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Cubi Frontend

by Cubi

Multiplayer emulator frontend with gamepad navigation

Dangerous permissions Unverified publisher MIT v0.16.4
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About

Cubi Frontend is a fast, gamepad-navigable launcher for retro and modern emulators. Browse and launch games across 70+ systems with scraped metadata, box art, and CRT-style themes. Highlights: - Native gamepad navigation tuned for the Steam Deck and arcade cabinets - Auto-detects EmuDeck and other common emulator installations - Supports multiple data roots — internal storage, USB drives, NAS - Metadata scrapers for ScreenScraper, IGDB, Steam, and more

Permissions

3 permissions weaken the sandbox. Flatsonar asks before installing.

  • all devices (/dev): webcams, disks, raw hardware
    --device=all
  • full access to your entire file system
    --filesystem=host
  • sandbox escape: can run commands on the host via flatpak-spawn
    --talk-name=org.freedesktop.Flatpak
  • network
    --share=network
  • inter-process communication (needed for X11)
    --share=ipc
  • X11 display, only when Wayland is unavailable
    --socket=fallback-x11
  • Wayland display
    --socket=wayland
  • audio
    --socket=pulseaudio

Who publishes this

Nobody has confirmed that the publisher controls this app id. Flatsonar warns before installing.

  • dev.cubi.frontend claims the domain cubi.dev; only its owner can prove that
    publisher:namespace

Maintenance

Recent activity on the upstream repository, or built and reviewed by Flathub.

No staleness signals: recent activity, or built and reviewed by Flathub.