Flatsonar
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Pilot

by irelandqlan

Configure and control Linux with your Chromecast remote and voice dictation

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About

Pilot is a native GTK4 and Libadwaita settings application and hardware daemon suite designed for the Chromecast with Google TV voice remote over Bluetooth. Features include: - Media Mode: Dedicated volume, scrubbing, play/pause, fullscreen, and app triggers - Mouse Mode: Smooth mouse movement with exponential acceleration curves using the D-Pad - Whisper Voice Dictation: Push-to-talk voice transcription via faster-whisper - Bedtime Controls: Quick display blanking and suspend timers - Live Testing: Real-time visual feedback for remote button presses and battery status

Permissions

2 permissions weaken the sandbox. Flatsonar asks before installing.

  • all devices (/dev): webcams, disks, raw hardware
    --device=all
  • talks to system service org.bluez
    --system-talk-name=org.bluez
  • 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
  • access to xdg-run/pipewire-0
    --filesystem=xdg-run/pipewire-0
  • owns bus name org.atvvoice.chromecast-remote
    --own-name=org.atvvoice.chromecast-remote
  • owns bus name org.local.Dictation
    --own-name=org.local.Dictation
  • portal Background
    --talk-name=org.freedesktop.portal.Background
  • portal Desktop
    --talk-name=org.freedesktop.portal.Desktop
  • notifications
    --talk-name=org.freedesktop.Notifications
  • access to xdg-config/pilot
    --filesystem=xdg-config/pilot:create
  • access to xdg-config/chromecast-remote
    --filesystem=xdg-config/chromecast-remote:create
  • access to xdg-cache/huggingface
    --filesystem=xdg-cache/huggingface:create
  • network
    --share=network

Who publishes this

The creator demonstrably controls this app id: Flathub verification, the hosting account owns the namespace, or a well-known file on their domain.

  • repository is 0 day(s) old with 0 star(s): no track record yet
    publisher:new-repo
  • the build has network access: it can download things the manifest does not list
    build-options:--share=network
  • fetches from the network during the build (nothing to audit beforehand): pip install --no-cache-dir --prefix=/app "av<19" evdev faster-whisper dbus-fast nvidia-cublas-cu12
    pilot:build-commands
  • hosted by github.com/irelandqlan, which owns the io.github namespace of io.github.irelandqlan.Pilot
    publisher:namespace

Maintenance

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