helios

LOW

maintainer Mopigames 0 votes scanned 2026-08-24 00:17:16.992713

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The package builds from the project's own source and submodules hosted on trusted forges (GitHub/GitLab), with no unverifiable prebuilt executables or remote code execution; the few votes and recent upload are low-risk indicators given the transparent, auditable build process.

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Uploaded within the last 14 days with 2 or fewer community votes — little peer review so far.

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An AI model (qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507) reviewed this and agrees it is LOW (confidence 95%): The package builds from the project's own source and submodules hosted on trusted forges (GitHub/GitLab), with no unverifiable prebuilt executables or remote code execution; the few votes and recent upload are low-risk indicators given the transparent, auditable build process.

PKGBUILD

      1# Maintainer: Margot Prego <mopigames@proton.me>
    
      2
    
      3: "${_run_unit_tests:=false}"
    
      4: "${_use_cuda:=detect}"
    
      5
    
      6pkgname=helios
    
      7pkgver=0.5.2
    
      8pkgrel=1
    
      9pkgdesc='Game stream host for Selene and Moonlight OS'
    
      10arch=('x86_64' 'aarch64')
    
      11url='https://github.com/moonlight-os/helios'
    
      12license=('GPL-3.0-only')
    
      13install=helios.install
    
      14
    
      15depends=(
    
      16  'avahi' 'boost-libs' 'curl' 'gcc-libs' 'libayatana-appindicator' 'libcap'
    
      17  'libdrm' 'libevdev' 'libmfx' 'libnotify' 'libpulse' 'libva' 'libx11'
    
      18  'libxcb' 'libxfixes' 'libxrandr' 'libxtst' 'miniupnpc' 'msquic' 'numactl'
    
      19  'open-iscsi' 'openssl' 'opus' 'systemd-libs' 'udev' 'usbip' 'wayland' 'which'
    
      20)
    
      21makedepends=(
    
      22  'appstream' 'appstream-glib' 'boost' 'cmake' 'desktop-file-utils' 'git'
    
      23  'ninja' 'nlohmann-json' 'nodejs' 'npm'
    
      24)
    
      25checkdepends=('xorg-server-xvfb')
    
      26optdepends=(
    
      27  'cuda: Nvidia GPU encoding support'
    
      28  'libva-mesa-driver: AMD GPU encoding support'
    
      29)
    
      30provides=('helios')
    
      31conflicts=('helios-bin' 'helios-git')
    
      32
    
      33_commit='7f7fc9d1b830693b2cdc77372277a2b59e7be5ad'
    
      34source=(
    
      35  "helios::git+$url.git#commit=${_commit}"
    
      36  'simple-web-server::git+https://github.com/ClassicOldSong/Simple-Web-Server.git'
    
      37  'enet::git+https://github.com/cgutman/enet.git'
    
      38  'googletest::git+https://github.com/google/googletest.git'
    
      39  'inputtino::git+https://github.com/games-on-whales/inputtino.git'
    
      40  'libdisplaydevice::git+https://github.com/LizardByte/libdisplaydevice.git'
    
      41  'lunaris::git+https://github.com/moonlight-os/lunaris.git'
    
      42  'nanors::git+https://github.com/sleepybishop/nanors.git'
    
      43  'nv-codec-headers::git+https://github.com/FFmpeg/nv-codec-headers.git'
    
      44  'tray::git+https://github.com/LizardByte/tray.git'
    
      45  'wayland-protocols::git+https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland-protocols.git'
    
      46  'wlr-protocols::git+https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wlroots/wlr-protocols.git'
    
      47)
    
      48sha256sums=('SKIP' 'SKIP' 'SKIP' 'SKIP' 'SKIP' 'SKIP' 'SKIP' 'SKIP'
    
      49            'SKIP' 'SKIP' 'SKIP' 'SKIP')
    
      50source_x86_64=('ffmpeg-bundle::https://github.com/LizardByte/build-deps/releases/download/v2026.516.30821/Linux-x86_64-ffmpeg.tar.gz')
    
      51sha256sums_x86_64=('c32319fcc2867befe8ff3ae26b4d3a58378c3a9c1bfef9029c9969321c3bc6ec')
    
      52source_aarch64=('ffmpeg-bundle::https://github.com/LizardByte/build-deps/releases/download/v2026.516.30821/Linux-aarch64-ffmpeg.tar.gz')
    
      53sha256sums_aarch64=('10b6c9440ba6178ec3b944f6c6f697253497cad5196d23a2d32d335daae0062e')
    
      54
    
      55if [[ "${_use_cuda::1}" == 'd' ]] && pacman -Qi cuda &>/dev/null; then
    
      56  _use_cuda=true
    
      57fi
    
      58
    
      59prepare() {
    
      60  cd helios
    
      61  git submodule init
    
      62  git config submodule.third-party/Simple-Web-Server.url "$srcdir/simple-web-server"
    
      63  git config submodule.third-party/googletest.url "$srcdir/googletest"
    
