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VulcanBoard

A hotkey board for desktop touchscreens.

There are many hotkey solutions and programs like that use either

  • physical devices (Elgato StreamDeck) or
  • touchscreens (LioranBoard, MacroDeck, StreamPi)

They are often very bloated but lack basic features like

  • multitouch support for the desktop client
  • asynchronous command execution
  • a fullscreen mode

They also crash way too often, so especially given their intended use for livestreaming production that greatly values stability, VulcanBoard aims to be a rock-solid alternative.

Installation

To setup you need to have python3 installed. In addition, to install the dependencies using pip:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Project State

VulcanBoard is currently used weekly in livestreaming production by the author, hence in a usable state. Here are some planned or possible future changes:

  • add documentation for the configuration and use of VulcanBoard
  • add gui window to configure keys
    • add multiple boards to config.yml
    • add edit history cache
    • add internal commands (see api proposal)
  • add button merging (meaning a button that takes of the space of otherwise multiple buttons)
  • add possibility to choose the font family used for button texts
  • add rounded corners for buttons
  • use constants / constant dict for default values
  • add folders (which is already possible with button states, but kinda hacky)
  • add showing an image instead of button text