nickrunning/wechat-selkies
Wechat Selkies
This project packages the official WeChat and QQ Linux clients inside Docker containers and streams their graphical interfaces to a web browser using WebRTC. It functions as a self-hosted gateway that provides browser-based access to these messaging applications without requiring native client installation on the local machine. The core design combines containerized desktop environments with real-time video streaming, GPU passthrough for hardware-accelerated rendering, and persistent volume mounting to preserve chat history and application configuration across container restarts.
The system distinguishes itself through a browser-based overlay interface that includes a floating sidebar for file transfer, image copying, and third-party application installation, as well as a window switcher for navigating between the main and background windows of the streamed desktop. A minimal Docker image variant is available to reduce storage and bandwidth requirements by omitting non-essential components. The project supports both WeChat and QQ streaming containers, with the option to map the host GPU device into the container for improved rendering performance.
Features
- Browser-Based Messaging Gateways - Self-hosts a container that provides browser-based access to WeChat and QQ without native client installation.
- Desktop Streaming Accelerators - Maps the host GPU into a Docker container to accelerate rendering of streamed desktop applications.
- GPU-Accelerated Desktop Containers - Provides a containerized desktop environment with GPU passthrough for hardware-accelerated rendering.
- QQ Browser Access - Packages the QQ Linux client with WebRTC streaming for browser-based access without local installation.
- Containerized Desktop Streaming - Ships a containerized Linux desktop with WeChat and QQ, streamed to a browser via WebRTC.
- QQ Desktop Streaming - Runs the official QQ Linux client in a Docker container and streams it to a browser via WebRTC.
- WeChat Browser Access - Packages the WeChat Linux client with WebRTC streaming for browser-based access without local installation.
- WeChat Desktop Streaming - Runs the official WeChat Linux client in a Docker container and streams it to a browser via WebRTC.
- WebRTC Desktop Streaming Servers - Streams a full Linux desktop environment to a browser using WebRTC for low-latency remote access.
- Desktop Framebuffer Streaming - Captures the container's desktop framebuffer and streams it to the browser via WebRTC.
- Volume Mounts - Stores chat history and configuration on Docker volumes so data persists across container restarts.
- GPU-Accelerated Containers - Maps the host GPU into the container to improve rendering performance for the streamed desktop.
- GPU Passthrough Acceleration - Maps the host GPU into the container for hardware-accelerated rendering of the streamed desktop.
- Local Chat Data Storage - Stores chat history and configuration locally on the host filesystem for persistence across container restarts.
- Remote Desktop Switchers - Provides a floating window switcher in the top-left corner for navigating between main and background windows in a streamed desktop.
