UI in Desktop App

[TrollolliLoL]

Hey,

I built a tool called Eclipse as a vibe coding learning project — the goal was to go truly end-to-end and actually ship something decent. It's a Windows Electron app that wraps Sunshine + VDD with the nicest, simplest UI I could make. Basically: streaming setup made stupid simple.

When I put it out there, I wanted to get a few users to give me feedback and see if it was actually useful. Thing is, when I started this project I didn't really know the Sunshine ecosystem at all. Apart from Parsec I'd never seen anything like it. It was a discovery for me, and I'll admit I didn't do much research into what already existed before diving in.

So when I posted it on Reddit, people told me to go check out Vibeshine, Apollo and the rest — and that the problems I was trying to solve were already handled. After looking into it, yeah, they're definitely right. You guys solve the core issues way better than what I could do wrapping vanilla Sunshine.

The one positive thing that came out of it is that people seemed to like the interface. I designed it for true beginners — someone who's never heard of Sunshine and just wants to add a screen without plugging in an HDMI cable. Not power users, just regular people like me.

Honestly I don't really see what I could bring beyond a different interface — which is basically just a skin — so I don't think I'll keep going with this project. But I figured you might be curious to see how it looks.

One thing I've been wondering about: I went with a desktop Electron app, but I realize now that a web UI makes a lot more sense since it works across any OS and device. Was that the main reason behind sticking with a web UI, or were there other factors?

Good luck with everything, what you're building looks really cool.