steam-rom-manager vs gamemode

steam-rom-manager

An app for managing ROMs in Steam (by SteamGridDB)

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gamemode

Optimise Linux system performance on demand (by FeralInteractive)

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steam-rom-manager		gamemode
	Project
76	Mentions	257
1,724	Stars	4,369
1.8%	Growth	1.1%
8.9	Activity	7.8
7 days ago	Latest Commit	about 1 month ago
TypeScript	Language	C
GNU General Public License v3.0 only	License	BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License

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steam-rom-manager

Posts with mentions or reviews of steam-rom-manager. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-02.

games not parsing, no generate apps list is coming up when using rom manager, also keep getti g this even though steam has been shut down even when using task manager to shut it down. please help
2 projects | /r/EmuDeck | 2 Jun 2023

Try using an older version os steam rom manager from here. Try 2.4.11. I had a problem where steam rom manager wasn't parsing images and shifting to an older version helped.
How can I add my emulators games to the non-steam section in big picture?
1 project | /r/WindowsOnDeck | 31 May 2023
Metal Gear Solid: Twin Snakes disc change
1 project | /r/SteamDeck | 26 Apr 2023
Introducing Steam Art Manager
2 projects | /r/SteamDeck | 7 Apr 2023

That's correct. Thats mainly because steam rom manager exists, but if there's interest I'm happy to look into including non steam games in the "Games" section
Make Yuzu show individual games without emudeck
1 project | /r/SteamDeck | 1 Apr 2023
Has boppreh's Steamgrid tool stopped working?
1 project | /r/Steam | 18 Mar 2023

It never worked so greatly to begin with. So try https://github.com/SteamGridDB/steam-rom-manager instead that happens to be actively developed and updated just today.
[Steamdeck] Guide sur la façon d’installer CEMU sur Steam Deck
2 projects | /r/enfrancais | 17 Feb 2023
Multi Disc PSX games
1 project | /r/EmuDeck | 6 Feb 2023
Issue loading save file on multi-disc PSX game
1 project | /r/EmuDeck | 30 Jan 2023
Help with Steam Rom Manager GLOBs
1 project | /r/EmuDeck | 23 Jan 2023

gamemode

Posts with mentions or reviews of gamemode. 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 is Feral Interactive's "gamemode" really for? What does it do? Does it really work?
1 project | /r/linux_gaming | 9 Dec 2023

According to the GitHub page:
Gamemode 1.8 Released
1 project | /r/linux_gaming | 7 Dec 2023

1 project | /r/Boiling_Steam | 7 Dec 2023
Pop_Os and Heroic dont launch games
1 project | /r/linux_gaming | 6 Dec 2023

A performance optimiser, GameMode by Feral Interactive. It’s not required for anything to launch (unless maybe you’ve configured something to run via gamemoderun and GameMode isn’t actually installed on your system!)
Can't find gamemode.ini
1 project | /r/linux_gaming | 13 Aug 2023

EDIT: Nevermind, fixed it. Just create a file called gamemode.ini in $HOME/.config/, and copy inside this.
Wondering about "gamemode"
1 project | /r/System76 | 6 Aug 2023

Thinking about running "gamemode" https://github.com/FeralInteractive/gamemode.
SteamOS 3 for PC?
5 projects | /r/SteamOS | 11 Jul 2023

oh, you're referring to gamemoderun.
Bottles – Easily run Windows software on Linux
3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 4 Jul 2023

The ArchWiki has some tips that can help tuning your system to squeeze more performance: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/gaming
This launcher does help too: https://github.com/FeralInteractive/gamemode
On top of that, you can use a patched kernel like: https://xanmod.org/
You can check support status for games here: https://www.protondb.com/
If you run games via Proton with DXVK, you can use the environment variable DXVK_HUD=1 to show a HUD with an FPS meter. Some others prefer mangohud.
Setting your CPU frequency scaling governor and GPU to performance mode also helps.
AMD 7950x3d and Vcache on Linux
1 project | /r/linux_gaming | 14 Jun 2023

Here's a link, looks like they are indeed working on it: https://github.com/FeralInteractive/gamemode/pull/416
Van Helsing 1 Crash (with Log)
1 project | /r/linux_gaming | 6 Jun 2023

Didn't include your OS but if you are on Ubuntu people reported before missing some 32-bit libraries as seen here https://github.com/FeralInteractive/gamemode/issues/254

What are some alternatives?

When comparing steam-rom-manager and gamemode you can also consider the following projects:

EmuDeck - Emulator configurator for Steam Deck

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

steamgrid - Downloads images to fill your Steam grid view

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

corectrl

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.

vkBasalt - a vulkan post processing layer for linux

BoilR - Synchronize games from other platforms into your Steam library

Ananicy - Ananicy - is Another auto nice daemon, with community rules support (Use pull request please)

legendary - Legendary - A free and open-source replacement for the Epic Games Launcher

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