Waiting feedback and tooltips now share consistent presentation lifecycles, while App shutdown and native-media operation failures stay within their owning session or output. This phase also consolidates the project standards and publishes searchable English/Chinese reader documentation alongside the homepage.
Validation: repository hygiene and Markdown links; TypeScript, 971 Web tests and production build; website/documentation build; Go tests, vet and Windows/Linux builds with Windows capture checks; desktop/mobile UI and documentation review. Linux race, container and three-platform packaging checks run in the release pipeline. Physical macOS/Linux capture and broader network coverage remain outside this acceptance.
The owner approved v1.4.0 publication. Existing empty-source, Windows URL-handler and public-invitation timeout reports remain tracked; this release makes no claim to resolve those device/network reports. The Windows capture-border request is next-phase work.
## Release notes
### 中文
这是一次以稳定性和交互一致性为重点的功能更新。等待与提示更有反馈，App 启动、原生分享和连接恢复的边界处理得到改善，使用与部署指南也有了统一的文档中心。
#### 新增与改进
- 欢迎语、等待短句和六类可轮换的标签页标题共用一致的显示规则。等待短句从一开始就出现，并在停留时轮换；明确的错误与操作提示保持固定。
- 房间准入等漫画采用更克制的小人物与循环动效。改进 tooltip 的定位与指向，减少对播放器的遮挡；状态、图标和文案保持相同含义。
- 新增中英文文档中心，提供搜索、手机目录、使用教程、问题排查与自部署指南。官网 FAQ 聚焦开始使用前的问题，详细排查统一进入文档中心。
#### 修复
- 使用 `--local` 启动不再清空已保存的 Piik 站点地址。
- 打开系统浏览器不再阻塞 App 的退出流程；改进临时公网邀请、终端和诊断导出在关闭时的清理及错误反馈。
- 单条原生媒体连接的操作失败不再被误判为整个会话的协议错误；重复停止分享保持幂等。
- 修复连接替换、转发停止和异常退出时的部分资源清理问题，避免迟到结果影响当前连接。
- Windows 原生采集中，单个输出的编码错误只结束对应输出；共享采集源本身的错误仍会结束分享。
#### 升级与已知边界
本次保持现有协议版本与配置格式。更新 App 或自托管 Server 后，重新打开页面即可使用对应的新界面。
个别设备的空窗口列表、Windows 浏览器启动异常，以及 Linux 编码输出的故障隔离仍在跟进。macOS/Linux 的物理采集和更广泛的公网网络场景仍需实机验证；本次不宣称这些问题已经解决，也不承诺所有网络都能直连。
### English
This feature update focuses on stability and consistent feedback. Waiting states are easier to follow, App startup and native sharing handle several failure cases more reliably, and the new documentation center brings usage and deployment guides together.
#### New and improved
- Welcome lines, waiting captions and six groups of rotating tab titles follow one presentation lifecycle. Waiting captions appear immediately and rotate while visible; actionable errors and instructions remain fixed.
- Room-admission comics use restrained characters and looping motion. Tooltips point more accurately to their controls and interfere less with the player, with consistent meanings across illustrations, icons and copy.
- A new English/Chinese documentation center includes search, mobile navigation, usage guides, troubleshooting and self-hosting. The homepage FAQ covers questions before getting started and links to the documentation for detailed help.
#### Fixes
- Starting with `--local` no longer clears a saved Piik site address.
- Opening the system browser no longer blocks App shutdown. Temporary public invitations, the terminal and diagnostic exports handle cleanup and exit errors more consistently.
- An operation failure on one native media connection no longer becomes a protocol failure for the entire session. Repeated stop-sharing requests are safe.
- Fixed cleanup cases during connection replacement, relay shutdown and unexpected exits, preventing late results from affecting the current connection.
- On Windows, an encoder failure for one native output stops that output only. A failure of the shared capture source still ends sharing.
#### Updating and known limits
Protocol versions and configuration formats are unchanged. After updating the App or your self-hosted Server, reopen the page to use its updated interface.
Empty source lists on some devices, Windows browser-launch failures and Linux output-failure isolation remain under investigation. Physical macOS/Linux capture and broader public-network coverage still need device testing; this update does not claim to resolve those cases or guarantee a direct connection on every network.
