The homepage and README host now holds the prop that matches the
television: a gamepad for the RPG, a paintbrush and palette for drawing,
a camera for photos, and a remote for the film. Small gestures and prop
visibility use the existing SVG activity timeline; the still image
retains the gamepad.
Both README languages reuse the same asset. This phase changes only the
standalone website, its generator/check, README descriptions and the
completed TODO entry.
Validation: website build and deterministic SVG check; 14 cut/loop
boundary samples, all four shared poses, still/reduced-motion and mobile
layout; TypeScript, 59 test files / 776 tests, production Web build and
repository hygiene.
## Problem and outcome / 问题与结果
App startup rejected short or non-ASCII site passwords, viewers lacked picture-click playback gestures, and text-mode hints hid the existing illustrations. This phase accepts site passwords verbatim, combines shared illustrations with localized captions in tooltips and stage overlays, and adds desktop single-click play/pause and double-click fullscreen through the existing playback owner. Pure-visual mode remains available.
App ZIP names are now stable per platform, allowing the website to use GitHub's native latest-download URLs. The App update link selects the ZIP matching its compiled OS and architecture from the checked release metadata, falling back to the release page if the package is unavailable. Verified Gitee links retain their explicit release version. The Windows packaging workflow also stops restoring a redundant Go toolchain cache that caused setup-go to fail.
## Release notes
### 中文
- 中英文操作提示和画面状态覆盖层加入动态漫画，说明更直观；纯视觉模式继续保留。
- 观众可单击画面暂停或继续播放，双击进入或退出全屏；触屏仍通过单击显示或隐藏播放栏。
- 修复设置短密码、中文密码时 App 或 Server 无法启动的问题。站点密码仍可留空。
- 官网各系统的 GitHub 下载按钮直接获取最新 ZIP 包，并保留 Gitee 备用下载线路。
- App 内的更新入口直接下载对应系统和架构的 ZIP 包。
### English
- Chinese and English tooltips and picture status overlays now pair concise explanations with animated illustrations. Pure-visual mode remains available.
- Viewers can click the picture to pause or resume and double-click to enter or exit fullscreen. Touch taps continue to show or hide playback controls.
- Fixed App and Server startup rejecting short or non-ASCII site passwords. Site passwords remain optional.
- Each platform's GitHub download button now fetches the latest ZIP package, with Gitee retained as an alternative download source.
- App update links download the ZIP matching the installed platform and architecture.
## Verification / 验证
- `npm run check`: 59 test files / 774 tests, TypeScript and production build passed.
- `npm run check:client-core`: Go tests, formatting, vet and supported local target builds passed for the included runtime changes. Native macOS packaging remains on its macOS runner.
- Desktop and 390px touch playback checks passed, including double-click without an intermediate pause and control/keyboard interaction.
- Illustrated tooltip checks passed in Chinese, English and pure-visual modes, light/dark themes, 260/360/390px layouts, keyboard, touch hold and reduced motion. User accepted the resulting UI.
- Real stage overlay components passed 46 checks across the three modes and 260/390/1280px layouts, including keyboard play activation, reduced motion, and no overlay over healthy playback with a quality limitation.
- Bounded release review confirmed JSON password authentication retains old bodyless Bearer compatibility and ZIP names match packaging, publisher, mirror and website consumers.
- After checking both providers' real API shapes, 27 focused update tests and type-checking passed; anonymous GitHub and Gitee metadata each selected all three actual platform ZIPs without downloading them.
- Documentation, repository hygiene and diff checks passed.
## Impact / 影响
Compatible feature release. Signaling, Native control, capture protocol and persistent room schema are unchanged. The new latest-download filenames must be published before the matching website deploys; the existing CI-to-Website sequence provides that order. Production service updates use the immutable Server artifact and bounded rollback. Broader physical macOS/Linux, network and endurance acceptance stays under the existing documented deferrals.
## Problem and outcome
App downloads used tar.gz archives, which are less convenient to open
with desktop file managers. Windows, macOS and Linux App packages now
ship as ZIP files. Packaging extracts the completed ZIP and runs the
existing runtime checks against those extracted files, covering the
actual distributed package.
The website links directly to the published ZIP for each platform, with
an explicitly labeled GitHub primary download and matching Gitee
alternative. Server deployment archives retain their existing format.
## Release notes
### 中文
- Windows、macOS 和 Linux 客户端改用 ZIP 压缩包，下载后可直接使用系统解压工具完整解压。
- 官网按系统提供 ZIP 直接下载和 Gitee 备用下载入口。
### English
- Windows, macOS and Linux App downloads now use ZIP archives for easier
extraction with desktop file managers.
