Rulik RU

Versions

Every Rulik version, newest first. Grey ones are test builds: they were checked before a release and can't be downloaded.

  1. 0.3.3November 7, 2026Latest Quality that follows the network, and play over the internet

    Stream

    • Quality adjusts both ways: on losses the bitrate drops, and at the lowest bitrate so does the resolution. When the network recovers, everything goes back to your settings by itself
    • Bitrate and resolution change without a pause: the picture no longer blanks for about half a second
    • The bitrate the network just stumbled on is left alone for a minute, so quality doesn't seesaw

    Over the internet (Tailscale or ZeroTier)

    • The server finds its own Tailscale and ZeroTier addresses and tells the phone
    • Away from home the phone finds the PC through them and connects without typing an address or PIN
    • Over the internet the stream starts at 6 Mbit/s and adjusts from there
    • New wiki article: "Over the internet"
    rulik.apkrulik-server.exeRelease on GitHub
  2. 0.3.2November 7, 2026 Wi-Fi streaming, PC sound and the tray

    Wi-Fi streaming

    • A lost packet no longer freezes the picture: on NVIDIA and on the CPU encoder the frame heals by itself within half a second
    • Parity packets rebuild single lost pieces of a frame
    • A frame goes out spread over time instead of in one burst: the router doesn't choke, and buttons and ping don't wait behind video
    • If the network can't keep up, the app lowers the bitrate by itself and says so
    • Sound goes in 16 bits: half the traffic, sounds the same

    Phone

    • "PC sound" card on Home: Windows volume, mute and player buttons
    • "Check the network" on the PC tab: Wi-Fi signal, delay, lost packets and what to fix
    • If the router gives the PC a new address, the phone finds it by name and connects by itself
    • On first launch, if there is one PC on the network, the app connects to it and only asks for the PIN

    PC

    • The close button hides the server to the tray, the server keeps running
    • "Start with Windows" checkbox: the server starts straight in the tray
    • Starting it again shows the running window instead of a "port busy" error
    Release on GitHub
  3. 0.3.1 · Wi-Fi testNovember 5, 2026Not published

    Test build: Wi-Fi without freezes

    • The picture heals by itself after lost packets
    • Parity packets for lost pieces of a frame
    • Frames go out evenly instead of in one burst

    Tested on a phone, all of it went into 0.3.2

  4. 0.3.1November 4, 2026 Smooth streaming

    PC

    • The screen is captured with Windows Graphics Capture: frames arrive evenly, without stutter or catch-up bursts
    • 1080p/720p/480p scaling runs on the graphics card instead of the processor
    • The stream never runs faster than the monitor, so the whole bitrate goes to real frames
    • Fixed: the server window didn't always refresh the network list (non-English network names broke parsing)

    Phone

    • The decoder runs in low-latency mode on any chip. On MediaTek, MIUI/HyperOS video post-processing is turned off. Decoding takes 6–12 ms instead of 20–30
    • Frames that arrive in a bunch no longer play in fast-forward: the newest one is shown right away
    • Over an adb cable, video uses its own connection, so buttons and ping no longer wait behind it
    • While you play, the screen switches to 90/120 Hz and Wi-Fi stays in low-latency mode
    • The stats line shows the decoder
    Release on GitHub
  5. 0.3.0 · decoder testNovember 3, 2026Not published

    Test build: fast decoder

    • Hardware decoder in low-latency mode
    • Video over USB on its own connection

    Went into 0.3.1

  6. 0.3.0November 3, 2026 Play on the phone

    Phone

    • New "Play on the phone" mode: the PC's picture and sound on the phone screen, with your layout on top
    • "Desktop" mode: the PC screen you control with your finger. Tap to click, hold for right click, two fingers to scroll
    • New menu: Home with mode and layout choice, Layouts, PC, Settings
    • Picture settings: resolution, frames, bitrate, sound, how visible the buttons are over the game

    PC

    • Rulik Server captures the screen with ffmpeg and compresses the video on the graphics card: NVENC, AMF or Quick Sync
    • The PC's sound goes to the phone
    • No ffmpeg? The server window has a "Download ffmpeg" button
    • Over a cable, video no longer holds up the buttons: extra frames are dropped

    Website

    • A new wiki section, "Play on the phone"
    Release on GitHub
  7. 0.2.0November 2, 2026 Touch accuracy

    Phone

    • Nearest button on a miss: a tap in the gap between buttons goes to the closest one
    • Click at button edges: a short vibration when your finger slides off a button or onto the next one
    • Adapt to my fingers: Rulik remembers where you actually press and shifts each button's invisible hit zone a little
    • All of it can be turned on and off in the settings, under "Touch accuracy"

    Website

    • A new wiki: connecting, layouts, games without gamepad support, real gamepads, troubleshooting

    Download rulik.apk for the phone and rulik-server.exe for the PC. The server hasn't changed apart from the version number.

    Release on GitHub
  8. 0.1.0November 2, 2026 First Rulik release

    Phone (Android 10+)

    • Xbox gamepad, mouse and keyboard over Wi-Fi or USB
    • Six built-in layouts and an editor: buttons, sticks, D-pads, touchpad
    • Gyro aiming, tilt steering, game rumble
    • PC discovery, PIN, auto-reconnect

    PC (Windows 10/11)

    • A virtual gamepad per phone through ViGEmBus
    • One-click driver install and firewall rule
    • USB through adb reverse

    Download rulik.apk for the phone and rulik-server.exe for the PC.

    Release on GitHub

Files for every published version are on the GitHub releases page.