This release adds microphone processing controls and local chat controls, expands platform packages, and synchronizes the website and guides. It also fixes native H.264 input/format handling, signaling recovery, fresh STUN discovery, and UDP ownership during overlapping connections. This is **v1.8.0**. Browser/Server v23, Native control v9 and capture v7 remain unchanged, with the existing 1440p ceiling. Additional resolutions, capability negotiation and Magicsock are separate follow-up work. ## Validation - Full local Web check: 79 files / 1,317 tests, TypeScript and production build. - Full Go checks, platform builds and Windows native capture regressions/probe. - Native H.264 Host lifecycle, Browser-to-App fanout and App-exit recovery, and Native H.264 through embedded SFU: all passed with owned process/port/profile cleanup. - Website build, documentation and repository hygiene passed. Existing UI acceptance covers narrow screens, both languages/themes, architecture downloads and all 23 film checks; final packaging and Go race checks run on the merged revision in CI. - Physical macOS/Linux capture, representative public networks and unmatched field reports retain their documented evidence limits. No claim that every blur/disconnection report is resolved. ## Release notes ### 中文 这是一次功能与兼容性更新:麦克风和聊天增加了实用的小选项,App 与 Server 支持更多设备,同时修复了原生分享和连接恢复中的若干问题。现有 1.x 协议保持不变。 #### 新增与改进 - 浏览器麦克风新增「降噪与回声消除」开关,默认开启回声消除、降噪和自动增益;分享音乐或使用虚拟音频输入时,可按需关闭。 - 可调整弹幕字号和透明度,并将当前保留的聊天记录导出为 TXT。当前会话最多保留 1,000 条文字消息,刷新页面后清空;需要保存时请先导出。 - 新增 Intel Mac、Linux ARM64 App,以及 Linux ARM64 Server 和容器镜像。官网下载区可直接选择对应架构,并显示最新版本和发布时间。 - 更新官网演示、README 截图和中英文教程,明确浏览器分享也可选择窗口或屏幕;开始分享前显示房间号占位,保持底栏控件位置稳定。 - 官网新增直达问题排查的入口,补充浏览器 WebRTC 限制、校园网和 Windows 显卡相关的排查步骤。 - App 模式选择页显示免费开源说明、作者与贡献者署名,以及官方网站和源码链接。 #### 修复 - 修正部分 H.264 原生分享的格式兼容性校验,以及 Windows 编码器输入长度和输出缓冲区对齐问题。 - 清理已失效的重连任务和 Native 接收信令,避免旧连接继续影响当前会话。 - 修复 App 重连时可能复用过期公网地址的问题;重新探测使用当前地址,并处理探测丢包和过期响应,保留其他正常连接。 - 修复 App 新旧媒体连接重叠时共用端口造成的冲突,避免准备或撤销新连接打断仍在使用的画面;关闭连接时及时取消未完成的端口映射请求。 - 无站点密码时,连接恢复不再误引导用户输入站点密码。 - 房间失效或会话终止时,开播前后的原因提示统一显示在电视状态图标中,避免额外提示条。 - 修正 Linux 原生采集的时间戳与关键帧时间基准。感谢 Pedro Antonio 在 [#449](https://github.com/TNTcraftHIM/Piik/pull/449) 的贡献。 #### 使用说明 下载对应平台的完整压缩包,退出旧 App 后解压使用。Windows 继续提供 x64;macOS 提供 Apple 芯片与 Intel 版本,原生采集需要 macOS 13 或更新版本。Linux 提供 x64 与 ARM64,原生采集还需安装[系统组件](https://github.com/TNTcraftHIM/Piik/blob/main/native/capture/linux/README.md)。macOS 和 Linux 的实机覆盖仍有限,欢迎反馈。 ### English This update adds useful microphone and chat controls, brings Piik to more devices, and fixes several native-sharing and connection-recovery issues. The existing 1.x protocols remain unchanged. #### New and improved - Browser microphones now have a “Noise & echo reduction” toggle. Echo cancellation, noise suppression and automatic gain control are on by default; turn them off when appropriate for music or virtual audio inputs. - Adjust chat-overlay text size and opacity, and export retained messages as TXT. The current session keeps up to 1,000 text messages and clears on page refresh; export first if you want to keep them. - Added Intel Mac and Linux ARM64 App packages, plus Linux ARM64 Server and container images. The website provides architecture selectors and shows the latest release and publication date. - Updated the website demonstration, README screenshots and bilingual guides, clarifying that browser capture can also select windows or screens. A room-code placeholder keeps the bottom bar stable before sharing starts. - Added direct website links to troubleshooting, with steps for browser WebRTC restrictions, campus networks and Windows graphics issues. - The App mode-selection page now shows its free and open-source status, author and contributor credit, and links to the official website and source. #### Fixes - Corrected H.264 format compatibility checks and Windows encoder input-length and output-buffer alignment handling. - Retired stale reconnect tasks and Native receive signals so they cannot continue affecting the current session. - Fixed App reconnection reusing an expired public address. Fresh discovery handles lost probes and stale responses while preserving other working connections. - Fixed UDP socket conflicts between overlapping App media connections so preparing or canceling a replacement preserves the active picture. Closing a connection now cancels unfinished gateway mapping requests. - Connection recovery on passwordless sites no longer incorrectly asks for a site passphrase. - Expired-room and