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Ground-up low-latency streaming stack per docs/implementation-plan.md. M1 is
complete and tested; Linux host backends are cfg-gated stubs to be filled in on
real hardware (M0/M2).
lumen-core (built + tested on macOS/aarch64 — 21 tests):
- fec: ErasureCoder over GF(2^8) (reed-solomon-erasure, Moonlight-compatible)
and GF(2^16) Leopard-RS (reed-solomon-simd, the >1 Gbps wall-breaker); proptested
- packet: zero-copy #[repr(C)] framing, multi-block, FEC-aware reassembly
- crypto: AES-128-GCM with per-direction nonce salts + sequence-as-AAD
- session: host submit / client poll hot paths + input; loopback & UDP transports
- abi: opaque handles, versioned LumenConfig, panic guards; cbindgen-generated header
- acceptance: Rust loopback+proptest and a C harness that links the staticlib
Scaffold (compiles green on all platforms): lumen-host (vdisplay/capture/encode/
inject/web/pipeline seams under cfg(linux)), lumen-client-rs, tools/{loss-harness,
latency-probe}, Apple/Android client stubs, Gitea CI, docs.
Hardened against a multi-agent adversarial review (13 verified findings fixed,
regression-tested): reassembler memory-DoS bounds + block-consistency validation,
GCM nonce-reuse direction separation, ABI struct_size guard + range checks, FEC
shard-length guards, shard_payload datagram bound, key zeroization + Debug redaction.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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lumen
A ground-up low-latency desktop streaming stack, built Linux-first, with a shared Rust protocol core and native clients per platform.
lumen 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 |
|---|---|
M1 — lumen-core + C ABI |
✅ done & tested (FEC, packetization, crypto, session, lumen_core.h) |
| M0 — pipeline spike (wlroots→PipeWire→encode→file) | ⬜ needs Linux GPU |
| M2 — P1 host → stock Moonlight | ⬜ scaffolded (lumen-host) |
| M3 — measurement harness | 🟡 tools/loss-harness runs; latency-probe scaffolded |
| M4 — P2 transport + Rust client | 🟡 GF(2¹⁶) core done; lumen-client-rs scaffolded |
| M5 — Apple client | ⬜ scaffolded (clients/apple) |
lumen-core is complete and verified: it builds and its full test suite (FEC recovery,
loopback round-trip under loss, property tests, and a C ABI harness) passes on
macOS/aarch64. The Linux host backends (PipeWire, VAAPI/NVENC, KWin, libei) are
#[cfg(target_os = "linux")] seams — defined and compiling, implementations pending.
Layout
crates/
lumen-core/ protocol · FEC · pacing · crypto — the C ABI (lib + cdylib + staticlib)
lumen-host/ Linux host: vdisplay · capture · encode · inject · web (cfg-gated)
lumen-client-rs/ reference client (M4): VAAPI decode + wgpu present
clients/{apple,android}/ native client scaffolds (import lumen_core.h)
include/lumen_core.h cbindgen-generated C header (checked in)
tools/{latency-probe,loss-harness}/ measurement (plan §10)
docs/implementation-plan.md
Build & test
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/lumen-core/tests/c/run.sh # standalone C-ABI link+round-trip proof
The C header regenerates from crates/lumen-core/src/abi.rs on every build (cbindgen via
build.rs) into include/lumen_core.h.
Design invariants
- One core, linked everywhere. Protocol/FEC/crypto/pacing live in
lumen-coreexactly once, exposed over a stable, versioned C ABI (lumen_abi_version(),LumenConfigcarries 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.