A pass over the apollo-comparison backlog (re-verified against current code). Lands four items end-to-end plus a Windows-DualSense scoping doc. - #5/#92/#26 — GameStream paired-cert allow-list. tls.rs surfaces the verified peer cert to handlers (serve_https + PeerCertFingerprint, now shared with the mgmt API instead of duplicated); nvhttp gates /launch /resume /applist /cancel on AppState.paired and reports a real PairStatus; save_paired writes atomically (temp+rename). Closes the "mTLS accepts any client cert" hole. + regression test. - #6/#51/#19/#22 — NVENC caps query -> reference-frame invalidation. nvenc.rs query_caps probes nvEncGetEncodeCaps (max dims / 10-bit / custom-VBV / RFI), rejecting over-range modes and degrading 10-bit->8-bit instead of an opaque InvalidParam. New Encoder::invalidate_ref_frames (default false -> caller keyframes); the Windows NVENC path implements real RFI (multi-ref DPB + nvEncInvalidateRefFrames, dedup + IDR-on-overflow). control.rs decodes the 0x0301 lost-frame range (Apollo's IDX_INVALIDATE_REF_FRAMES) -> AppState.rfi_range -> encode loop, falling back to a keyframe. NOTE: the Windows NVENC impl is RTX-box/CI-pending (can't compile on Linux); adversarially reviewed vs the SDK. - #43/#72 — media socket QoS + buffer growth. New punktfunk_core::transport::qos: grow_socket_buffers (factored out the native plane's 32MB SO_SNDBUF growth so the GameStream sockets reuse it) + set_media_qos (opt-in PUNKTFUNK_DSCP=1: DSCP CS5 video / CS6 audio + Linux SO_PRIORITY, Apollo's scheme). Wired into UdpTransport and the GameStream video/audio sockets. Windows IP_TOS needs qWAVE (follow-up). - #8/#45 — GameStream input injection off the ENet service thread. on_receive no longer injects inline (a slow inject head-blocked ENet keepalive/retransmit); it forwards to a dedicated injector thread. The hardened InjectorService moved from punktfunk1 into crate::inject (shared by both planes) + a coalesce step that sums adjacent relative-mouse/scroll deltas while preserving button/key/abs ordering. Docs: re-verified apollo-comparison.md status (22 items already done/obsolete since the snapshot) + windows-dualsense-scoping.md (ViGEm can't emulate a DualSense; real DS5 on Windows needs a VHF virtual-HID driver — web-research pass pending). fmt + clippy -D warnings clean; full workspace test suite green; no C-ABI/OpenAPI drift. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
punktfunk
A ground-up low-latency desktop streaming stack, built Linux-first, with a shared Rust protocol core and native clients per platform.
punktfunk is a placeholder codename. The bet: ship a Linux virtual-display streaming
host that speaks the existing Moonlight protocol (every Moonlight/Artemis client works
day one), then break the ~1 Gbps FEC wall with a GF(2¹⁶) Leopard-RS transport as a
negotiated extension. See docs/implementation-plan.md.
Status
| Milestone | State |
|---|---|
Core — punktfunk-core + C ABI |
✅ done & hardened (FEC, packetization, AES-GCM, session, adversarial-review fixes, punktfunk_core.h) |
| GameStream host → stock Moonlight | ✅ live end-to-end: pairing, RTSP, audio, per-client virtual output at native res, GPU zero-copy NVENC, gamepads |
Native protocol — punktfunk/1 |
✅ validated live: QUIC control + GF(2¹⁶) FEC/AES data plane, SPAKE2 PIN pairing, mid-stream mode renegotiation |
| Native clients — decode + present | 🟡 macOS first light: AnnexB→VideoToolbox HEVC on glass + input/pairing over punktfunk/1 (clients/apple); iOS + presenter next |
| Web console + management API | ✅ TanStack web console (web/) over the OpenAPI mgmt API: host status, paired devices, on-demand native pairing (arm → show PIN) |
The GameStream host works with a stock Moonlight client — validated live on NVIDIA
(RTX 5070 Ti & RTX 4090, driver 595): trust-on-first-use pairing that persists, an app
catalog, RTSP/ENet/audio, and video at the client's exact resolution and refresh via a
per-session virtual output (KWin, gamescope, Mutter, Sway backends), encoded with GPU
zero-copy (dmabuf → CUDA/Vulkan → NVENC) at up to 5120×1440@240. The native
punktfunk/1 protocol adds a QUIC control plane and a GF(2¹⁶) Leopard-FEC + AES-GCM data
plane (p50 ~0.8 ms capture→reassembled at 720p120). Its trust model is SPAKE2 PIN pairing by
default — a new host requires the PIN ceremony; trust-on-first-use is an explicit host opt-in
(punktfunk1-host --allow-tofu / serve --open, advertised as pair=optional) for fully trusted LANs. Both
run from one process (serve --native), managed through a REST API + web console. Builds
against FFmpeg 7 or 8; deployed live on Bazzite. Full status: CLAUDE.md;
roadmap, setup guides & progress: the docs site (docs-site/ — Fumadocs;
bun run dev), with the canonical roadmap and
status there. Design notes stay in docs/.
