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

• Steamdeck-Ultimate-Windows11-Guide

  127 252 1.2 Rich Text Format

  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

• PowerToys

  713 104,153 9.8 C#

  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

• InfluxDB

  www.influxdata.com sponsored

  Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

  

• xemu

  131 2,433 7.9 C

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

  

Xemu - Xbox emu

• search-deflector

  5 851 0.7 D

  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

• LibVLCSharp

  287 1,374 6.2 C#

  Cross-platform .NET/Mono bindings for LibVLC

  

VLC Player - practically plays any media you throw at it

• ThisIsWin11

  95 5,097 0.0 C#

  Discontinued The real PowerToys for Windows 11

  

ThisIsWin11 - Another customization tool

• ppsspp

  223 10,348 10.0 C++

  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

• WorkOS

  workos.com sponsored

  The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

  

• steam-deck-tools

  127 810 7.9 C#

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

SteamDeck Tools for Windows

• bleachbit

  144 2,701 8.7 Python

  BleachBit system cleaner for Windows and Linux

  

Bleachbit - Keep your system clean

• GlosSI

  208 1,581 5.2 C++

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

GlosSI - Global (systemwide) Steam Input

• Bulk-Crap-Uninstaller

  210 9,431 7.1 C#

  Remove large amounts of unwanted applications quickly.

Bulk Crap Uninstaller

• steam-deck-windows-usermode-driver

  87 408 0.0 C#

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

Steamdeck Windows Controller Driver

• winstall

  33 1,058 7.8 JavaScript

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

  

Winstall

• old-RetroBat-obsolete

  13 319 6.8 NSIS

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

RetroBat

• Vita3K

  63 3,542 9.6 C++

  Experimental PlayStation Vita emulator

  

Vita3K - PS Vita emu

• rpcs3

  356 14,318 9.9 C++

  PS3 emulator/debugger

  

RPCS3 - PS3 emu

• Playnite

  680 8,232 8.6 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

• pcsx2

  435 10,303 9.9 C++

  PCSX2 - The Playstation 2 Emulator

  

PCSX2 - PS2 emu

• notepad-plus-plus

  329 21,539 9.7 C++

  Notepad++ official repository

  

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

• duckduckgo-locales

  2,076 94 0.0 Perl

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

  

Duckduckgo

• dolphin

  386 12,118 9.9 C++

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

  

Dolphin - Gamecube / Wii

• Chocolatey

  394 9,849 8.4 C#

  Chocolatey - the package manager for Windows

  

Chocolatey

• Bitwarden

  1,055 14,286 9.8 C#

  The core infrastructure backend (API, database, Docker, etc). (by bitwarden)

  

Bitwarden - password manager 1Password is also great

• AugmentedSteam

  143 1,274 9.3 JavaScript

  Augments your Steam Experience

  

Augmented Steam - Best Browser-based Steam Extension

• NanaZip

  73 6,973 9.1 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...)

• keepassxc

  512 19,176 8.7 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.

• SteamOS-ishWin11

  1 5 10.0

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

• SaaSHub

  www.saashub.com sponsored

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

  

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