(.secondary)
+            }
+            .frame(maxWidth: .infinity, maxHeight: .infinity, alignment: .topLeading)
+            .widgetURL(browseURL(host))
+        } else {
+            EmptyLibraryView()
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+private struct CircularLibraryView: View {
+    let host: StoredHost?
+    var body: some View {
+        ZStack {
+            AccessoryWidgetBackground()
+            Image(systemName: "square.grid.2x2.fill")
+        }
+        .widgetURL(host.map(browseURL))
+    }
+}
+
+private struct RectangularLibraryView: View {
+    let host: StoredHost?
+    var body: some View {
+        HStack {
+            Image(systemName: "square.grid.2x2.fill")
+            VStack(alignment: .leading) {
+                Text(host?.displayName ?? "Punktfunk")
+                    .lineLimit(1)
+                Text("Library")
+                    .font(.caption2)
+                    .foregroundStyle(.secondary)
+            }
+        }
+        .widgetURL(host.map(browseURL))
+    }
+}
+
+private struct EmptyLibraryView: View {
+    var body: some View {
+        VStack(spacing: 6) {
+            Image(systemName: "square.grid.2x2")
+                .font(.title2)
+                .foregroundStyle(.secondary)
+            Text("Open Punktfunk to pick a host.")
+                .font(.caption)
+                .multilineTextAlignment(.center)
+                .foregroundStyle(.secondary)
+        }
+        .frame(maxWidth: .infinity, maxHeight: .infinity)
+    }
+}
+
+// MARK: - Previews (Xcode canvas)
+//
+// Same pattern as the hosts widget: `#Preview(as:widget:timeline:)` feeds sample entries directly,
+// so the canvas works without a paired device or saved hosts. The small preview's second entry
+// shows the empty state one timeline click away.
+
+private let previewHost = StoredHost(
+    name: "Studio", address: "192.168.1.20",
+    lastConnected: .now.addingTimeInterval(-40 * 60))
+
+#Preview("Small", as: .systemSmall) {
+    LibraryWidget()
+} timeline: {
+    LibraryEntry(date: .now, host: previewHost)
+    LibraryEntry(date: .now, host: nil)
+}
+
+#Preview("Lock Screen circular", as: .accessoryCircular) {
+    LibraryWidget()
+} timeline: {
+    LibraryEntry(date: .now, host: previewHost)
+}
+
+#Preview("Lock Screen rectangular", as: .accessoryRectangular) {
+    LibraryWidget()
+} timeline: {
+    LibraryEntry(date: .now, host: previewHost)
+}

clients/apple/PunktfunkWidgets/PunktfunkWidgetBundle.swift

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import WidgetKit
 struct PunktfunkWidgetBundle: WidgetBundle {
     var body: some Widget {
         HostsWidget()
+        LibraryWidget()
         PunktfunkSessionLiveActivity()
     }
 }

clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkClient/ContentView.swift

@@ -487,10 +487,20 @@ struct ContentView: View {
                 ?? "That link is malformed and was ignored."
             return
         }
-        guard link.route == .connect else {
-            // `wake` and `browse` are reserved in the grammar and parse today; this build routes
-            // neither, and saying so beats silently connecting instead.
-            deepLinkNotice = "Punktfunk links can't do “\(link.route.rawValue)” yet."
+        switch link.route {
+        case .connect:
+            break
+        case .browse:
+            // The reserved library route, now real: open the host's game library without starting
+            // a session. `launch=`/`profile=` are meaningless on a browse (nothing streams until a
+            // title is picked, and that connect resolves its own profile) — ignored, not refused,
+            // per the unknown-parameter rule.
+            openLibrary(from: link)
+            return
+        case .wake:
+            // Still reserved: saying so beats silently connecting instead. (Shortcuts users have
+            // the Wake Host intent, which never round-trips through a URL.)
+            deepLinkNotice = "Punktfunk links can't do “wake” yet."
             return
         }
         // Resolve the one-off profile BEFORE anything happens: an unknown or ambiguous reference
@@ -544,6 +554,38 @@ struct ContentView: View {
         }
     }
 
