StreamController · geeksville · May 25, 2026
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ six==1.17.0
 smmap==5.0.2
 speedtest-cli==2.1.3
 streamcontroller-plugin-tools==2.0.2
-streamcontroller-streamdeck==0.1.5
+touchy-pad
 textual==2.1.2
 tinycss2==1.4.0
 tqdm==4.67.1

diff --git a/touchy_bootstrap.py b/touchy_bootstrap.py
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+"""Bootstrap shim: install the TouchyDeck enumerate hook, then run main.py.
+
+Imported (not executed directly) by the `streamcontroller-run` Justfile
+recipe via ``python -c "import touchy_bootstrap; touchy_bootstrap.main()"``.
+
+Honours these environment variables:
+
+* ``TOUCHY_SIM=1`` — also call ``create_sim_device(...)`` so a simulated
+  TouchyDeck appears in StreamController's device list.
+* ``TOUCHY_SIM_HEADLESS=1`` — pair with TOUCHY_SIM to skip the PySide6
+  SimWindow (useful when running headlessly / over SSH).
+* ``TOUCHY_SIM_SERIAL`` — override the sim's pseudo-serial.
+
+Must run *before* StreamController's main.py imports ``DeviceManager``;
+the monkey-patch attaches to the class, not to a particular instance,
+so any later ``from StreamDeck.DeviceManager import DeviceManager`` call
+inherits the patched ``enumerate``.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import logging
+import os
+import runpy
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+
+_LOG = logging.getLogger("touchy_bootstrap")
+
+
+def _install_touchydeck() -> None:
+    """Apply the TouchyDeck enumerate monkey-patch. Logs and re-raises on failure."""
+    from touchy_pad.touchydeck import install
+
+    install()
+    _LOG.info("touchy_bootstrap: TouchyDeck enumerate hook installed")
+
+
+def _maybe_create_sim() -> None:
+    """If ``TOUCHY_SIM=1``, spin up an in-process simulated Touchy device."""
+    if os.environ.get("TOUCHY_SIM", "") not in ("1", "true", "yes"):
+        return
+    headless = os.environ.get("TOUCHY_SIM_HEADLESS", "") in ("1", "true", "yes")
+    serial = os.environ.get("TOUCHY_SIM_SERIAL", "SIM0000")
+
+    from touchy_pad.api import create_sim_device
+
+    sim = create_sim_device(headless=headless, serial=serial)
+    _LOG.info(
+        "touchy_bootstrap: sim device created (serial=%s, headless=%s)",
+        sim.serial,
+        headless,
+    )
+
+    # When not headless, also create the PySide6 SimWindow so the user
+    # can see/click the simulated screen. We run Qt on a background
+    # thread so StreamController's GLib mainloop keeps the main thread.
+    if not headless:
+        _start_sim_window_thread(sim)
+
+
+def _start_sim_window_thread(sim) -> None:
+    """Open a SimWindow on a daemon thread so Qt doesn't fight GLib for the main loop."""
+    import threading
+
+    def _run() -> None:
+        try:
+            from PySide6.QtWidgets import QApplication
+
+            from touchy_pad.sim.window import SimWindow
+
+            app = QApplication.instance() or QApplication([])
+            window = SimWindow(sim)
+            window.show()
+            app.exec()
+        except Exception:
+            _LOG.exception("touchy_bootstrap: SimWindow thread crashed")
+
+    t = threading.Thread(target=_run, name="touchy-sim-window", daemon=True)
+    t.start()
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+    logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG) # I want to see extra touchy debug logs
+    logging.getLogger("touchy_pad.client.rpc").setLevel(logging.INFO) # but not the RPC - too chatty
+    _install_touchydeck()
+    _maybe_create_sim()
+
+    # Hand control to StreamController's real entry point. runpy keeps
+    # __name__ == "__main__" semantics so its `if __name__ == "__main__"`
+    # guards still fire.
+    main_py = Path(__file__).with_name("main.py")
+    sys.argv[0] = str(main_py)
+    runpy.run_path(str(main_py), run_name="__main__")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()