HeroicGamesLauncher
A games launcher for GOG, Amazon and Epic Games for Linux, Windows and macOS. (by Heroic-Games-Launcher)
minigalaxy
A simple GOG client for Linux (by sharkwouter)
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| HeroicGamesLauncher | minigalaxy | |
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| 755 | 64 | |
| 7,226 | 1,051 | |
| 3.6% | - | |
| 9.6 | 6.9 | |
| 3 days ago | 15 days ago | |
| TypeScript | Python | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
HeroicGamesLauncher
Posts with mentions or reviews of HeroicGamesLauncher.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-10.
- Heroic: Free and Open Source Epic, GOG and Amazon Prime Games Launcher
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Epic vs. Google Trial Verdict, a Win for All Developers
More likely things like https://heroicgameslauncher.com/
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Cyberpunk 2077 HDR looks completely terrible on the Steam Deck OLED?!
More info -> https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher/issues/3281
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How to make the Epic Game Store not sodomise my computer?
try heroic
- (GOG Install help) Can't play installed GOG game, get error: "Failed to compile shader..."
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Tags no longer register and i've finally had it with galaxy 2.0. Any recommended alternatives?
Heroic Games Launcher: Support is limited to Epic, GOG and Amazon but the advantage is that it can manage their games itself without the need of their own launchers. Doesn't have support for tags currently.
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Making the switch - what are the gaps?
For "normal" games you could look yourself using ProtonDB regarding every game released on Steam and AreWeAntiCheatYet for most multiplayer games. If a game isn't available on Steam you have three possibilities. First if it's available on GOG, Epic Games or Amazon Gaming, you could use the Heroic Games Launcher. Second you could try to run the launchers through Steam itself using once again Proton. Third you could try installing it with a script or tutorial in Lutris or Bottles.
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I just bought a steam deck for my 15yo’s bday present - now what?
Maybe also look into HeroicGamesLauncher and how to install it, Steam isn't the only platform for gaming and HeroicGamesLauncher help with the following platform: GoG (Good Old Games) and EGS (Epic Game Store).
- According to a survey, only 36% of PC gamers buy games at full price.
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Been thinking of switching to linux but I am a noob
Heroic
minigalaxy
Posts with mentions or reviews of minigalaxy.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-01-05.
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What's the best or easiest frontend for installing games from GOG?
Personally I use mini galaxy. https://sharkwouter.github.io/minigalaxy/
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GoG survey: Time to nag them about Linux support
Minigalaxy is great for native apps. Lutris is hit or miss for wine/DVXK.
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This is goodbye, but is it forever?
E.g. Minigalaxy offers many of GoG Galaxys features (Tagging /u/anevilduck here in case he doesn't know it) and only has around 13500 lines of Code.
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Valve has set the bar pretty high, but It'd be nice if anyone else at least did the bare minimum
The official client isn't, but there is a 3rd party one available for Linux https://github.com/sharkwouter/minigalaxy
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How to Install And Play GOG Games on Linux With Minigalaxy – A Simple GOG Client for Linux - Wine
https://sharkwouter.github.io/minigalaxy/
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Thinking of switching to linux
So long as you have a Vulkan capable GPU, you should be able to get almost all GOG games working. You could use Lutris with GOG Galaxy, Lutris with GOG offline installers or MiniGalaxy.
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I'm thinking of changing over to Linux exclusively for a gaming exclusive set up. Is this sensible or should I remain on Windows?
HeroicGamesLauncher / MiniGalaxy: Launcher alternative for the EpicGamesLauncher / GoG.
- Minigalaxy version 1.2.2 released
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Playnite 10 has been released. Open source video game library manager.
Besides there are other projects like https://github.com/sharkwouter/minigalaxy that has some of their coding from PlayNite and of their own to work on Linux and there are Tutorials like https://playnite.link/forum/thread-1156.html to make it work nonetheless. Also thanks to Steam's Proton layering, everything is easier at Linux gaming side.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing HeroicGamesLauncher and minigalaxy you can also consider the following projects:
lutris - Lutris desktop client
Playnite - Video game library manager with support for wide range of 3rd party libraries and game emulation support, providing one unified interface for your games.
HeroicGamesLauncher - A Native GUI Epic Games Launcher for Linux [Moved to: https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher]
Rare - GUI for legendary. An Epic Games Launcher open source alternative
HeroicGamesLauncher - A Native GUI Epic Games Launcher for Linux, Windows and Mac.
MangoHud - A Vulkan and OpenGL overlay for monitoring FPS, temperatures, CPU/GPU load and more. Discord: https://discordapp.com/invite/Gj5YmBb
GameHub - All your games in one place
Whisky - A modern Wine wrapper for macOS built with SwiftUI
xenia - Xbox 360 Emulator Research Project
gamemode - Optimise Linux system performance on demand
lgogdownloader - LGOGDownloader is unofficial downloader to GOG.com for Linux users. It uses the same API as the official GOG Galaxy.
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