Flatsonar

OpenNOW

by OpenCloudGaming

A controller-first GeForce NOW client

Dangerous permissions Verified creator MIT
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About

OpenNOW is a lightweight, controller-first desktop client for GeForce NOW.

Permissions

3 permissions weaken the sandbox. Flatsonar asks before installing.

  • all devices (/dev): webcams, disks, raw hardware
    --device=all
  • access to unrecognised path 'xdg-pictures/OpenNOW:create'
    --filesystem=xdg-pictures/OpenNOW:create
  • your keyring / saved passwords
    --talk-name=org.freedesktop.secrets
  • network
    --share=network
  • inter-process communication (needed for X11)
    --share=ipc
  • Wayland display
    --socket=wayland
  • X11 display, only when Wayland is unavailable
    --socket=fallback-x11
  • audio
    --socket=pulseaudio
  • access to xdg-run/pipewire-0
    --filesystem=xdg-run/pipewire-0

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.

  • hosted by github.com/opencloudgaming, which owns the io.github namespace of io.github.opencloudgaming.OpenNOW
    publisher:namespace

Maintenance

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