+    /// `punktfunk://browse/<host-ref>` — jump into a host's game library. Drives the SAME
+    /// `libraryTarget` every internal surface writes, so the link lands in whichever presentation
+    /// the current mode owns: the gamepad console's in-place library screen, the touch cover, the
+    /// macOS sheet, or tvOS's cover. Connect's posture minus the connect itself: a pin conflict
+    /// refuses, a live session is never preempted, and an unsaved host can't be browsed — the
+    /// library fetch rides the paired mTLS identity, so there is nothing to show before the host
+    /// is saved (the notice says what to do instead).
+    private func openLibrary(from link: DeepLink) {
+        switch link.resolveHost(in: store.hosts) {
+        case .known(let host):
+            guard !link.pinConflict(with: host) else {
+                deepLinkNotice = "That link's fingerprint doesn't match the identity saved for "
+                    + "\(host.displayName). It's out of date, or it isn't pointing where it says."
+                return
+            }
+            guard model.phase == .idle else {
+                let current = model.activeHost?.displayName ?? "a host"
+                deepLinkNotice = "Already streaming \(current). End that session first."
+                return
+            }
+            libraryTarget = host
+        case .unknown(let address, _, let name, _):
+            deepLinkNotice = "\(name ?? address) isn't saved on this device yet. "
+                + "Add it with the + button first — a library can only be browsed on a saved host."
+        case .ambiguous:
+            deepLinkNotice = "More than one saved host is called “\(link.hostRef)”. "
+                + "Rename one, or link to it by its address."
+        case .unresolvable:
+            deepLinkNotice = "That host isn't saved on this device."
+        }
+    }
+
     private var home: some View {
         // The full-screen connect takeover rides over BOTH home UIs (and the pre-connect window is
         // still `home`, so it covers the whole dial → wake → online → connect sequence): instant

clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkClient/Intents/SessionShortcuts.swift

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 // Siri / Shortcuts / Spotlight surface (design §M4, extended by client-deep-links.md §6).
 // Deliberately thin: every action already has an internal entry point — the deep-link router
-// (connect / connect-and-launch / connect-with-a-profile), the in-process end-session hook, and
-// the existing Wake-on-LAN path — so these intents only wrap them.
+// (connect / connect-and-launch / connect-with-a-profile, and the `browse` route into a host's
+// library), the in-process end-session hook, and the existing Wake-on-LAN path — so these
+// intents only wrap them.
 //
 // Connect and Wake compile on macOS and tvOS too: AppIntents is genuinely available there
 // (macOS 13+ / tvOS 16+), and "Stream Desktop with Work" from Spotlight on a Mac is part of the
@@ -51,6 +52,28 @@ struct ConnectToHostIntent: AppIntent {
     }
 }
 
+/// Jump straight into a host's game library — no session. Foregrounds the app and routes the
+/// `browse` route through the same `.onOpenURL` path a widget tap uses, which drives the one
+/// `libraryTarget` every surface shares — so the shortcut lands in whichever library presentation
+/// the current mode owns: the gamepad console's library screen when the gamepad UI is active, the
+/// touch/desktop library otherwise. A session starts only when a title is picked there.
+struct OpenLibraryIntent: AppIntent {
+    static let title: LocalizedStringResource = "Open Game Library"
+    static let description = IntentDescription(
+        "Open a host's game library in Punktfunk, without starting a stream.")
+    static let openAppWhenRun = true
+
+    @Parameter(title: "Host") var host: HostEntity
+
+    func perform() async throws -> some IntentResult {
+        let url = DeepLink.browse(host: host.id).url
+        await MainActor.run {
+            NotificationCenter.default.post(name: .punktfunkOpenDeepLink, object: url)
+        }
+        return .result()
+    }
+}
+
 /// Wake a sleeping host (magic packet). No `openAppWhenRun` — usable in automations ("when I get
 /// home, wake the tower") without foregrounding the app.
 struct WakeHostIntent: AppIntent {
@@ -97,6 +120,13 @@ struct PunktfunkShortcuts: AppShortcutsProvider {
                 "Stream \(\.$host) with \(.applicationName)",
             ],
             shortTitle: "Connect", systemImageName: "play.tv.fill")
+        AppShortcut(
+            intent: OpenLibraryIntent(),
+            phrases: [
+                "Open \(\.$host) library in \(.applicationName)",
+                "Show \(\.$host) games in \(.applicationName)",
+            ],
+            shortTitle: "Game Library", systemImageName: "square.grid.2x2.fill")
         AppShortcut(
             intent: WakeHostIntent(),
             phrases: [

clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkClient/Stores/HostStore.swift

@@ -200,15 +200,16 @@ final class HostStore: ObservableObject {
         if let data = try? JSONEncoder().encode(hosts) {
             defaults.set(data, forKey: Self.key)
         }
-        reloadHostsWidget() // the widget reads this store; any change refreshes its timeline
+        reloadHostsWidget() // the widgets read this store; any change refreshes their timelines
     }
 
-    /// Ask WidgetKit to rebuild the hosts widget's timeline after any store change (add/remove/pin/
-    /// last-connected). iOS-only and a no-op where WidgetKit is absent; the widget uses
-    /// `.never`-refresh entries and relies on this push.
+    /// Ask WidgetKit to rebuild the launcher widgets' timelines after any store change (add/remove/
+    /// pin/last-connected). iOS-only and a no-op where WidgetKit is absent; both widgets use
+    /// `.never`-refresh entries and rely on this push.
     private func reloadHostsWidget() {
         #if canImport(WidgetKit) && os(iOS)
         WidgetCenter.shared.reloadTimelines(ofKind: "PunktfunkHosts")
+        WidgetCenter.shared.reloadTimelines(ofKind: "PunktfunkLibrary")
         #endif
     }
 }

clients/apple/Sources/PunktfunkShared/DeepLink.swift

@@ -191,6 +191,13 @@ public struct DeepLink: Equatable, Sendable {
             profile: (profile?.isEmpty ?? true) ? nil : profile)
     }
 