session-termination reasons now use the same TV status indicator before and during sharing, without an extra notice strip. - Corrected Linux native capture timestamps and keyframe time bases. Thanks to Pedro Antonio for [#449](https://github.com/TNTcraftHIM/Piik/pull/449). #### Updating Download the complete archive for your platform, quit the old App, and extract the new package. Windows remains x64-only. macOS packages support Apple silicon and Intel; native capture requires macOS 13 or newer. Linux supports x64 and ARM64 and requires additional [system components](https://github.com/TNTcraftHIM/Piik/blob/main/native/capture/linux/README.md) for native capture. Physical-device coverage on macOS and Linux remains limited; feedback is welcome. ## Attribution Co-authored-by: Pedro Antonio <wrenchwastaken@gmail.com>
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<p align="center"><img src="./public/favicon.svg" width="64" height="64" alt="Piik mascot"></p>
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<h1 align="center">Piik</h1>
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<p align="center"><strong>Share the good stuff.</strong><br>Private screen sharing for you and up to 20 friends.</p>
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<p align="center">
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<a href="https://piik.tv">Website</a> ·
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<a href="https://github.com/TNTcraftHIM/Piik/releases">Download</a> ·
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<a href="https://gitee.com/TNTcraftHIM/Piik/releases">Gitee mirror</a> ·
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<a href="https://demo.piik.tv">Use online</a> ·
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<a href="https://piik.tv/docs/?lang=en">Documentation</a>
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</p>
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<p align="center">
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<a href="./LICENSE"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-36564f?style=flat-square" alt="License: MIT"></a>
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<img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/viewers-up_to_20-36564f?style=flat-square" alt="Up to 20 viewers">
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<img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/media-P2P_first-36564f?style=flat-square" alt="P2P-first media">
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</p>
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<p align="center">English · <a href="./README.zh-CN.md">简体中文</a></p>
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Piik is a free, open-source screen sharing tool for games, movie nights,
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drawings and photos. Choose what to share and send an invitation. Your friends
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watch in their browsers.
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<details open>
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<summary>A little room · Show / hide animation</summary>
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<p align="center"><img src="./site/assets/living-room.svg" width="720" height="472" alt="A host with a gold crown switches between a gamepad, paintbrush, camera and remote as friends watch games, drawings, photos and a film."></p>
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</details>
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[Features](#features) · [Get started](#get-started) · [Self-hosting](#self-hosting) · [Contributing](#contributing)
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## Features
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- **Watch without installing.** Friends join by invitation in a desktop or mobile browser.
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- **Share from Piik App or an existing Piik site.** Choose a screen, window, browser tab or camera; available sources and audio depend on the platform.
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- **Direct connections first.** Media travels between participants where possible (P2P). A self-hosted server can provide automatic media forwarding (SFU) as a fallback.
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- **Rooms you control.** Invitations, room codes and optional room passwords, for one host and up to 20 viewers.
