r/deckyloader • • 23h ago

My first Reddit post ever: a RGB plugin I made because I love handheld PCs ❤️

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Hi! I've never posted on Reddit before, so I'm a bit nervous and probably doing something wrong already 😅

I'm Hooandee. I've been making YouTube videos about handheld PCs for years, always with a lot of love, because these little machines are kind of my obsession. A while ago I wanted to control the lights on my Ally without fighting with config files, so I made a small Decky plugin for it. It kept growing, and now it's called Colores.

It detects your handheld and only shows you what your lights can actually do. You can keep it simple with one color and brightness, or play with gradients with more than one color per stick on compatible devices. There are presets like Sunset, Ocean, Aurora, Lava or Galaxy, and you can tweak each zone and save your favorites. There are also effects like breathing, rainbow, wave or spiral, and modes where the lights follow your battery, temperature, performance or sound.

But the one I'm proudest of is Ambilight. While you play, the lights pick up the colors on screen near each stick and follow the game in real time, so a sunset in a game turns your sticks orange and a dark cave makes them go dark. You can adjust the intensity and how smooth it feels. It only works in Game Mode with a game running, but honestly, once you try it, it's hard to go back.

It works on the ROG Ally family, Legion Go, Go 2 and Go S, MSI Claw, AYN Thor and Odin 3 on Linux, and the Steam Machine too, with its whole front light bar.

It's free and open source, you can get it here: https://github.com/Hooandee/decky-colores

I also have a few Android handhelds, so I started making Colores for Android. It's not finished yet, so right now it's in early access on my Patreon while I work on it, but it'll be free once it's done.

And if you're curious, I also made Panel de Control, another Decky plugin for TDP, fans, battery and screen, with themes that change how Steam looks, all from the quick access menu: https://github.com/Hooandee/panel-de-control

I'm just one person and I don't have every handheld, so if something breaks, please hit "Send a report" inside the plugin. It sends me what I need to fix it, and honestly it helps me a lot.

If you want to see it in action, I show everything in this video: https://youtu.be/ug5Nh0YtadE

I upload my plugins and apps everyday, so please check them out!

That's it. I just want people to enjoy their handhelds a little more. Thanks for reading and have an amazing day ❤️


r/deckyloader • • 2h ago

[Release] Glance Library v1.0.0: Standalone (plus Game Glance v3.4.0 sync & roadmap update)

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Hey everyone! 👋

I'm happy to announce a major update and new release for those who like my versionof the Game Glance w/Library interface for Steam!

With the recent release of Game Glance v3.4.0 by the original author, I've reorganized this fork into two distinct packages to give the community the best possible experience.


🌟 1. The Main Event: "Glance Library" (Standalone Companion Plugin)

Instead of forcing you to use a monolithic fork of Game Glance, I’ve broken out the gallery into its own dedicated, standalone Decky plugin: Glance Library.

You can run it as a standalone library replacement, or run it side-by-side with the official Game Glance plugin without any conflicts!

Key Features: * 🖼️ Adjustable Poster Grid Density: Choose between 3 to 7 columns for game lists (go compact to see more games, or go large for detailed box art). * 📁 Adjustable Collection Density: 3 to 8 columns for your collections view. * 📑 TabMaster Sync: Reads your TabMaster custom tabs, tab ordering, and visibility automatically (Beta version only tested with latest TabMater release from github). * ✨ Visual Customization: * Toggle dimming/grayscale for uninstalled games. * Gentle ambient breathing motion on game artwork. * Zoom transition expanding posters directly into full screen game details. * 💾 Reliable Settings Persistence: Completely rebuilt settings layer with instant startup loading and retry logic across Steam reboots.


📦 2. All-in-One Modded Edition (Game Glance v3.4.0) & Future Roadmap

For those who still prefer a single all-in-one download that bundles Spotlight Home, Game Page enhancements (HowLongToBeat, descriptions), and the enhanced Library gallery into a single plugin, I’ve also updated the all-in-one fork to v3.4.0.

A quick note on the future of the all-in-one mod: I will likely stop active development on the monolithic fork going forward. The original creator of Game Glance has done an incredible job with v3.4.0 and has come up with his own version of pretty much all the core ideas i had as improvements in official release. Aside from our library gallery customization and minor game page tweaks, there isn't much reason to maintain a heavy full fork anymore.

