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VR CyberDeck v1.8.0 — PROXY_GOES_BRRR

> ACCESS GRANTED. JACK IN. OPERATE. DEPLOY. CONTROL.

VR CyberDeck is a cross-platform desktop deck for managing, sideloading, and uploading content to Meta Quest devices. It started as a fork of ApprenticeVR by jimzrt (huge thanks — the core engine is theirs) and grew into a full neon-terminal rebrand of the experience.

// CHANGELOG

VR CyberDeck 1.8.0

✨ New features - This is a BIG 'un!

Game Details, enriched (#45)

  • Click a game's cover art in Game Details to open a full-size lightbox (Esc or click anywhere to close).
  • Game Details now shows a short description with source attribution, pulling from library metadata first and falling back to a strict, VR-specific Wikipedia match. Descriptions are cached locally so they load instantly next time.

Proxy support for downloads (#52, #56)

  • New Custom Proxy section in Download Settings: route game-archive downloads through an HTTP, HTTPS, or SOCKS5 proxy.
  • Optional username / password authentication for proxies that require it.
  • Supports DNS names, IPv4, and IPv6 hosts, with validation so bad values are caught before they're saved.
  • When a proxy is enabled, downloads use the public endpoint and skip FTP/SFTP mirrors — so your traffic can't quietly bypass the proxy — and inherited system proxy exclusions are cleared for the download.

🐛 Fixes

Your settings survive updates (#49)

  • Installing an update on Windows no longer resets Disable All Extras, Colorblind Mode, Sound Effects, accent color, or font. The updater was wiping local settings on every install; it now only clears them on a genuine uninstall.

Smarter, smaller save backups (#50, #46, #47)

  • Save backups no longer capture regenerated engine junk (GPU shader/pipeline caches, il2cpp metadata, extracted localization) — dramatically smaller backups for many Unity/VR titles.
  • Games that keep no real save data in the shared folder now report that honestly up front ("no save data found — this game stores progress in private or online storage") instead of appearing to back up successfully and failing on restore.

🔒 Privacy

  • The new game-description lookup respects Disable All Extras: with extras off, Game Details still shows local info but makes no network requests. (#53)
  • The Wikipedia lookup now sends a correctly-versioned app identifier rather than a stale hardcoded one. (#53)

🔧 Behind the scenes

  • Added continuous integration: typechecking, unit tests, and linting now run on every change. (#53, #55)
  • Cleared the project's lint and formatting debt and made lint a blocking check. (#54, #55)

Special thanks to caiowilson for the PR's on this and other updates

## // HEADLINE FEATURES (Click to Expand - ITS A SPOILER!)

[ LIBRARY ] — optional, when you add a server

  • Sideloader-first: works first launch with zero config; add your own server (a server config or an rclone config) under Manage Remotes for a browsable library
  • Card view and table view (table now stretches edge-to-edge in wide windows)
  • Persistent sort, density presets, 18+ filter, mirror management with public fallback
  • NEW / UPDATED badges driven off real lastUpdated timestamps

[ TRANSFERS ]

  • Up to 5 parallel downloads with live progress
  • Live // TRANSFER_BUS strip in the header — rotates through active transfers with name, stage, %, speed, and ETA
  • Unified Transfers drawer with stage-aware labels (Installing APK..., Copying OBB...)
  • Cyberdeck warns you with [ TRANSFERS IN PROGRESS ] if you try to close the window mid-transfer (works for both X and Cmd+Q)
  • Scan existing downloads folder, retry, clear-completed, per-item delete

[ DEVICE / ADB ]

  • Auto-connect Quest on launch, WiFi bookmarks for wireless ADB
  • ADB Shell with built-in quick-command shortcuts:
    • PERFORMANCE — pin CPU/GPU level, swap refresh rate (72/90/120Hz), reset texture
    • UPDATES — block / unblock the OS updater and Meta Store
    • SYSTEM — reboot variants, battery, storage, wifi, IP, proximity toggle
    • PACKAGES — list 3rd-party / all / current focused app
    • WIRELESS — tcpip 5555, adb devices
  • Custom user macros — define your own labelled pill for any command you spam (right-click to edit/delete, persisted across sessions)
  • Disable-sideloading toggle for safety

