Overview

This small Python 3.7 app allows you to use your Elgato Stream Deck from Linux. It builds upon abcminiuser's stream deck library. The project uses poetry to manage its dependencies.

Installation

The app relies on the following libraries:

• streamdeck
• wheel
• pillow
• pynput
• xlib
• argparse

In case you want to run this on Windows or OSX you will need to replace xlib according to this documentatoin. You can download a release of this software from the releases page.

Configuration

This is a sample configuration file:

{
    "serialnumber": "AL44G1A02732",
    "font": "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ubuntu/UbuntuMono-R.ttf",
    "keys": [
        {
            "keyId": 0,
            "image": "brighter.png",
            "command": "/home/b0wter/bin/lights/brighter"
        },
        {
            "keyId": 1,
            "image": "dimmer.png",
            "text": "dim",
            "command": "/home/b0wter/bin/lights/dimmer"
        },
        {
            "keyId": 2,
            "text": "Text button!",
            "command": "/home/b0wter/bin/lights/off"
        },
        {
            "keyId": 14,
            "image": "exit.png",
            "command": "(exit)"
        }
    ]
}

The root object may have these keys:

key	description	optional
serialnumber	Serial number of the device to use.	yes
font	Path to a TTF file.	no
fontSize	Font size, defaults to 14	yes
keys	Definition of what the buttons do.	no

The serialnumber is only required if you have connected more than one Stream Deck. In case this field is empty the app will connect to the first device it finds. To list the serial numbers of all connected devices you may run this app with the optional parameter --list.

The configuration items may have these keys:

key	description	optional
keyId	Id of the key, ranges from 0 to number of keys - 1.	no
image	Path to an image file.	yes
text	Label for the button. Displayed under the image.	yes
command	Command to run.	no

command has one special value. If you set it to "(exit)" a button press will exit the application.

The app will perform various checks when parsing the configuration file and exit immediately on any error.

Multiple devices

In case you have multiple devices you need to define a configuration file for each device and add the serialnumber key.

Running the app

The app knows two command line arguments. You need to supply exactly one of them:

./streamdeck.py --list                  # lists all connected devices and exits
./streamdeck.py --config config.json    # uses `config.json` to run the app