## Problem and outcome / 问题与结果
Browser sharing can remain connected to a local encoding transport that never becomes usable, leaving viewers without frames. This phase bounds that startup at eight seconds and restores ordinary encoding through the existing failure path. It also keeps ready App services running after a browser-open failure, preserves user presentation/playback choices, and aligns room feedback, illustrated hints, metrics and documentation.
部分环境下，本机编码连接一直无法建立会让观众收不到画面。本轮在八秒后进入现有降级流程，同时修复客户端启动移交、播放状态和前端反馈的一致性问题，并更新官网与中英文教程。
Closes#399.
Related: #396. The release contains relevant startup/error-handling repairs, but the reporting machine has not been retested. Keep this issue open for a current-build result. #401 (optional Windows capture-border hiding) remains deferred.
Release / 发布版本：**v1.3.1**.
## Release notes
### 中文
- 客户端记住上次确认的启动模式；启动移交保留已保存的语言、纯视觉模式和主题选择。
- 系统浏览器未能自动打开时，客户端继续运行，并在终端保留页面地址、重试入口和具体错误。
- 改善浏览器共享画面的启动兜底，避免 App 媒体因短暂信令中断被误判为失败。
- 音轨变化保持现有视频与观众的本机暂停状态；连接恢复和暂停恢复不再重复播放电视开机动画。
- 修复昵称编辑及长昵称查看，减少重复的角色提示，统一人物选择和连接状态的区别。
- 完善房间准入、密码和邀请说明；复制反馈对应当前链接及当前操作，避免迟到结果覆盖新反馈。
- 修正采集参数、统计单位与采样区间的展示，未知参数不再用配置上限代替。
- 统一提示漫画、状态图标与动效，改善选源器还焦、键盘操作、剧场布局和触控目标尺寸。
- 服务端默认支持 20 位观众，可在配置中设为 1–20 位，房主不占观众名额。
- 更新官网、教程入口和中英文说明，清理过时预览及失用代码。
兼容说明：使用旧版 App 连接更新后的站点时，站点会优先保留自己的显示偏好。如需更改语言或主题，请在进入后的页面调整。
### English
- Remember the last confirmed App launch mode and preserve saved language, visual-mode and theme choices during launch handoff.
- Keep the App running if the system browser fails to open, with the page address, retry action and error details available in the terminal.
- Improve the browser sharing startup fallback and avoid treating brief signaling outages as App media failures.
- Keep existing video and local pause state when audio tracks change. Reconnecting and resuming no longer replay the television startup animation over the picture.
- Fix nickname editing and full-name access, remove redundant role hints, and distinguish participant selection from connection state.
- Clarify room access, passwords and invitations. Copy feedback now belongs to the current link and operation, so late results cannot replace newer feedback.
- Correct capture details, metric units and observation intervals. Unknown capture values are no longer replaced with configured ceilings.
- Align illustrated hints, status icons and motion. Improve source-picker focus, keyboard operation, theater layout and touch targets.
- Default the Server to 20 viewers, configurable from 1 to 20. The host does not count toward that limit.
- Update the website, guide links and bilingual instructions, and remove obsolete previews and unused code.
Compatibility: when an older App connects to an updated Site, the Site keeps its saved presentation preferences. Change language or theme on the destination page when using an older launcher.
## Verification / 验证
Non-publishing [CI candidate run 34919320511](https://github.com/TNTcraftHIM/Piik/actions/runs/34919320511) passed Go core, race, Web checks, Server/container verification and all three native App package checks at source 188376e8. Subsequent commits only update deployment documentation, status and TODO; documentation/hygiene checks passed. Product inputs are unchanged.
- `npm run check`: TypeScript, 64 test files / 854 tests, and the Web production build passed.
- `npm run check:client-core`: final Go source passed tests, formatting, vet and core target builds. Windows capture compilation and geometry checks passed earlier in this phase; later edits did not change native capture.
- Website build, documentation checks, repository hygiene and diff checks passed. Existing documentation-size and bundle-size warnings remain.
- Actual browser flows covered sharing, source changes, pause/resume, late audio, brief signaling loss, invitation/copy feedback, entry preferences, source-picker focus, and narrow layouts.
- A local three-viewer P2P relay check covered quality-report expiry, recovery and cleanup without interrupting video. A controlled browser-helper failure returning `0xc0000005` left the real App launcher and Local service available.
- Homepage checks covered Chinese/English, light/dark preferences and inline-film open/close after removing the separate-page entry.
