MangoHud VS goverlay

Compare MangoHud vs goverlay and see what are their differences.

MangoHud

A Vulkan and OpenGL overlay for monitoring FPS, temperatures, CPU/GPU load and more. Discord: https://discordapp.com/invite/Gj5YmBb (by flightlessmango)

goverlay

GOverlay is an opensource project that aims to create a Graphical UI to help manage Linux overlays. (by benjamimgois-zz)
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MangoHud goverlay
241 47
5,816 750
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9.3 7.5
7 days ago about 2 years ago
C Pascal
MIT License GNU General Public License v3.0 only
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MangoHud

Posts with mentions or reviews of MangoHud. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-09-05.

goverlay

Posts with mentions or reviews of goverlay. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-06-22.
  • My monitor runs at 144 Hz but games that should be at 60 FPS play too fast. How can I lock it?
    2 projects | /r/linux_gaming | 22 Jun 2022
    There's probably a million different ways to limit FPS. I use GOverlay as a front-end for MangoHud, and limiting FPS in it is extremely simple. Simply change "FPS Limit", Save, and you're good to go. Use the selected hotkey (F1-F4) to enable/disable the limiter (and right shift + F12 to show/hide MangoHud itself)
  • How to increase contrast for games
    7 projects | /r/linux_gaming | 1 Jun 2022
    Many people seem to use GOverlay as a GUI to configure it. I do it manually because when I tried GOverlay long ago it wasn't ready yet, but maybe it's good now, try it if you prefer a GUI.
  • Upgrade Help Thread
    6 projects | /r/pop_os | 26 Apr 2022
    I was just clicking the icon in the application menu but it wouldn't launch. However I came across the issue in Github: https://github.com/benjamimgois-zz/goverlay/issues/203 , I used the .deb file as suggested and i'm able to use the program again.
  • FPS/performance overlay appearance
    3 projects | /r/SteamDeck | 3 Apr 2022
    GOverlay is a GUI application that can be used to manage the config
  • Steam Deck vs. Switch OLED vs. Switch Regular
    2 projects | /r/SteamDeck | 22 Mar 2022
    Would be interesting to see what the deck would look like with Reshade's fakeHDR or other options. Even the fakeHDR option makes a big difference in contrast and vibrancy. On Linux Reshade is called vkBasalt and can be configured with gOverlay. Don't know if that's available already via SteamOS.
  • game performance
    2 projects | /r/linux_gaming | 6 Feb 2022
    A lot of people use an onscreen monitor. MangoHud is good you can use GOverlay to edit and alter MangoHud. https://github.com/benjamimgois/goverlay , https://github.com/flightlessmango/MangoHud ,
  • Can steam deck record gameplay?
    2 projects | /r/SteamDeck | 16 Dec 2021
    There is a tool called ReplaySorcery (https://github.com/matanui159/ReplaySorcery) which you can configure with GOverlay (https://github.com/benjamimgois/goverlay).
  • GOverlay 0.7
    3 projects | /r/linux_gaming | 29 Nov 2021
    There will be hotfix incoming - https://github.com/benjamimgois/goverlay/pull/167
    3 projects | /r/linux_gaming | 29 Nov 2021
  • does anyone have any clipping softwear i can use
    2 projects | /r/linux_gaming | 15 Nov 2021
    ReplaySorcery, its also a dependency for GOverlay that is highly recommended.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing MangoHud and goverlay you can also consider the following projects:

HeroicGamesLauncher - A games launcher for GOG, Amazon and Epic Games for Linux, Windows and macOS.

gamemode - Optimise Linux system performance on demand

libstrangle

steamtinkerlaunch - Linux wrapper tool for use with the Steam client for custom launch options and 3rd party programs [Moved to: https://github.com/sonic2kk/steamtinkerlaunch]

proton-ge-custom - Compatibility tool for Steam Play based on Wine and additional components

Proton - Compatibility tool for Steam Play based on Wine and additional components

vkd3d-proton - Fork of VKD3D. Development branches for Proton's Direct3D 12 implementation.

gamescope - SteamOS session compositing window manager [Moved to: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/gamescope]

lutris - Lutris desktop client

steam-for-linux - Issue tracking for the Steam for Linux beta client

vkBasalt - a vulkan post processing layer for linux

dxvk - Vulkan-based implementation of D3D9, D3D10 and D3D11 for Linux / Wine