Playnite VS PowerToys

Compare Playnite vs PowerToys and see what are their differences.

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. (by JosefNemec)
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Playnite PowerToys
680 713
8,029 103,367
- 1.5%
8.6 9.8
about 1 month ago 2 days ago
C# C#
MIT License MIT License
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Playnite

Posts with mentions or reviews of Playnite. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-11.
  • I wrote an app for myself to filter my library by HLTB
    3 projects | /r/SteamDeck | 11 Dec 2023
    I've done something similar before with Playnite (an open-source PC game library manager), which has an HLTB plugin.
  • Tags no longer register and i've finally had it with galaxy 2.0. Any recommended alternatives?
    4 projects | /r/gog | 10 Dec 2023
    Playnite.
    4 projects | /r/gog | 10 Dec 2023
    Playnite: The one with the most features and libraries available via addons and has a lot of options for customization. In my opinion the best one available for this purpose.
  • Steam Deck OLED
    3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 9 Nov 2023
    Here is where I come in and recommend everyone check out Playnite: https://playnite.link/

    When I care about supporting a developer or publisher and they offer their product on their own storefront DRM-free, I will often go there to buy. Or I buy from GoG which takes a smaller cut. Playnite lets me launch my Steam and non-Steam games in a seamless fashion. Steam still does a great job as a game installer/patch manager, and helps me discover new games. But I'm not locked into paying them a 30% fee, which is pretty brutal for some smaller publishers.

  • PSA: Playnite Launcher has a "HDR Mode" per game!
    2 projects | /r/ultrawidemasterrace | 19 Sep 2023
    For anyone with any of the myriad of HDR monitors that prefers to leave desktop mode in SDR RGB, I just discovered that the excellent Playnite game launcher has a feature where you can enable HDR on a per-game basis. Simply tick the "Enable HDR support" option under "Advanced" tab for the settings of the games that you want HDR turned on for. I was previously using the now-abandoned AutoActions for this, so glad to see there's an alternative in a tool I already use.
  • Trying to use Sunshine to play Diablo 4 on my Sony OLED - help!
    2 projects | /r/MoonlightStreaming | 8 Jul 2023
    Try playnite https://playnite.link it was a game changer for me. Awesome tool. I use it for my streaming needs to TV/Steam Deck/iPad.
  • smm with playnite
    2 projects | /r/playnite | 5 Jul 2023
    Use in what way specifically? You can add any executable into Playnite manually or add it as an additional action to an existing game.
  • Is Nvidia Shield good for streaming PC to Tv over LAN?
    2 projects | /r/nvidiashield | 5 Jul 2023
    I setup Sunshine to open an app called playnite (playnite.link) which consolidates all of the games I have from all of the major stores (Steam, Epic, Battlenet, etc) into one controller friendly interface. This way I dont need a keyboard and mouse when I am in front of my tv.
  • Don't sleep on Star Trek Resurgence!
    2 projects | /r/startrek | 2 Jul 2023
    I'm sorry for the trouble your friends got with Epic, surely other storefronts have more options / are better, but in the end - aside from the occasional issue, it's just a launcher and personally I don't mind wether a game is on Steam, or on Epic or U-play or GoG. They're just launchers and I don't even see them thanks to Playnite which merges them all :-)
    2 projects | /r/startrek | 2 Jul 2023
    No, for PC it's on Epic. If you're concerned with another launcher, check Playnite which merges all of them and you don't even need to know which launcher is used in background :)

PowerToys

Posts with mentions or reviews of PowerToys. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-20.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Playnite and PowerToys you can also consider the following projects:

Radarr - Movie organizer/manager for usenet and torrent users.

Achievement-Watcher - A sexy achievement file parser with real-time notification, automatic screenshot and playtime tracking. View every achievements earned on your PC whether it's coming from Steam, a Steam emulator, and more.

pegasus-frontend - A cross platform, customizable graphical frontend for launching emulators and managing your game collection.

Wox - A cross-platform launcher that simply works

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

AutoHotkey - AutoHotkey - macro-creation and automation-oriented scripting utility for Windows.

DualSenseX - Connect your DualSense Controller, use Adaptive Triggers, Emulate Xbox 360 or DualShock 4 through USB or Bluetooth on PC

sharpkeys - SharpKeys is a utility that manages a Registry key that allows Windows to remap one key to any other key.

Flow.Launcher - :mag: Quick file search & app launcher for Windows with community-made plugins

awesome-gog-galaxy - A list of GOG Galaxy 2.0 integrations and upcoming features

lutris - Lutris desktop client

Fluent-Search - Official repository for Fluent Search, use to report issues or ask for a new feature