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- **Chat while watching.** Send messages and reactions to friends, with optional on-screen chat.
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- **Flexible viewing.** Light and dark themes, playback controls, picture-in-picture and a connection topology view.
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- **One program to host a site.** Web UI, room management and optional media forwarding are packaged together.
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<p align="center">
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<picture>
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<source media="(prefers-color-scheme: dark)" srcset="./docs/assets/room-en-dark.png">
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<img src="./docs/assets/room-en-light.png" width="860" alt="Piik room: a shared game, playback controls, chat and friends on a sofa. The host wears a small gold crown.">
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</picture><br>
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<sub>Interface preview · Sample room with a generated game scene</sub>
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</p>
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## Get started
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**To watch:** open the invitation your friend sends you. Select **Play** if the
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picture does not start automatically.
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**To share:** download **Piik App** to get started. To share without installing,
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you can also create a room in the online version.
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| Start here | What you need to do |
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| [Use Piik online](https://demo.piik.tv) | Share from a desktop browser, or choose Camera on a phone with browser camera support. |
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| [Download Piik App](https://piik.tv/#download) | Extract and open the App, choose **Public invite**, then **Open Piik** to create a temporary room. |
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| [Host your own site](./docs/operations/self-hosting.md) | Advanced: deploy Piik Server on a Linux x64 or ARM64 server with your own domain, then connect through Piik App or a browser. |
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<p align="center"><img src="./docs/assets/quickstart.svg" width="640" alt="Choose a screen, send an invitation, watch together."></p>
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1. Select **Start sharing**, then choose the picture and audio to share.
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2. Select **Copy invite link** and send it to your friends. Keep the sharing tab open.
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Turn on the **Microphone** for commentary; its settings let you choose the input
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device and adjust your voice volume.
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Piik follows your system language: Chinese or English, with English as the fallback.
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Use **中 / EN / ✦** in the header to switch language or try the visual mode.
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The App offers a local room, a temporary public link, or a connection to your own
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site. Keep the App running while sharing through it.
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Download a ZIP beginning with **`piik-app`**. The filename also identifies the platform:
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| Filename contains | Platform |
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| `windows-amd64` | Windows x64 |
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| `darwin-arm64` | Apple silicon; native capture requires macOS 13+ |
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| `darwin-amd64` | Intel Mac; native capture requires macOS 13+ |
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| `linux-amd64` | Linux x64 |
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| `linux-arm64` | Linux ARM64 |
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[**Full setup guide →**](./docs/guide/getting-started.md) · [**Open online →**](https://demo.piik.tv)
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Browser capture requires HTTPS or `localhost`. Windows App and desktop browser
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sharing are the primary tested paths. Physical-device coverage for the macOS and
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Linux apps is still limited; [test results and feedback are welcome](https://github.com/TNTcraftHIM/Piik/issues).
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P2P-only modes, including the App's temporary public
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link and the online version, may not connect on restrictive networks.
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## Self-hosting
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Piik Server is a standalone binary with the web interface built in.
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Download the Server package for Linux x64 (`piik-<revision>-runtime.tar.gz`)
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or ARM64 (`piik-<revision>-linux-arm64-runtime.tar.gz`),
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extract it, and run:
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```sh
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./piik-server
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```
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Open `http://localhost:8787` to try it locally. For a public site, configure your
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domain, HTTPS reverse proxy and STUN address. Room data is stored in SQLite.
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For containers, use the [Docker Compose setup](./docs/operations/self-hosting.md#docker-compose).
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[**Deploy your own site →**](./docs/operations/self-hosting.md) · [Configuration](./docs/standards/configuration.md) · [Run from source](./docs/README.md#run-from-source)
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## Contributing
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Bug reports, translations, documentation improvements and pull requests are welcome.
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See [ways to contribute](./CONTRIBUTING.md#ways-to-help) or
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[help translate Piik](./docs/guide/translating.md). Use the
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[repository layout](./docs/standards/engineering.md#repository-layout) to find your way around.
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## License
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Piik-owned code is [MIT licensed](./LICENSE). Dependencies retain their own
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[licenses and notices](./licenses/README.md).
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