Desktop App

The desktop app (toboggan-desktop) provides a graphical user interface built with Iced and wgpu.

Running

# Launch the desktop app
toboggan-desktop

# It will auto-connect to localhost:8080
# Start the server first, then launch the desktop

Workflow

1. Start the server: toboggan-server my-talk.toml
2. Launch the desktop: toboggan-desktop
3. The desktop connects to the server automatically
4. Use the desktop to navigate slides

Known behavior

• The desktop app will show "Connection refused" errors if the server is not running — this is normal. Start the server first.
• Built-in GPU-accelerated rendering via Vulkan/OpenGL.

Requirements

• Linux: libxkbcommon-dev, libwayland-dev, libegl1-mesa-dev, libgles2-mesa-dev
• RAM: ~4 GB during compilation, ~128 MB at runtime