Limits: no new reporter-machine confirmation for #396 or the Windows URL-handler crash; physical Safari/mobile, macOS/Linux capture and wider public-network/endurance coverage remain deferred. Formal release artifacts will be built from the approved squash-merge revision. Hero-loop controls and video-adjacent tooltip placement remain open design items in TODO.
## Impact / 影响
Compatible patch; signaling, Native control and capture contracts are unchanged. Older App launch handoff keeps the updated Site's saved presentation preferences. The Server's default viewer limit is corrected to 20; an explicit 1–20 configuration remains valid.
Service updates retain persisted room authority but restart active media sessions. Deploy the verified immutable Server artifact through the existing bounded health/recovery process. Public Demo remains open and P2P-only; deployment does not enable SFU or change infrastructure/configuration.
## Problem and outcome / 问题与结果
Self-hosting currently requires assembling a Server installation, while App port mappings can use the wrong external port or remain active after cancellation. This phase adds a verified Linux x64 Server image and Compose recipe, and repairs the existing NAT-PMP dependencies so mapping results, cancellation and cleanup follow the gateway response and request lifetime.
The image wraps the exact verified Server archive and is tested before publication. Version tags retain their original image; `latest` follows the latest published GitHub release. The two scoped dependency replacements retain upstream source, tests and licenses, with their removal criteria documented in `internal/thirdparty/README.md`.
Planned release: **v1.3.0** (compatible Docker distribution feature plus NAT fixes).
## Release notes
### 中文
- 新增 Linux x64 Docker 镜像与 Compose 部署方式，内置网页、信令和 STUN，可按需开启 SFU 兜底。提供部署、更新与备份教程。
- 修复 App 的 NAT-PMP 端口映射：正确使用路由器分配的外部端口，并在关闭时尝试删除映射。
- NAT-PMP 请求会随取消或超时结束，避免连接尝试结束后继续在后台重试。
已有配置和房间数据格式保持兼容，更新无需迁移。
### English
- Added a Linux x64 Docker image and Compose setup with the Web UI, signaling, STUN and optional SFU fallback, plus deployment, update and backup guides.
- Fixed App NAT-PMP mappings to use the external port assigned by the router and attempt mapping removal on shutdown.
- NAT-PMP requests now stop on cancellation or timeout, preventing retries from continuing after a connection attempt has ended.
Existing configuration and room data formats remain compatible; no migration is required.
## Verification / 验证
[Candidate CI](https://github.com/TNTcraftHIM/Piik/actions/runs/34761969362) passed for `1d8de6c4690434cd2cf44fbdee4f45b1776432fa`. The final two files changed after that run are documentation only (`docs/todo.md` and `docs/verification-status.md`), with repository hygiene checked separately.
- Web type checks, unit tests and production build; Go core tests, vet and target builds; NAT and media-edge race detection.
- Actual packaged-image checks with Docker Compose: production startup, embedded Web, UDP STUN, optional SFU startup, retained room authority across recreation, diagnostic ZIP export, non-root/read-only execution and clean shutdown.
- Windows x64, Linux x64 and macOS arm64 App packaging.
- Scoped NAT dependency regressions cover assigned ports, renewal, deletion, cancellation, lost replies and PCPv6 composition using real local UDP endpoints.
The publishing pipeline reruns the image checks for the merged release revision. First publication also requires making the GHCR package public and checking anonymous pulls of its version and `latest` tags. Representative physical routers, public-media networks and operator-specific HTTPS/firewall settings remain outside the container smoke test.
## Impact / 影响
No signaling, native-control or storage-format change. Existing App/Server installations remain compatible. Docker supports `linux/amd64` in this phase; its default is P2P, and SFU remains an explicit deployment option. Existing deployments keep their configuration.
README, bilingual self-hosting guides, container maintenance, versioning, dependency provenance and NAT evidence are updated. Completed feedback is removed from TODO; ongoing network evidence remains tracked there.
## Problem and outcome / 问题与结果
Machines with several local addresses could fail before opening Piik, and startup or connection failures were difficult to diagnose. This phase adds Local invitation-address selection and accessible diagnostics, preserves useful startup errors, and repairs media preparation and recovery without changing room authority or routing policy. It also aligns language handling, playback, public downloads and contributor documentation with the resulting behavior.
