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A graphical interface for Howdy face login on Linux
Opus built a user interface for the Howdy IR facial-recognition login tool, which had no good UI.
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Credits
- Reddit poster Psychological-One-20 Source ↗
- Repository account boltgolt Source ↗
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The full story
The poster wanted Face ID or Windows Hello style login on Linux. Howdy handles the back-end authentication using a webcam with infrared, but has no good interface, so they asked Claude to build one. They say it turned out surprisingly nice.
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Sources
From a short post by the maker, so the details are as they tell them.
- Reddit: Face ID / Windows Hello for LinuxReddit poster: Psychological-One-20Posted
The maker's post on r/ClaudeAI.
If it disappears: archived copy of Reddit: Face ID / Windows Hello for Linux (opens in a new tab)
- The code: github.comRepository account: boltgolt
Linked in the post.