      64  git config submodule.third-party/inputtino.url "$srcdir/inputtino"
    
      65  git config submodule.third-party/libdisplaydevice.url "$srcdir/libdisplaydevice"
    
      66  git config submodule.third-party/moonlight-common-c.url "$srcdir/lunaris"
    
      67  git config submodule.third-party/nanors.url "$srcdir/nanors"
    
      68  git config submodule.third-party/nv-codec-headers.url "$srcdir/nv-codec-headers"
    
      69  git config submodule.third-party/tray.url "$srcdir/tray"
    
      70  git config submodule.third-party/wayland-protocols.url "$srcdir/wayland-protocols"
    
      71  git config submodule.third-party/wlr-protocols.url "$srcdir/wlr-protocols"
    
      72  git -c protocol.file.allow=always submodule update \
    
      73    third-party/Simple-Web-Server \
    
      74    third-party/googletest third-party/inputtino third-party/libdisplaydevice \
    
      75    third-party/moonlight-common-c third-party/nanors \
    
      76    third-party/nv-codec-headers third-party/tray \
    
      77    third-party/wayland-protocols third-party/wlr-protocols
    
      78
    
      79  git -C third-party/moonlight-common-c submodule init
    
      80  git -C third-party/moonlight-common-c config submodule.enet.url "$srcdir/enet"
    
      81  git -C third-party/moonlight-common-c config submodule.nanors.url "$srcdir/nanors"
    
      82  git -C third-party/moonlight-common-c -c protocol.file.allow=always \
    
      83    submodule update enet nanors
    
      84
    
      85  # Arch updates Boost faster than Helios's conservative exact pin. Accept the
    
      86  # packaged version instead of downloading another Boost during makepkg.
    
      87  sed -i 's/find_package(Boost CONFIG ${BOOST_VERSION} EXACT COMPONENTS ${BOOST_COMPONENTS})/find_package(Boost CONFIG ${BOOST_VERSION} COMPONENTS ${BOOST_COMPONENTS})/' \
    
      88    cmake/dependencies/Boost_Helios.cmake
    
      89  sed -i '/^[[:space:]]*system$/d' cmake/dependencies/Boost_Helios.cmake
    
      90  sed -i \
    
      91    -e 's/find_package(Boost 1.53.0 COMPONENTS system REQUIRED)/find_package(Boost 1.53.0 REQUIRED)/' \
    
      92    -e 's/Boost::boost Boost::system/Boost::boost/' \
    
      93    third-party/Simple-Web-Server/CMakeLists.txt
    
      94}
    
      95
    
      96build() {
    
      97  export BRANCH=main
    
      98  export BUILD_VERSION="$pkgver"
    
      99  export COMMIT="$_commit"
    
      100  export CFLAGS="${CFLAGS/-Werror=format-security/}"
    
      101  export CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS/-Werror=format-security/}"
    
      102
    
      103  local cmake_options=(
    
      104    -S helios -B build -G Ninja -Wno-dev
    
      105    -D BOOST_USE_STATIC=OFF
    
      106    -D BUILD_DOCS=OFF
    
      107    -D BUILD_TESTS="$_run_unit_tests"
    
      108    -D BUILD_WERROR=ON
    
      109    -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=None
    
      110    -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr
    
      111    -D CUDA_FAIL_ON_MISSING=OFF
    
      112    -D ENABLE_MLOS_QUIC=ON
    
      113    -D FFMPEG_PREPARED_BINARIES="$srcdir/ffmpeg"
    
      114    -D SUNSHINE_ASSETS_DIR=share/helios
    
      115    -D SUNSHINE_EXECUTABLE_PATH=/usr/bin/helios
    
      116    -D SUNSHINE_PUBLISHER_ISSUE_URL=https://github.com/moonlight-os/helios/issues
    
      117    -D SUNSHINE_PUBLISHER_NAME=AUR
    
      118    -D SUNSHINE_PUBLISHER_WEBSITE=https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/helios
    
      119  )
    
      120
    
      121  if [[ "${_use_cuda::1}" != 't' ]]; then
    
      122    cmake_options+=(-D SUNSHINE_ENABLE_CUDA=OFF)
    
      123  fi
    
      124
    
      125  cmake "${cmake_options[@]}"
    
      126  appstreamcli validate --no-net build/dev.mopigames.Helios.metainfo.xml
    
      127  appstream-util validate build/dev.mopigames.Helios.metainfo.xml
    
      128  desktop-file-validate build/dev.mopigames.Helios.desktop
    
      129  desktop-file-validate build/dev.mopigames.Helios.terminal.desktop
    
      130  cmake --build build
    
      131}
    
      132
    
      133check() {
    
      134  build/helios --version
    
      135  if [[ "${_run_unit_tests::1}" == 't' ]]; then
    
      136    xvfb-run -a build/tests/test_helios --gtest_color=yes
    
      137  fi
    
      138}
    
      139
    
      140package() {
    
      141  DESTDIR="$pkgdir" cmake --install build
    
      142}
    
      143

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