+    /// A library link for a saved host — the shape the library widget and the Open Library intent
+    /// emit. Opens the host's game library without starting a session; a session begins only when
+    /// the user picks a title there, through the normal connect path.
+    public static func browse(host: UUID) -> DeepLink {
+        DeepLink(route: .browse, hostRef: host.uuidString)
+    }
+
     /// The self-emitted form for a saved host: id first (address-independent), with the address
     /// and pin alongside so the link degrades to a confirmation sheet instead of a dead click when
     /// the record is gone ("Copy link", and any shortcut written from a card).

clients/apple/Tests/PunktfunkKitTests/SharedFoundationTests.swift

@@ -178,6 +178,18 @@ final class SharedFoundationTests: XCTestCase {
         XCTAssertEqual(try DeepLink(url: profiled.url).profile, "a1b2c3d4e5f6")
     }
 
+    /// The library widget's and the Open Library intent's emitter — the reserved `browse` route
+    /// with a bare UUID path. Same backward-compatibility stakes as connect: a Home-Screen widget
+    /// keeps sending yesterday's URL.
+    func testDeepLinkBrowseRoundTrips() throws {
+        let id = UUID(uuidString: "11111111-2222-4333-8444-555555555555")!
+        let link = DeepLink.browse(host: id)
+        XCTAssertEqual(link.route, .browse)
+        XCTAssertEqual(
+            link.urlString, "punktfunk://browse/11111111-2222-4333-8444-555555555555")
+        XCTAssertEqual(try DeepLink(url: link.url), link)
+    }
+
     /// Self-emitted links ("Copy link", a shortcut) carry all three references, so they survive
     /// both a re-addressed host and a wiped store.
     func testDeepLinkForHostCarriesIDAddressAndPin() throws {

docs-site/content/docs/clients.md

@@ -28,8 +28,10 @@ protocol — the lowest-latency, most resilient path, with the full feature set:
   launch one straight into the stream.
 - A live **stats overlay** (resolution, fps, bitrate, latency) and a built-in **network speed test**
   to pick a bitrate for your link.
-- **Widgets, Live Activities and Shortcuts** — a hosts widget for the home screen, a Live Activity
-  while a session runs, and App Intents so Siri and the Shortcuts app can start a stream.
+- **Widgets, Live Activities and Shortcuts** — a hosts widget and a game-library widget for the
+  home screen (the library one opens a host you pick straight into its library), a Live Activity
+  while a session runs, and App Intents so Siri and the Shortcuts app can start a stream or jump
+  into a host's game library.
 
 Open the app, pick your host, [pair](/docs/pairing) once, and stream. It builds from the
 `clients/apple` directory in the repo (Swift / VideoToolbox / Metal).

docs-site/content/docs/game-library.md

@@ -142,7 +142,10 @@ and runs what it already knows about the title, so a client can never hand the h
   See [Moonlight](/docs/moonlight).
 - **A link** — a [`punktfunk://` link](/docs/profiles-and-links) carries the id in a `launch=`
   parameter, so a desktop shortcut, a browser bookmark or a home-automation rule starts the stream
-  with the title already launching: `punktfunk://connect/couch-pc?launch=steam:570`.
+  with the title already launching: `punktfunk://connect/couch-pc?launch=steam:570`. On the Apple
+  apps, `punktfunk://browse/couch-pc` opens the library itself instead — that route backs their
+  home-screen library widget and the **Open Game Library** shortcut, so a tap lands you in a
+  picked host's library with nothing streaming yet.
 - **The command line** — the client's own [`punktfunk`](/docs/host-cli#punktfunk-on-the-client-machine)
   command, which ships with the Linux and Windows clients. `punktfunk library <host-ref>` prints `id`,
   `store` and `title` as tab-separated lines, then a count (`--json` for tools);

docs-site/content/docs/profiles-and-links.md

@@ -124,8 +124,10 @@ dropped, unknown parameters are ignored, an empty value means "not given", and i
 appears twice the first one wins. `pf://` parses as an input alias, but nothing emits it and no app
 registers it with the operating system, so write `punktfunk://`.
 
-`connect` is the only route any client acts on today; `wake` and `browse` parse, but every client
-answers them with a notice. Values are capped (2048 for the whole URL, 128 for the host reference
+`connect` works everywhere. `browse` — the same grammar with no parameters acted on — opens the
+host's game library instead of streaming, on the Apple apps today (it backs their library widget
+and the Open Game Library shortcut); every other client answers it with a notice, as they all do
+for `wake`. Values are capped (2048 for the whole URL, 128 for the host reference
 and `launch`, 64 for `profile` and `name`), and `launch` must be printable ASCII with no spaces,
 quotes, backslashes, `$` or backticks.