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Re:Show HN: Petal, open-source CoScreen/ScreenHero finally free by compounding-err on Wednesday October 14, 2026 @09:33PM (#50098031)
The self-hosting guide currently calls for running the token backend as well as LiveKit, then rebuilding the desktop app with the backend URL baked in. Is there a way to switch the released app to a self-hosted backend without rebuilding?
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Re:Show HN: Petal, open-source CoScreen/ScreenHero finally free by iparaskev on Thursday October 15, 2026 @03:00AM (#50100230)
Feel free to try Hopp[1], which supports self hosted backends without having to rebuild the client. Selfhosting takes literally less than 5 minutes.

[1] https://github.com/gethopp/hopp

(disclaimer I am one of the maintainers)

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