MyHumbleSelf

Show your webcam image on your desktop during presentations or screencasts. (Linux only 🐧)

Installation

• Python Package from PyPi and its prerequisites!

Usage

✨ Watch the screencast ✨

Quick start:

• Launch MyHumbleSelf
• Resize the window and move it to the desired location
• Set it to "always on top" via your window manager (right-click on titlebar)
• Hover the webcam image and click the "eye"-button on top right to hide the window controls

Some notable features:

• Use face tracking to keep your head in the center
• Choose from a variety of shape-masks to add some style

Frequently Asked Questions

1) How can I display my webcam stream in MyHumbleSelf and in a video conferencing tool at the same time?

You can use v4l2loopback to create a virtual webcam that you can access by multiple applications at the same time.

2) What should I do if I need more features?

If you think it is an important basic feature, open a feature request. Otherwise, consider using a tool like OBS Studio, which is much more powerful (but a bit more difficult to use).

Contributing

You are very welcome to contribute to this project! However, before you invest a lot of time in a contribution, it might be worth sharing your idea in advance to avoid an unnecessary disappointment.

Development Setup

Prerequisites:

• Python 3.12+
• GTK 4.6+ and related dev packages:

  sudo apt-get install \
     libgirepository1.0-dev \
     libcairo2-dev \
     python3-gi \
     gobject-introspection \
     libgtk-4-dev
  

Setup your version of the repository:

1. Fork the project's repository.
2. Copy your fork to the local file system:
   git clone https://github.com/<YOUR-USERNAME>/myhumbleself.git

Setup Virtual Environment:

1. Navigate into the repository root directory:
   cd myhumbleself
2. Create the virtual environment:
   python -m venv .venv
3. Activate the environement: \ source .venv/bin/activate

Install dependencies:

1. Install the package, it's dependencies, and development dependencies in editable mode:
   pip install -e '.[dev]'
2. Verify installation by launching MyHumbleSelf:
   python myhumbleself/app.py

Run checks and tests:

1. Run all project checks locally, to verify a correct setup of the dev environment:
   pre-commit run --all-files
2. You should run those checks before doing any git commit to ensure your change doesn't break anything. You can do this automatically by installing them as git hook:
   pre-commit install

Design Principles

• No network connection
  Everything should run locally without any network communication.
• Simplicity
  Focus on key features. Keep the UI simple. Avoid text in the UI if possible.
• Dependencies
  The less dependencies, the better.

Certification