keithxc/deskport

Experimental remote-development client based on Moonlight and Sunshine, working toward persistent sessions and one-action window recall.

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1.7 Steady Magnitude out of 10. Star growth looks organic. Data as of September 18, 2026.

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About the project

Experimental remote desktop client built on Moonlight and Sunshine, aiming for persistent sessions and one-action window recall. A Moonlight Qt fork for Linux and macOS.

Useful for

Connect to a remote desktop from Linux to macOS via Sunshine
Hide the stream window to the tray and recall it without reconnecting
Build a native package via Nix or qmake on Linux

README summarized by DeepSeek V4.1 Flash. Details may be inaccurate.

Why it’s trending

4 stars so far today, about 5 expected by the end of the day.
The spike has held for 2 days in a row — not a one-off blip.
The repository is 9 days old and already has 101 stars.

Stars per day

Bars are daily stars, the line is the usual pace. Red marks spike days.

Numbers

Total stars: 101
Stars in a day: 5
Forks: 6
Issues and pull requests: 0
Watchers: 0
Language: C
License: GPL-3.0
Latest release: v0.4.1 · September 17, 2026
Created: September 9, 2026
Last push: September 18, 2026

Star trust

Growth looks organic: forks and discussion are in line with active projects, and stars arrive unevenly, the way people give them.

These are heuristics, not a verdict: we judge by the repository’s behavior, not by a list of stargazers.

Spotted in

September 15, 2026Top new repositories this week: #169

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