[ TRAILERS ]

  • Switched from youtube trailers to meta trailers... and back again.
  • No ads, no suggested videos, no subscribe buttons, no comments, no end-screen "Watch next" grid — just the trailer, then it stops
  • Autoplays as soon as you open the trailer drawer

[ INTERFACE ]

  • Glitch UNAUTHORIZED → AUTHORIZED boot intro
  • Matrix-style random g33ky_u$3rn4m3$ per session
  • Neon Hacker Console in the header (live SYS_STATUS readout — now properly fits the 88px header without clipping)
  • Font picker — swap Courier New for Console / Terminal / System Mono if the default is hard to read
  • Optional sound effects (drop-in) — drop click.wav, type.wav, or matrix.wav into your user-data sounds/ folder (no rebuild) or resources/sounds/ (bundled), and the UI plays them on button clicks, the boot-intro typing, and the ADB shell matrix load. Settings has a master toggle, volume slider, TEST button, and a per-file "✓ READY / — missing" status readout. Lookup order: user data → bundled, so you can override bundled sounds without recompiling.
  • Colorblind mode now covers the whole UI — version subtitles, filter counters, Transfers button, battery pill, breach animation all swap palette
  • Accent color picker, font scale up to 200%, tab memory
  • Compact, laptop-friendly layout (900x640 minimum window)
  • One-click log upload from Settings → Log Upload

// DOWNLOAD

Pick the build for your platform — same set of artifacts as the prereleases:

File Platform
vr-cyberdeck-1.8.0-x64.dmg macOS x64
vr-cyberdeck-1.8.0-arm64.dmg macOS arm64
vr-cyberdeck-1.8.0-setup-x64.exe Windows — Installer
vr-cyberdeck-1.8.0-portable-x64.exe Windows — Portable
vr-cyberdeck-1.8.0-x86_64.AppImage Linux x64
vr-cyberdeck-1.8.0-arm64.AppImage Linux ARM64
vr-cyberdeck-1.8.0-amd64.deb Debian/Ubuntu x64
vr-cyberdeck-1.8.0-arm64.deb Debian/Ubuntu ARM64

macOS — "App is damaged":

xattr -c /Applications/VR\ CyberDeck.app

Linux AppImage:

chmod +x vr-cyberdeck-1.8.0-x86_64.AppImage
./vr-cyberdeck-1.8.0-x86_64.AppImage

Already on a 0.x build? It will auto-update.

// JACK_IN

  1. Install the build for your OS
  2. Plug your Quest in via USB (data-capable cable)
  3. Allow USB Debugging on the headset
  4. Drag an APK, ZIP, game folder, or OBB folder onto the deck to sideload it

That's it — no account, no server, no JSON to edit. Want a browsable library instead? You can add your own server (a server config or an rclone config) under Manage Remotes — either you already know one, or you just use it as a sideloader. Power-user knobs (custom servers, mirrors, rclone configs, ADB macros, sound effects) all live in Settings.

// FEEDBACK

  • 🐛 Open an issue for bugs — include a rentry link of the log from Other Settings → //Upload Log.

// CREDITS

Built on top of ApprenticeVR by jimzrt. Without that foundation this project doesn't exist.

Special thanks to Rod — my crazy friend who believes in megalodons on Mars and gave me incredible feedback during the prerelease cycle.

And to everyone who tested the 0.x builds and reported issues — y'all shaped the 1.0.0 polish list.

// LICENSE

GNU Affero GPL v3

Need help adding a server? Tutorial Video by CrazyScamp here

> v1.8.0 — END_OF_FILE

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