- The website provides direct ZIP downloads for each platform, with
Gitee as an alternative download source.
## Verification
- `npm run check`: 58 test files / 760 tests, TypeScript and production
build passed.
- Real ZIP round-trip verification covers nested, hidden and Unicode
paths; Unix checks also verify executable modes and launch the extracted
fixtures. Windows archive checks passed locally; all three native
packaging runners execute the existing runtime checks from the final
extracted ZIP.
- Website build, release/mirror validation tests, documentation,
repository hygiene and diff checks passed.
## Impact
Compatible packaging change. Product behavior, protocols and existing
published release artifacts remain unchanged. The release pipeline
publishes a new patch version and refreshes website links after
publication.
## Problem and outcome
Website visitors can download the usual Windows x64, macOS Apple silicon
and Linux x64 App packages directly from clearly labeled platform cards.
Each card includes a verified Gitee alternative, with shared setup
guidance and a More downloads link for the full release list. The
homepage reuses the application's 20 bilingual greetings, and the sample
game no longer displays an invented title.
Website builds resolve links from the latest published GitHub release
and validate matching mirror assets. Website deployment follows main CI
so newly published packages reach the next site build. Version selection
and release notes now share a product-change filter: standalone website,
documentation and maintenance changes do not create App/Server releases
or affect the next product version.
## Verification
- `npm run check`: 57 test files / 759 tests, TypeScript and product
production build passed.
- Website build passed with real GitHub/Gitee v1.0.0 metadata and with
the explicit local fallback.
- English and Chinese browser checks at 390px and 1440px passed:
platform links, More downloads, greeting selection and language
switching.
- All 23 website film check groups passed; the final shared artwork
change rebuilt successfully.
- Documentation, repository hygiene and diff checks passed. Real
Git-history tests cover product/website mixtures and moves across the
release boundary; the accepted phase plans `publish: false`.
## Impact
GitHub remains the version authority; Gitee is a download mirror.
Unavailable mirror metadata falls back to its release page. Product
runtime behavior and package compatibility are unchanged. Physical
macOS/Linux capture and broader device/network limits remain documented.
Piik now has one public presentation and a coordinated App/Server release path. This phase unifies the room UI, rewrites the bilingual README and guides, adds a static website with an inline product film, and prepares matching GitHub/Gitee packages and update links.
The film uses the current homepage and shared product controls on one seekable timeline. Runtime fixes preserve presentation when the App opens a room, normalize Site origins, and keep capture and media-recovery status in the television indicator. New visits use Chinese for a Chinese system language and English otherwise; explicit language and visual-mode choices remain available. An optional site passphrase controls site entry, while room authorization remains enforced.
GitHub is the release authority. Gitee mirrors verified packages and provides update metadata when GitHub is unavailable. Reviewed PR release notes become the GitHub Release description. The separate public demo uses P2P only, with HTTPS and STUN verified.
Validation: 756 Web tests, TypeScript and production build; Go core tests, formatting, vet and available target builds; bounded Windows capture and App/Site interoperability; browser film checks, audible playback and narrow layouts; anonymous Gitee Windows-package download, checksum and launcher/update-link checks. Public demo acceptance covers authenticated WebSocket signaling, synthetic P2P video and room cleanup on one network. macOS/Linux physical capture and the wider device/network/endurance matrix remain explicitly deferred.
Publication builds every package from the merged source SHA. The repository is public, main protection is active, and Pages is configured for piik.tv. CI/publisher and Pages deployment records own publication results.
## Release notes
### 中文
Piik 是免费开源的屏幕共享工具。开个房间，发出邀请，最多 20 位朋友就能用浏览器加入观看。
- 使用浏览器或 Piik App 分享游戏、窗口和整个屏幕。
- 优先建立直连；自托管站点可开启媒体转发作为备用线路。
- Piik App 支持本地房间、临时公网邀请和已有站点。
- Piik Server 内置网页界面、房间管理和连接服务，方便自行部署。
- 提供中英文界面与使用指南，以及 GitHub、Gitee 两条下载线路。
[官网](https://piik.tv) · [在线体验](https://demo.piik.tv) · [使用指南](https://github.com/TNTcraftHIM/Piik/blob/main/docs/guide/getting-started.zh-CN.md) · [自行部署](https://github.com/TNTcraftHIM/Piik/blob/main/docs/operations/self-hosting.zh-CN.md) · [Gitee 下载](https://gitee.com/TNTcraftHIM/Piik/releases)
Windows App 和桌面浏览器是本次主要验证的平台。macOS 和 Linux 尚未经过实机测试，欢迎有设备的朋友测试并反馈。演示站和 App 公网邀请使用 P2P，受限网络下可能无法连接；自托管站点可开启媒体转发。
### English
Piik is free, open-source screen sharing for you and up to 20 viewers. Start a room, send an invitation, and your friends can join in a browser.
