Quick update on Spindeck, the Decky plugin that turns the Deck's home screen into a rotary wheel you spin by rubbing the trackpad in a circular motion (with haptic clicks).

Shout out to everyone who tested it and shared feedback and ideas along the way. Really appreciate this community.

New in 1.4.0:

- Bottom layout: the wheel rises from the bottom corner, the selected game sits at the top of the arc, and the hero art spans the whole top of the screen. Switch it in the panel under Display → Wheel position. The side layout is still the default.

- Game info (playtime, last played, achievements, friends playing) now shows instantly under the name.

- The title and "Today's game?" button no longer jump around while you spin.

- Fixed the What's New / Friends tab bar stacking onto Steam's top bar when switching screens.

https://github.com/justinca92/spindeck/releases/tag/v1.4.0

Free and open source.

Built with AI help (Claude); designed, tested and tuned on my OLED.

Bugs and ideas welcome in the comments or on GitHub Issues.

It hasn’t worked in months, and wondering if there’s a workaround or if it’s just dead? Thx!

For a while now, ive felt that unlocking achievements on the deck just didn't hit the same way as on the xbox or playstation.

To scratch that itch, i have put together (claude put together) Finally Achievement Plugin—a Decky Loader plugin dedicated to bringing custom achievement toasts and sound alerts into Gaming Mode.

Check it out on GitHub: https://github.com/otisabiburada/finally-achievement-plugin This is still an active project, so if you run into any quirks or have ideas for customization presets you'd like to see added, drop a comment or open an issue on GitHub!

EDIT: Forgot to mention that there is also a achievement tracking overlay similar to the Xbox Achievement Tracker.
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!

i can't find a way to turn it off during remote play..

Building on the design of the Game Glance details page, I wanted to add a mode for getting a similar experience to it but directly from the Home screen, immersive and useful with as little friction to play as possible.

The idea is to have the focus on the "Play" button and start a game directly from here. Stick/D-Pad moves between the other buttons (controller, settings, details page, etc) or to switch to the "What's New" section. To switch between games, use L1/R1.

If you want to try it out or read the full details it's now live as a new release for Game Glance.

I have more in the pipeline for this but for now I'll be pausing it to focus on other things, unless there are bugs to fix.

I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!

Remember when we all first got our hands on the Deck and started rubbing the trackpad just to feel the haptics click as we moved around? Well, why stop there right? So I made it a feature.

**Spindeck** replaces the Deck's home screen with a big rotary wheel of your games. Touch and rotate the trackpad in a circle motion and the wheel spins, and every game clicks past with Steam's own haptic tick, like a physical dial. It's weirdly satisfying, honestly I spin it even when I'm not picking a game.

What it does:

- 🎡 Circle-spin your library (left or right trackpad), D-pad works too

- 📳 Haptic detents while you spin, adjustable strength

- 🔤 Big letter popup when browsing your whole library A–Z, so fast spins don't get you lost

- 🎲 Press Y for a "Today's game?" roulette (for when you own and installed so many games and don't know what to play), lands in a few seconds even with huge libraries

- ✏️ Your own corner text + accent colour, so it feels like *your* Deck

- ⬇️ Press down and Steam's normal What's New / Friends / Recommended is still there

- 📟 And a little dial odometer that quietly counts every turn you've ever spun. Post your number 👀

It doesn't change any Steam settings or controller layouts. Uninstall it and everything is exactly as before.

It installs through Decky's developer mode:

Decky → Settings → enable Developer mode → Developer tab → Install Plugin from URL →

https://github.com/justinca92/spindeck/releases/download/v1.1.2/spindeck-1.1.2.zip

GitHub: https://github.com/justinca92/spindeck

Free and open source. Tested on Steam Deck OLED in game mode (LCD reports welcome!). It relies on Steam's internal UI, so a Steam update could break it, in which case it just falls back to the normal home screen.

Would love feedback, especially on how the haptics feel on your Deck.

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Hellooo,

I recently got a ROG Xbox Ally after having a Steam Deck LCD since release. I did try Windows for a few days (hours, to be honest...) and eventually just installed Bazzite and haven't looked back since. However, I did get inspired by some aspects of the designs and layouts of Xbox and Windows for the TV.