Install (host)
The package registries are the real distribution channel — pick your distro and run one command. Per-distro setup (add the repo, first-run, web console) lives in the linked READMEs.
| Distro | One-command happy path | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu / Debian (apt) | sudo apt install punktfunk-host (after adding the repo) |
packaging/debian/README.md |
| Fedora / Bazzite (rpm-ostree) | rpm-ostree install punktfunk punktfunk-web (after adding the repo; or the bootc image) |
packaging/rpm/README.md |
| Arch / Steam Deck (PKGBUILD / sysext) | makepkg -si (Arch) · sysext .raw (SteamOS/Deck) |
packaging/arch/README.md |
punktfunk-host is the streaming host; punktfunk-web is the browser console (pairing + status);
punktfunk-client is the GTK4 desktop client (also shipped via apt/RPM/Arch/Flatpak). After install,
run punktfunk-host serve --native inside your desktop session, then pair from the web console.
Building from source (below) is a fallback.
Layout
crates/
punktfunk-core/ protocol · FEC · pacing · crypto · quic — the C ABI (lib + cdylib + staticlib)
punktfunk-host/ Linux host: vdisplay · capture · encode · inject · gamestream · punktfunk1 · mgmt · native_pairing
clients/
probe/ punktfunk/1 reference/probe client (headless test + latency measurement)
linux/ windows/ native desktop clients (Rust: GTK4 / WinUI 3, link punktfunk-core directly)
apple/ android/ Swift (macOS+iOS) · Kotlin app + native/ Rust JNI core
decky/ Steam Deck Decky plugin
web/ TanStack web console (host status · paired devices · pairing) over the mgmt API
packaging/ Fedora/Bazzite RPM · bootc image · COPR (see packaging/bazzite/README.md)
include/punktfunk_core.h cbindgen-generated C header (checked in)
tools/{latency-probe,loss-harness}/ measurement (plan §10)
docs/{implementation-plan,roadmap,windows-host,dualsense-haptics}.md
Build & test (from source)
For development, or as an install fallback where no package is available:
cargo build --workspace # green on Linux and macOS
cargo test --workspace # unit + loopback + proptest + C ABI harness
cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets
cargo run -p loss-harness # FEC loss-resilience sweep (no network needed)
bash crates/punktfunk-core/tests/c/run.sh # standalone C-ABI link+round-trip proof
The C header regenerates from crates/punktfunk-core/src/abi.rs on every build (cbindgen via
build.rs) into include/punktfunk_core.h.
Design invariants
- One core, linked everywhere. Protocol/FEC/crypto/pacing live in
punktfunk-coreexactly once, exposed over a stable, versioned C ABI (punktfunk_abi_version(),PunktfunkConfigcarries its ownstruct_size). - No async on the hot path. The per-frame pipeline uses native threads only;
tokio/quinnare gated behind the off-by-defaultquicfeature (control plane only). - FEC is the wall-breaker. GF(2⁸) (≤255 shards/block) for Moonlight compat; GF(2¹⁶) (≤65535 shards/block, SIMD, O(n log n)) to push past ~1 Gbps.
License
MIT OR Apache-2.0.