## Release notes
### 中文
- **多网卡也能正常选择启动方式。** 本地房间在需要时显示网卡名称与局域网地址，供你选择朋友所在的网络；公网邀请和连接已有站点不再因多个局域网地址而无法启动。
- **更容易排查启动和连接问题。** 启动页新增“诊断启动”，同时记录 App 与网页诊断；网页版也有独立诊断入口。启动失败会显示具体原因和重试方法，Windows 双击启动后的错误会停留等待确认。诊断模式下异常退出会保存报告，ZIP 由用户自行保留或清理。
- **减少连接准备中的无谓等待。** 普通候选发现不再等待可选端口映射；修正连接重启时旧候选与完成通知的处理，以及部分准备失败后的反馈。Native 媒体连接可在网络支持时使用 IPv6 直连，同时保留 IPv4 路径。
- **修正分享恢复中的状态问题。** 切换画面后重新计算首播保护所需的新帧；SFU 恢复时应用最新画质设置；一次应答发送失败不再使整个会话失去 Native 接收能力。密码错误提示也进行了去重。
- **改善播放与全屏交互。** 同步 Safari 原生全屏中的播放、音量与退出状态；可操作的视频画面显示手形光标。
- **统一语言匹配并完善翻译贡献。** 简体、繁体中文系统均默认显示简体中文，其余系统默认英文；保留中英文与纯视觉模式快捷切换，提供中英文社区翻译教程和额外语言接入方式。
- **整理下载与官网说明。** Release 附件集中展示三个平台的 App ZIP 和 Server 程序包，源码版本与校验值收进更新说明的折叠区。官网保留内嵌短片，并提供独立观看链接；教程、下载文案和运维指南同步更新。
**升级：** App 请完整解压对应平台的 ZIP 并保留目录结构。服务端按部署指南升级，保留现有配置与 SQLite 数据。此次更新不改变现有通信协议和存储格式。
**测试范围：** 主要验证 Windows App 与桌面浏览器。macOS、Linux 实机采集和移动端、跨公网 IPv6 的更广泛验证仍待完成，欢迎试用反馈。
### English
- **Choose how to start on machines with multiple network addresses.** Local rooms show interface names and invitation addresses when a choice is needed. Public invitations and connections to an existing Site no longer fail because several LAN addresses are available.
- **Diagnose startup and connection problems more easily.** The launcher now offers Debug launch for both App and browser diagnostics, alongside a separate browser diagnostics control. Startup failures include their cause and retry guidance; Windows errors remain visible for confirmation after a double-click launch. Failed exits in diagnostic mode save a report. Exported ZIPs remain available until you move or delete them.
- **Remove unnecessary connection setup waits.** Ordinary candidate discovery no longer waits for optional gateway mapping. Fixes cover stale candidates and completion signals during ICE restarts, and feedback from failed connection preparation. Native media can use direct IPv6 connections where available while retaining IPv4 paths.
- **Keep sharing recovery aligned with the current source and settings.** Source changes count new frames for startup protection, SFU recovery uses the latest quality preferences, and one failed answer submission no longer disables Native receiving for the entire session. Duplicate password-error feedback has also been removed.
- **Improve playback and fullscreen interaction.** Safari native fullscreen now synchronizes playback, volume and exit state. Interactive video surfaces show a pointer cursor.
- **Align language selection and community translation guidance.** Simplified and Traditional Chinese system locales select Simplified Chinese; other systems default to English. Chinese, English and visual-mode shortcuts remain, with bilingual translation guides and a registration path for additional languages.
- **Simplify release downloads and refresh the website.** Release attachments contain the three App ZIPs and the Server runtime archive; source identity and checksums appear in a collapsed section of the release notes. The website keeps its embedded introduction and adds a standalone viewing link, with updated setup, download and operations guidance.
**Upgrading:** Extract the complete App ZIP for your platform and keep its directory structure. Follow the deployment guide for Server upgrades, preserving existing configuration and SQLite data. Existing wire contracts and storage formats are unchanged.
**Test coverage:** Windows App and desktop browsers are the primary validated paths. Physical macOS/Linux capture, broader mobile coverage and IPv6 across separate public networks remain open; testing and feedback are welcome.
## Verification / 验证
- `npm run check`: PASS, including TypeScript, 807 tests in 60 files and the production Web build.
- `npm run check:client`: PASS on Windows, including Go formatting/tests/vet, Windows/Linux core builds and native Windows capture compile/probe. Darwin requires the native macOS CI runner.