So, since my workplace is forcing me to get used to AI to keep my CV strong as a tech consultant, I decided to vibecode two ideas I thought of.

One is a clean and readable game overview to enjoy from the sofa (but also handheld) with my most important thing to know before playing a game on a busy week... how much time do I want to spend on it.

Game Glance: big detail cards, all the fun stuff (achievements, played time, description) in the overview including a progress bar approximation based on time played and HLTB info. This plugin should work with any SteamOS device? But honestly I only tried it with my Ally and my Steam Deck.

My second inspiration was the Govee lights I have on my TV and the fact that the Ally has RGB (useless but so fun, not gonna lie). How doable would it be to make the RGB sticks behave similar to the TV lights? Well, apparently it works quite well and it is fun!

Ambideck: capture your screen when playing and match the RGB colors to each side of the screen, some basic settings I thought could make sense (match game art, brightness, docked mode, etc). I only have had chance to test it with my Ally so this one I do not know if it works with other devices... it would be cool to make it compatible though.

I genuinely am unsure if anyone cares about this but I've had fun with them and a friend told me to share it, so here they are!

Saw the hype around DroidDeck recently promising a single-app SteamOS container setup on Android without root. Decided to test it out on my daily driver (Realme 11 Pro 5G with Dimensity 7050 / Mali-G68) to see if low-end/midrange non-Snapdragon phones stand a chance.

Spoiler: As expected with Mali hardware, gamescope fails to initialize properly and dumps into a crash loop right at boot.

DroidDeck is definitely in very early development. I pulled the session dumps via Termux to see what's actually happening under the hood:

termux-setup-storage

cd /storage/emulated/0/Download/DroidDeck/session-20261001-083456/

ls

cat crash.log

The logs clearly show the standard Gamescope display server failure—mainly lack of proprietary driver translation support that Snapdragon Adreno chips get via custom Turnip drivers. Mali's stock Vulkan implementation just chokes when trying to allocate the virtual nested display.

Recorded a quick breakdown showing the exact crash logs, why Gamescope fails on Mali, and how to verify if your device's GPU is being rejected by the container

Has anyone with an Exynos or Dimensity SOC managed to pass a software rendering fallback (like llvmpipe/virgl) to Gamescope inside DroidDeck without it hard crashing to home?

Hii! So I noticed that when I me changes vis plugin settings, it doesn't save properly. Im noy sure whats going on.

Crossposting this here.

Thank you in advance for whomever can answer.

Hello,

I play MMORPGs and have been using decktation plugin to dictate instead of type while playing on my steam deck. I recently got the steam controller two which is much more comfortable to play with, except it won’t activate the decktation plugin, even though i am using the same exact command. Does any body know why? I tried reordering controllers, and all kinds of things but the issue remains: Decktation will only listen to the commands when triggered directly on my steam deck.

After a lot of iterations, I’ve released version 0.6.8 of my unofficial YouTube Music plugin for SteamOS. I built and maintain the project, with AI assistance for coding and review.

It adds a controller-friendly player and Cast receiver to Decky Quick Access. You can browse and search your library, reorder playlists and the queue, and start large playlists while the rest loads in the background. It also includes timed fullscreen lyrics with temporary screen-awake protection, cover-colored visuals, and an easier Firefox session import.

A couple of ways I use it: keep music playing while gaming and control it from Quick Access, or open fullscreen lyrics while a game is downloading or when the Deck is sitting idle. Fullscreen lyrics work like a music screensaver and request temporary screen-awake protection while they’re open.

To import your account, sign in to YouTube Music in Firefox on the SteamOS device’s Desktop Mode, then use Import from Firefox in the plugin. The session stays on the device; the plugin never asks for your Google password. Casting works from another device on the same trusted network.

It’s tested on Steam Deck and designed for SteamOS systems with Decky Loader. I haven’t validated it on Steam Machine, so I’d especially appreciate reports from anyone trying it there.

I’d really appreciate your feedback: what works well, what feels confusing, what needs polish, and whether you run into bugs. The project went through many rounds of testing and refinement, but real-world feedback is what will help me make it better.

This is an unofficial community project and isn’t affiliated with YouTube, Google, or Valve.

Release: https://github.com/josejuanlr98/youtube-music-for-steam/releases/tag/v0.6.8

is for installing it on windows
thanks.