SteamDeck Windows 11 Guide - Installed Win 11 on the SteamDeck and don't know what to do next? This is for you.

1. Steamdeck-Ultimate-Windows11-Guide

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   Customizations and instructions for Windows 10/11 setup for Steam Deck

   

   Great guide, I've been personally following baldsealions for a while now if anyone is interested too: https://github.com/baldsealion/Steamdeck-Ultimate-Windows11-Guide/wiki

2. InfluxDB

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   InfluxDB high-performance time series database. Collect, organize, and act on massive volumes of high-resolution data to power real-time intelligent systems.

   

3. PowerToys

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   Windows system utilities to maximize productivity

   

   Microsoft PowerToys I don't know how ANYONE uses Windows without this... It also installs the following: .NET 6.0.8 Desktop Runtime Microsoft Edge WebView2 Runtime Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable

4. xemu

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   Original Xbox Emulator for Windows, macOS, and Linux (Active Development)

   

   Xemu - Xbox emu

5. search-deflector

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   Discontinued A small program that forwards searches from Cortana to your preferred browser and search engine.

   Search Deflector - Search the web using the start-menu

6. LibVLCSharp

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   Cross-platform .NET/Mono bindings for LibVLC

   

   VLC Player - practically plays any media you throw at it

7. ThisIsWin11

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   Discontinued The real PowerToys for Windows 11

   

   ThisIsWin11 - Another customization tool

8. ppsspp

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   A PSP emulator for Android, Windows, Mac and Linux, written in C++. Want to contribute? Join us on Discord at https://discord.gg/5NJB6dD or just send pull requests / issues. For discussion use the forums at forums.ppsspp.org.

   

   PPSSPP - PSP emu

9. CodeRabbit

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   CodeRabbit: AI Code Reviews for Developers. Revolutionize your code reviews with AI. CodeRabbit offers PR summaries, code walkthroughs, 1-click suggestions, and AST-based analysis. Boost productivity and code quality across all major languages with each PR.

   

10. steam-deck-tools

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    (Windows) Steam Deck Tools - Fan, Overlay, Power Control and Steam Controller for Windows

    

    SteamDeck Tools for Windows

11. bleachbit

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    BleachBit system cleaner for Windows and Linux

    

    Bleachbit - Keep your system clean

12. GlosSI

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    Tool for using Steam-Input controller rebinding at a system level alongside a global overlay

    

    GlosSI - Global (systemwide) Steam Input

13. Bulk-Crap-Uninstaller

    11 210 14,407 7.6 C#

    Remove large amounts of unwanted applications quickly.

    

    Bulk Crap Uninstaller

14. steam-deck-windows-usermode-driver

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    A windows usermode controller driver for the steam deck internal controller.

    

    Steamdeck Windows Controller Driver

15. winstall

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    A web app for browsing and installing Windows Package Manager apps.

    

    Winstall

16. old-RetroBat-obsolete

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    Discontinued RetroBat is the best way to play your ROMs collection on Windows !

    RetroBat

17. Vita3K

    15 63 4,303 9.1 C++

    Experimental PlayStation Vita emulator

    

    Vita3K - PS Vita emu

18. rpcs3

    16 356 16,775 9.9 C++

    PlayStation 3 emulator and debugger

    

    RPCS3 - PS3 emu

19. Playnite

    17 684 10,483 6.4 C#

    Video game library manager with support for wide range of 3rd party libraries and game emulation support, providing one unified interface for your games.

    

    Playnite

20. pcsx2

    18 435 12,834 9.9 C++

    PCSX2 - The Playstation 2 Emulator

    

    PCSX2 - PS2 emu

21. notepad-plus-plus

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    Notepad++ official repository

    

    Notepad++ - Because Notepad is just okay...

22. duckduckgo-locales

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    Translation files for <a href="https://duckduckgo.com"> </a>

    

    Duckduckgo

23. dolphin

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    Dolphin is a GameCube / Wii emulator, allowing you to play games for these two platforms on PC with improvements.

    

    Dolphin - Gamecube / Wii

24. Chocolatey

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    Chocolatey - the package manager for Windows

    

    Chocolatey

25. Bitwarden

    23 1,062 16,443 9.9 C#

    Bitwarden infrastructure/backend (API, database, Docker, etc). (by bitwarden)

    

    Bitwarden - password manager 1Password is also great

26. AugmentedSteam

    24 144 1,493 9.6 JavaScript

    Augments your Steam Experience

    

    Augmented Steam - Best Browser-based Steam Extension

27. NanaZip

    25 74 10,460 9.6 C++

    The 7-Zip derivative intended for the modern Windows experience

    

    A couple things I would suggest are checking out Nanazip instead of 7zip, they added windows 11 context menu support. (Not sure if 7zip has done this as well already yet...)

28. keepassxc

    26 546 22,976 9.1 C++

    KeePassXC is a cross-platform community-driven port of the Windows application “Keepass Password Safe”.

    

    Also, KeepassXC is another great and free password manager. Bitwarden and 1pass are more user friendly though but usually require payment to use multiple devices. For keepass you can use google drive sync to link as many devices as you want.

29. SteamOS-ishWin11

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    A guide to tweaking and customising Windows 11 to get it working like SteamOS

    

30. SaaSHub

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    SaaSHub - Software Alternatives and Reviews. SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives

    

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