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punktfunk/crates/punktfunk-host
enricobuehler 3d4a659959 feat(host,sdk,kit): store claims, launcher entries, and plugin sources on the wire
M2 of design/library-scanner-plugins-implementation-plan.md. Everything a
library scanner plugin needs is now expressible over the API; all additive.

WP2.1/2.2 — store claims (D2). library.json gains a v2 shape ({entries, claims})
that loads the v1 bare array unchanged and is written on the first mutation.
PUT /library/provider/{p}?store=<s> claims a store for a provider: its entries
then surface with deterministic <store>:<external_id> ids and the store's own
badge instead of opaque custom:<id> ones. That identity is the whole point —
entry ids, GameStream FNV app ids, client art caches and Moonlight pins all
survive a title moving from an in-host scanner to a plugin. One provider per
store (409 otherwise); DELETE releases; an empty reconcile does NOT (a store can
legitimately have zero titles). While a claim is held, all_games() skips the
matching built-in scanner, so the two never double-list during the bridge.

WP2.3 — DetectHint gains steam_appid and env_marker, the two store-derived
signals the host used to read for itself. Without them a steam plugin's lease
tracking would drop from reaper-exact to dir-prefix, and Heroic-under-Proton
would lose the only signal that works. Malformed markers are dropped, not
honoured — this feeds a path that can end processes.

WP2.4/2.5 — role: game|launcher on the entry shapes (serde-default, skipped when
default), and a steam_ui launch kind valued bigpicture|desktop that opens the
Steam client itself. Validated inbound as well as at launch.

WP2.6 — GET/PUT /library/scanners generalizes to SOURCES: built-in scanners
minus claimed ones, plus claimed stores, plus any provider with entries. The
same library-scanners.json disabled-set backs all of them and the ids match by
construction, so a user's disabled state carries over verbatim through the whole
migration. A disabled plugin source has its entries filtered at read time,
exactly like a disabled scanner.

WP2.7/2.8 — plugin registration gains a category field (the console keeps
library plugins out of the nav); index entries gain categories and per-platform
detect probes, evaluated existence-only into CatalogEntry.detected so the host
never re-grows per-store knowledge. Index SCHEMA stays 1 — additive.

WP2.9 — OpenAPI + SDK regenerated on Linux; kit wire widened (LaunchSpec.kind is
now a plain string documented against the host's vocabulary — closes G3), and
ProviderClient.reconcile takes an optional store and returns the host's echoed
entries so a caller can detect a pre-M2 host silently ignoring the claim.

Also fixes a bug the S3 spike turned up: is_steam_launch gated on a steam:// URI,
so a steam_ui launcher entry would have skipped BOTH gamescope's --steam mode and
the B1 single-instance free — on a box autologged into game mode, the nested
second Steam would see the first and exit, crashing the spawn. It now tests the
first token.

Gates on .21: workspace tests green (punktfunk-host 425 passed), workspace
clippy -D warnings clean, cargo fmt --all --check clean, OpenAPI drift test
green. plugin-kit: tsc clean, 20 tests pass.
2026-08-05 09:39:31 +02:00
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punktfunk-host

The streaming host — the program you run on the machine whose desktop or games you want to stream. For each client that connects, it spins up a virtual display sized to that device, captures it on the GPU, encodes with hardware NVENC/VAAPI/AMF/QSV, and sends it out over a low-latency transport — no physical monitor, no letterboxing, no rearranging your real screens.

It speaks two protocols from one process:

  • GameStream — so any Moonlight / Artemis client works day one.
  • punktfunk/1 — punktfunk's own faster protocol (QUIC control plane, GF(2¹⁶) FEC + AES-GCM data plane) that the native clients use.

Runs on Linux (the primary, most battle-tested path) and Windows (x64). The shared protocol, FEC, and crypto live in punktfunk-core; this crate is everything platform-facing around it.