- Share games, windows or a whole screen from your browser or Piik App.
- Direct connections come first, with optional media forwarding on self-hosted sites.
- Piik App supports local rooms, temporary public invitations and existing sites.
- Piik Server includes the web interface, rooms and connection services for self-hosting.
- English and Chinese interfaces and guides are available, with GitHub and Gitee downloads.
[Website](https://piik.tv) · [Online demo](https://demo.piik.tv) · [User guide](https://github.com/TNTcraftHIM/Piik/blob/main/docs/guide/getting-started.md) · [Self-hosting](https://github.com/TNTcraftHIM/Piik/blob/main/docs/operations/self-hosting.md) · [Gitee downloads](https://gitee.com/TNTcraftHIM/Piik/releases)
Windows App and desktop browsers are the primary validated paths. macOS and Linux have not yet been tested on physical devices; testing and feedback are welcome. The demo and App public invitations rely on P2P and may not connect on restrictive networks. Self-hosted sites can enable media forwarding.
Rename the active product, Go module, binaries, configuration, protocols and documentation to Piik while retaining the TV mascot and existing media/room behavior.
Use one current private contract without old-name aliases. Preserve SQLite authority and copy compatible local settings once; other settings start fresh. Git-message cleanup and the infrastructure name cutover are coordinated with this phase, with original history and deployment data archived externally.
Validated locally with Web and Go checks, Windows capture compilation, matched Client/Server builds, packaged Client control handshake and history-rewrite integrity checks. Skip duplicate hosted CI for this owner-authorized local release.
[skip ci]
* fix: allow Linux interface discovery in embedded media service
* feat: expand local diagnostic reports
* research: validate independent Browser encoding producers
* feat: prototype Browser pool ownership and record remaining media gates
* feat: refine Browser shared encoders and native output reuse
* Refine carrier costs and simplify release entry points
* Close media phase and prepare piik design handoff
Embed STUN and SFU in the shared Go process, reuse native encoding pipelines with independent adaptation, and complete Client lifecycle, settings, diagnostics and packaging fixes. Retain standard Browser senders after measured encoded-reuse limitations.
Keep the v5 loopback gate strict on protocol and identity while accepting valid native capability combinations. This fixes false Client-not-found results for capable Windows packages without changing runtime behavior.
Complete the Native Client source/audio boundary, strict v5 loopback contract, Browser media lifecycle handling, and non-blocking release checks. Keep unverified platform/physical gates explicit; do not rewrite the Go Server.
Load only the active client route, expose resolved live codec state, and add exact depth-aware browser quality evidence with current-UI quality-control gates.
Measured Browser-pipeline improvements, bounded SFU observability, and one-commit release ownership. Local repository hygiene, 860 tests, client/server builds, and the 20-Viewer seven-check gate passed. GitHub Actions did not start because of the account billing/spending-limit annotation.
Use official Codex, Claude, and Hermes context guidance as advisory working budgets with bounded hard ceilings and actionable remediation. Local cross-platform repository hygiene checks pass; GitHub-hosted steps were not started because of the account billing state.
Modularize durable truth, bound always-loaded instructions, and keep domain-document size checks advisory. Local cross-platform repository hygiene checks pass; GitHub-hosted steps were not started because of the account billing state.
Implements the accepted memory-resident room and access model on the single piik-v8 Browser wire. Local repository, full Web, build, and Chrome access/privacy gates passed before merge.
Preserve exact selected edges across unrelated route revisions, demote corroborated bad relay parents, and parameterize the bounded endpoint cap while retaining the production default of two.
Keep local media validation focused on topology and recovery correctness, move Native packaging to a manual release boundary, and persist queued-feedback workflow guidance.
Match Piik's two-layer sender guard to LiveKit 2.22.0 q,h RID construction, restore private-link Viewer smoke entry, and retain the local one-root SFU/UDP functional evidence. TURN and performance remain outside this functional slice.
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