Gameflow Deck

A Cross-Platform Retro gaming frontend designed for handheld and controllers. Focused on building a simple user experience and intuitive UI.

Warning

This app is actively in development, it doesn't have most of its critical features implemented yet.

Features

• Cross Platform: Can run on multiple platforms. Built with web technologies and bun backend.
• Romm Support: Has integration with romm.
• Lightweight: It uses the existing system browser to launch the front end, so no need to include a whole web browser.
  • On Windows it first uses webview2 then your browser
  • On linux it uses WebKitGTK or a browser even from flatpak
  • Not tested on Mac yet
• Steam Deck Support: Extensively tested with the steam deck. It can use flatpak installed browsers.
• Great for Controllers: The UI is inspired by the switch and works great with joysticks and dpads.

Screenshots

Development

1. Install dependencies:

   bun install
   

2. Run in development mode:

   # Use 'bun run dev:hmr' for hot reload
   bun run dev
   

3. Build for production:

   bun run package:auto-prod
   

   Builds will go in /builds/<platform>.

Tech Stack

• Bun for the backend
• React for the frontend
• tailwindcss for styling
• daisyUI for base theme
• Vite for building the frontend
• Tanstack router and query for navigation and data
• elysia for the APIs
• webview for launching existing system webviews instead of full browser if possible.