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`GET /display/monitors` returned an empty list on every Windows host, plus a LINUX error string:
`monitors::list` is a per-compositor dispatch whose non-Linux arm bails, and it never even got
that far because `detect()` was not cfg-gated — on Windows it fell through to an
`XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP` sniff and failed with advice about setting `PUNKTFUNK_COMPOSITOR`, which the
handler puts VERBATIM into the response. So the console showed no physical screen and its only
explanation was Linux troubleshooting (sweep §13.17).
The data was there all along. `target_inventory()` already walks the CCD database; it now also
reports the geometry that walk had in hand — the driving source's position and mode, the GDI
device name, the refresh rational, and `primary`. No second CCD walker.
* `monitors::list_windows()` maps that onto `PhysicalMonitor`. Two fields cannot mean on Windows
what they mean on Linux and are reported honestly rather than invented: `scale` is always 1.0
(Windows scaling is per-monitor DPI applied per application, not a compositor-global logical
scale — so the geometry is PIXELS), and an INACTIVE head gets zeroed geometry because the CCD
mode indices are only valid for active paths. Inactive heads are still listed, per `list`'s own
contract, so "why can't I pick it?" keeps an answer.
* `managed` is finally truthful. The doc says only KWin can tell a virtual output from a real head;
Windows can too, via our own EDID manufacturer id in the device path (21eda37a).
* `detect()` gets an honest non-Linux arm, the operator pin gated with it — naming a Wayland
compositor on Windows could never be honoured either.
* The handler reports `compositor: "windows"` instead of null-plus-a-Linux-error.
ON GLASS (.173, host 0.21.0, TV attached):
connector=\\.\DISPLAY1 enabled=true managed=false primary=true
3840x2160 @165Hz pos=(0,0) "LG TV SSCR2"
Pinned by an `#[ignore]`d hardware case that asserts at least one NON-managed head is visible —
the exact thing that was missing. Read-only, so it is safe against a live host.
This also gives `capture_monitor` a picker on Windows, where the handler currently hardcodes
`pinned: None`; wiring that is left for the per-monitor-capture work rather than smuggled in here.
Verified on .173: `clippy -p punktfunk-host -p pf-vdisplay -p pf-win-display --all-targets
-- -D warnings` clean; both xcheck targets clean.
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 atapi/openapi.json) drives status, paired devices, and on-demand pairing; the browser UI is inweb/.
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
Related
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