What it does

  • Per-client virtual displays at the exact WxH@Hz. Linux uses per-compositor backends — KWin, gamescope, Mutter, and Sway/wlroots; Windows uses its own all-Rust IddCx virtual display, even on the secure desktop (UAC / lock screen).
  • GPU zero-copy capture → encode. dmabuf → CUDA/Vulkan → NVENC on Linux; on Windows the host pushes frames straight into its own IDD (sealed IDD-push, no screen-scraping) → GPU encode. Encoders auto-select by GPU vendor: NVENC (NVIDIA), VAAPI (Linux AMD/Intel), AMF/QSV (Windows AMD/Intel), or software H.264 as a floor. HDR/10-bit and HEVC 4:4:4 supported.
  • Input injection. Mouse/keyboard (libei / gamescope EIS / wlr / Windows SendInput) and virtual gamepads — Xbox 360/One, DualSense, DualShock 4 — with rumble and HID feedback back-channels.
  • Audio both ways. Opus audio host→client, plus a virtual microphone the client can talk into.
  • Trust & discovery. A persistent host identity, SPAKE2 PIN pairing (default) or TOFU, and mDNS auto-advertisement so clients find the host without typing an IP.
  • Management API + web console. A REST API (mgmt.rs, OpenAPI at api/openapi.json) drives status, paired devices, and on-demand pairing; the browser UI is in web/.

Run it

punktfunk-host serve runs inside your desktop session. Bare serve is the secure native-only default (punktfunk/1 + the management API); add --gamestream on a trusted LAN to also accept stock Moonlight clients.

# Linux, from the repo root (see the repo README "Running on this box" for the headless recipe):
cargo run -rp punktfunk-host -- serve                 # native-only (secure default)
cargo run -rp punktfunk-host -- serve --gamestream    # + Moonlight compatibility

Then pair from the web console (https://<host-ip>:47992) or the client app.

Most people should install a package rather than run from source — see packaging/ (apt · rpm/COPR/bootc · Arch/sysext · Windows installer) and the per-platform guides at docs.punktfunk.unom.io/docs/install.

Subcommands

Command Purpose
serve The host (native punktfunk/1 + mgmt API; --gamestream adds Moonlight).
punktfunk1-host Standalone native-protocol listener for testing/measurement (--source virtual, --max-sessions).
openapi Print the management-API OpenAPI spec (regenerates api/openapi.json).
library Inspect the multi-store game library.
service · driver · web Windows: SCM service, driver install, bundled web console.
*-test / *-selftest / *-probe Diagnostics (input, zero-copy, HDR, compositor, gamepads).

--help lists them all.

Layout

src/
  main.rs            CLI + subcommand dispatch
  config.rs · session_plan.rs · session_tuning.rs · pipeline.rs   session setup + the frame pipeline
  vdisplay/          per-compositor virtual outputs (kwin · gamescope · mutter · wlroots)
  capture/ · capture.rs    screen/dmabuf capture (+ Windows IDD-push)
  encode/ · encode.rs      per-GPU encoders (nvenc · vaapi · ffmpeg_win (AMF/QSV) · sw)
  linux/zerocopy/    dmabuf → CUDA → NVENC bridges (EGL/GL tiled, Vulkan LINEAR)
  inject/ · inject.rs      input backends (libei · wlr · uinput gamepads · UHID DualSense/DS4)
  audio/ · audio.rs        Opus out + virtual mic (PipeWire / WASAPI)
  gamestream/        Moonlight compat: nvhttp · pairing · rtsp · control · stream · gamepad · apps
  native.rs      the native punktfunk/1 host (QUIC control + native-thread UDP data plane)
  mgmt.rs · native_pairing.rs · stats_recorder.rs   management API, pairing, perf capture
  hdr.rs · library.rs      HDR metadata; multi-store game library
  linux/ · windows/  platform-confined backends
  • punktfunk-core — the shared protocol · FEC · crypto core
  • Clients — the apps that connect (Apple · Linux · Windows · Android · probe)
  • Packaging & docs — install & operate
  • punktfunk-planning (internal planning repo) — architecture rationale and deep-dive plans