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- The "Punktfunk" shortcut is no longer hidden: it now ships committed
artwork (grid/wide/hero/logo/icon, generated by scripts/gen-steam-art.py
— a pure-stdlib SDF renderer drawing the lens mark + a monoline
"punktfunk" wordmark) applied via SetCustomArtworkForApp /
SetShortcutIcon. Existing installs are unhidden and re-arted once per
ART_VERSION; relaunching the library entry streams to the last host.
- Updates cover the flatpak CLIENT too: check_update compares the
user-scope installed commit against its remote, applyUpdate runs
`flatpak update --user` first (awaited) and the plugin reinstall —
which reloads the panel — last; docs spell out the sudo-less --user
update ("sudo flatpak update" silently skips per-user installs).
- Fullscreen page: DialogButton stretches to 100% width in the gamepad
UI, so the Stream/Pair/Refresh/… actions filled whole rows — sized to
content + right-aligned now; the header drops its Update button (About
tab + QAM banner keep the flow) and the back button gets a real 40px
hit target.
- Settings: the disable-Steam-Input note also shows for Automatic — on a
Deck that now forwards the built-in controller as a Steam Deck pad
(paddles/trackpads/gyro), which needs Steam Input off for the shortcut.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Punktfunk — Steam Deck plugin (Decky)
Stream to your Steam Deck without ever leaving Gaming Mode. This
Decky Loader plugin adds a Punktfunk panel to the Quick Access Menu
(the … button): discover hosts on your network, pair with a PIN, tweak stream settings, and launch
a fullscreen, gamescope-focused stream — all from the couch, gamepad-navigable.
The video itself is the native GTK4 Linux client (the io.unom.Punktfunk flatpak); the plugin
discovers, pairs, configures, and launches it the right way so gamescope fullscreens it — the same
Steam-shortcut trick MoonDeck uses. Because it's built from real Steam UI primitives (@decky/ui),
the panel looks and feels native to Gaming Mode.
What it does
- Discover — browses the LAN over mDNS for Punktfunk hosts, in both the QAM panel and a fullscreen page; each host row opens a details view (address, pairing policy, certificate fingerprint to cross-check against the host's log).
- Pair — for a host that requires it, a gamepad-navigable PIN keypad runs the SPAKE2 pairing ceremony headlessly, then remembers the host so future streams connect silently.
- Stream — launches fullscreen via a branded "Punktfunk" Steam shortcut so gamescope focuses it.
- Settings — resolution / refresh / bitrate / gamepad type / host compositor / mic, written to the client's config.
- About — plugin version, an explicit "Check for updates" button, the setup-guide link, and a force-stop for a wedged stream client.
To leave a stream: the in-client controller chord (L1 + R1 + Start + Select), or close the "game" from the Steam overlay — either returns you to Gaming Mode.
Install on the Deck
You need Decky Loader and the io.unom.Punktfunk flatpak
(packaging/flatpak) installed on the Deck — SteamOS /usr is
read-only, so the flatpak (which bundles libadwaita/SDL3) is the canonical client. Discovery uses
avahi-browse, which ships on SteamOS/Bazzite.
Recommended — install from URL (published by CI): in Decky → Settings → Developer Mode → Install Plugin from URL, paste:
https://git.unom.io/api/packages/unom/generic/punktfunk-decky/latest/punktfunk.zip
(or a pinned .../punktfunk-decky/<version>/punktfunk.zip). The plugin then self-updates without
the Decky store — when a newer build exists, an Update button appears and drives Decky
Loader's own (SHA-256-verified) install. Installs and updates can take a couple of minutes on some
networks: Decky's installer also contacts its plugin store first, which may be slow or blackholed
before the actual download proceeds.
Build & sideload (development)
cd clients/decky
pnpm install
pnpm build # rollup → dist/index.js
pnpm run package # → out/punktfunk/ + out/punktfunk-v<ver>.zip
DECK=deck@<deck-ip> pnpm run deploy # rsync → /tmp, sudo-install into the root-owned plugins dir, restart loader
~/homebrew/plugins/ is root-owned (the loader runs as root), so deploy.sh stages to a temp dir
then sudo-installs and restarts the loader — set DECKPASS=… to run it non-interactively. A loader
restart is required for an out-of-band install to appear.
Architecture
| File | Role |
|---|---|
src/index.tsx |
Plugin entry: the QAM panel + route registration. |
src/page.tsx |
The /punktfunk fullscreen page — Hosts (with per-host details) / Settings / About tabs. |
src/settings.tsx · src/pair.tsx |
Stream-settings section; the gamepad-navigable PIN-pairing modal. |
src/hooks.ts · src/boundary.tsx |
Shared discovery/update hooks + actions; the render error boundary. |
src/steam.ts |
Steam-shortcut launch (AddShortcut / SetAppLaunchOptions / RunGame) — the focus-correct stream start. The shortcut's exe is /bin/sh with the wrapper passed as an argument, so the script never needs an exec bit (Decky's zip extraction drops it and the root-owned plugins dir can't be chmodded by the unprivileged backend). |
src/backend.ts |
Typed callable bridges to main.py. |
bin/punktfunkrun.sh |
The launch wrapper the Steam shortcut runs (so the window is focusable). |
main.py |
Backend: discover (via avahi-browse) / pair / settings / kill_stream / check_update (with an explicit CA-bundle search — Decky's embedded Python has no usable default TLS roots on SteamOS). |
plugin.json · update.json |
Decky manifest; CI-baked update channel. |
Limitations / next steps
- No manual "add host by IP" entry yet (discovery is mDNS-only).
- No in-stream overlay inside the plugin — the client owns the session once launched.
- Pairing needs the operator to arm pairing on the host so it shows the PIN; the plugin can't arm it remotely.
Related
- Documentation — Steam Deck setup guide
- Linux client — the app this plugin launches
- Project README — the host, the other clients, and how it all fits together