- `npm run gate:client-media`: PASS with Chrome 152 and a real captured test window on Windows. Two receivers obtained video and audio; live and paused profile changes, recovery frames and cleanup passed. This is a single-machine test, not a public-NAT success-rate measurement.
- `npm run gate:client-link`: PASS using the newly packaged Windows App. A separate remote machine fetched its temporary public page and completed the WebSocket upgrade; App exit closed the link and cleanup passed.
- Server runtime and Windows App candidate packaging: PASS, including archive identity/checksums and execution from the extracted App ZIP. Native Linux/macOS package checks still run in the publishing pipeline before publication.
- `node scripts/check-docs.mjs`, `scripts/check-project-state.ps1`, `git diff --check` and `npm run build:website`: PASS. Seven documentation-size gardening advisories and the existing Vite chunk-size advisory remain non-blocking.
- Browser review: English/Chinese website setup and direct-download links, narrow layout and diagnostics/language controls checked. Native popover accessibility correctly exposes expanded/collapsed state without a duplicate attribute owner.
- Independent audit found no P0/P1/P2 issues; focused race checks for portmapping and mediaedge passed. Diagnostic archive accumulation is retained by the owner's explicit choice. The currently unreachable language menu placement issue is a first-community-language prerequisite in TODO.
Physical macOS/Linux capture, broader mobile behavior, restricted-network/endurance coverage and cross-network Native IPv6 remain explicitly outside this candidate's evidence.
## Impact / 影响
Compatible feature release, planned as v1.2.0 from v1.1.2. Browser/server v23, Native control v9, capture v7 and SQLite schema 2 remain unchanged. No new telemetry service, retry policy or configuration requirement is introduced. Public Demo remains open-entry and P2P-only. NAT-PMP dependency corrections are explicitly deferred to the next release and are not claimed here.
The existing product, configuration, translation, research and operations owners were updated. Raw audits, handoffs, diagnostic logs and experimental sources are excluded from the PR.
Some room-entry failures still replaced the existing comics with standalone icons in Chinese and English, and status help required a touch hold. These pages now share the same illustrated scenes with localized explanations. Help-only indicators use native buttons and the shared Tooltip owner for click/tap, hover, keyboard and dismissal; action controls retain their actions and long-press guidance.
The App preselects public invitations when no Site is saved, while retaining a saved Site's priority. Launcher metadata and its consumer agree on the existing link mode. The release guide now requires explicit owner approval of each planned version and complete notes before publication.
## Release notes
### 中文
- 补齐中英文的房间错误页、等待状态和操作提示图解，纯视觉模式继续保留。
- 电视下方状态、连接指示灯和说明提示支持点击或轻触展开；再次点击、点外部或按 Esc 可关闭，悬停和键盘操作继续可用。
- App 未保存站点时默认选中“公网邀请”，已保存站点仍优先显示。
- 统一无音频图标，并完善系统“减少动态效果”设置下的显示。
### English
- Completed illustrated guidance for room-entry errors, waiting states and controls in Chinese and English. Pure-visual mode remains available.
- Picture status, connection indicators and informational notices now open on click or tap. Click again, tap outside or press Escape to dismiss; hover and keyboard guidance remain available.
- The App now preselects public invitations when no Site is saved. A saved Site retains priority.
- Made no-audio icons consistent and improved presentation with the system's reduced-motion setting.
## Verification
- `npm run check`: TypeScript, 59 test files / 776 tests and the production Web build passed.
- `npm run check:client-core`: Go tests, formatting, vet and supported local target builds passed; native macOS packaging remains on its macOS runner.
- Existing Launcher HTTP tests verify both the public-link default and saved-Site priority. The browser checked both corresponding metadata responses.
- 27 focused browser checks passed for native touch events, short tap, long press, drag cancellation, action preservation, keyboard dismissal and 260/390px entry layouts.
- 46 overlay combinations passed across Chinese, English, pure-visual mode and 260/390/1280px, including keyboard playback and reduced motion.
- A real local Server returned the missing-room state correctly in all three modes. Status-control accessibility checks, documentation and repository hygiene passed.
Compatible patch. No signaling, native-control, capture or storage contract changes. Existing physical device/network deferrals remain in force.
## 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]
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.
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.
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.
Quarantine disputed TODO and routing claims, record current production facts, and define the canonical workspace restoration order before any further implementation.
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