flatpak VS steam-for-linux

Compare flatpak vs steam-for-linux and see what are their differences.

flatpak

Linux application sandboxing and distribution framework (by flatpak)

steam-for-linux

Issue tracking for the Steam for Linux beta client (by ValveSoftware)
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flatpak steam-for-linux
431 463
4,049 4,110
1.6% 1.5%
9.0 2.0
7 days ago 7 days ago
C
GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only -
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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.

flatpak

Posts with mentions or reviews of flatpak. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-27.

steam-for-linux

Posts with mentions or reviews of steam-for-linux. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-11.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing flatpak and steam-for-linux you can also consider the following projects:

steam-runtime - A runtime environment for Steam applications

lutris - Lutris desktop client

firejail - Linux namespaces and seccomp-bpf sandbox

MangoHud - A Vulkan and OpenGL overlay for monitoring FPS, temperatures, CPU/GPU load and more. Discord: https://discordapp.com/invite/Gj5YmBb

Autodesk-Fusion-360-for-Linux - This is a project, where I give you a way to use Autodesk Fusion 360 on Linux!

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]

distrobox - Use any linux distribution inside your terminal. Enable both backward and forward compatibility with software and freedom to use whatever distribution you’re more comfortable with. Mirror available at: https://gitlab.com/89luca89/distrobox

athenaeum

nix-gui - Use NixOS Without Coding

openbsd-wip - OpenBSD work in progress ports

com.valvesoftware.Steam

SDL - Simple Directmedia Layer