StreamingServiceLauncher

Simple Launcher for Video Streaming Services on SteamOS, Bazzite, SteamFork, etc

Installation / Update

run the following script, it does both install and updates:

curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aarron-lee/StreamingServiceLauncher/refs/heads/main/install.sh | sh

Uninstall

rm $HOME/Applications/StreamingServiceLauncher.AppImage
rm $HOME/Applications/streaming_scripts/*.sh
rm $HOME/.local/bin/streaming-service-launcher
rm $HOME/.local/bin/steamos-install-streaming-app
rm $HOME/.local/share/applications/streamingservicelauncher*.desktop
rm $HOME/.local/bin/create-streaming-app-desktop-entry

Usage

$HOME/.local/bin/streaming-service-launcher serviceName

Example:

# example for netflix
$HOME/.local/bin/streaming-service-launcher netflix

You can find all serviceName values in the services.json

Create Desktop Entries

$HOME/.local/bin/create-streaming-app-desktop-entry serviceName

Example for netflix:

# creates desktop entry
$HOME/.local/bin/create-streaming-app-desktop-entry netflix

# This will generate a desktop app entry in the following location:
$HOME/.local/share/applications/streamingservicelauncher-netflix.desktop

Delete the generated desktop entry file if you wish to remove it.

Add to Steam Deck Gaming mode

Note, your distro must support the steamos-add-to-steam command

# adds streaming service to Steam Gaming mode
$HOME/.local/bin/steamos-install-streaming-app serviceName

# example: netflix
$HOME/.local/bin/steamos-install-streaming-app netflix

Make sure to reboot steam after adding a streaming app. You can find all serviceName values in the services.json

Custom Targets

You can also set custom targets, see below for usage:

APP_URL=https://example.com  $HOME/.local/bin/streaming-service-launcher

# Optional: USER_AGENT and ZOOM_FACTOR can additionally be added, but requires the APP_URL env var
# ZOOM_FACTOR must be an integer or float
APP_URL=https://example.com  USER_AGENT="UserAgent Here"  ZOOM_FACTOR="1.5"  $HOME/.local/bin/streaming-service-launcher