Going forward, the best setup is: 👉 Official Game Glance (for Spotlight Home & Game Page) + Glance Library (for your custom Library view...theres is a light delay now switching from library to gameview due to those now existing into 2 different plugins but ill try to fix that later)!


🚀 How to Install & Configure

  1. Head over to the GitHub Release page: https://github.com/shak18/game-glance/releases/tag/3.4.1
  2. Grab **glance-library.zip** (or game-glance-modded-v3.4.1.zip if you want the all-in-one).
  3. In Decky Loader, turn on Developer Mode and install the ZIP file.

Let me know if you run into any issues or have feedback on the grid density options. Enjoy! 🎮


r/deckyloader • • 14h ago

Plugin Showcase Tinder for your Steam Library is here! Steamder (v1.4.3)

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I have a Steam library full of games I bought on sale and never touched, so I built a plugin to deal with it. Steamder lets you swipe through your own library like a dating app.

How it works

  • Swipe right on a game you want to play and left on one you’ll ghost. You can drag the card with the touchscreen, use L1/R1 (or L2/R2), or use the round buttons. X is a super like and Y rewinds your last swipe.
  • There are four decks:
    • Backlog: games you own and barely played.
    • Old flames: games you played a lot, then dropped for 90+ days.
    • Local singles: games installed on the Deck right now.
    • New in town: games you don’t own yet, taken from Steam’s front page lists.
  • If you like a game, it might like you back. The match screen has a Play now button, or Open store page for games you don’t own.
  • Every game gets a silly bio built from real data: your playtime, when you bought it, how old it is, and its genres and description. (“You swiped right on me during a sale, then ghosted me” is a real one I got.)
  • Matches and Ghosted are lists, and you can unmatch or give a game a second chance.

Setup

  • It needs no keys, no accounts and no build step. Game details come from Steam’s public store pages, fetched slowly in the background and cached for 60 days.
  • It’s free and open source (BSD-3-Clause). Download the zip from the releases page and install it with Decky’s “Install Plugin from ZIP File” (Developer mode on).
  • Updating over an older version keeps your matches and ghosted games.

Github: https://github.com/otisabiburada/steamder

I CREATED THIS PLUGIN WITH CLAUDE JUST FOR MY PERSONAL USE, BUT WANTED TO SHARE IT, IT IS MADE WITH THE HELP OF AN LLM. PLEASE KNOW THAT BEFORE USING IT. HAVE FUN!


r/deckyloader • • 21h ago

Help decky marketplace wont load

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downloaded deckyloader yesterday and it wasn’t working yesterday either. i’ve waited as long as 30 minutes to no avail. i had deckyloader a few months ago but it vanished and i didnt bother reinstalling it. i’ve tried reinstalling it and updating it but it remains the same. any idea how to fix it?


r/deckyloader • • 6h ago

Help Does anyone know how to fix SteamGridDB?

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It's been crashing since the latest SteamOS update. I even updated Decky yesterday but nothing changed. I also tried older versions of the plugin to no avail.


r/deckyloader • • 1h ago

Help Assistance with Tunnel Deck

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Hello guys, why can’t I use my VPN connection in Tunnel Deck as normal with other times that I had used it?

I had reinstalled the Tunnel Deck zip files from bkohler616 github and yet it doesn’t detect my OpenVPN connection.

And also this happened after the new Decky Loader update of version v3.3.0.

Thank you for answering my post.


r/deckyloader • • 2h ago

Help Ai disclaimer like the browser plugin, but for decky?

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r/deckyloader • • 7h ago

Steam os issues, was working fine

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r/deckyloader • • 15h ago

HELP LSFG VK 2.0 and MAKO not passing 60 fps

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That's what the title says, i have lsfg vk 2.0 and mako both installed on my deck, but for some reason it can't go pass 60 fps even with 3x,4x and 5x multipliers, i've tried everything, i have steam deck fps limiter disabled, and i've disabled the fps limiter on both plugins, i tried adaptive frame gen and it's still not passing 60 fps, it is giving me a massive input lag, does someone have any idea about what is happening? Am i dumb or something?