My Ultimate Steam Deck guide after being able to use it for about a month

This page summarizes the projects mentioned and recommended in the original post on /r/SteamDeck

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  • decky-loader

    A plugin loader for the Steam Deck.

  • Decky is an addon to SteamOS that can be used to install and manage plugins from right inside of SteamOS.

  • itch

    🎮 The best way to play your itch.io games

  • itcho.io has a desktop app that is available for Linux. It is a convenient way to access and install games from your itch.io library, but as of the writing of this guide, it doesn't seem possible to launch the app from within SteamOS. Attempting to do so with result in it loading for a while before closing without any sort of error message.

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  • BoilR

    Synchronize games from other platforms into your Steam library (by PhilipK)

  • BoilR is a tool that can be used to automatically add non-Steam games to your Steam library, and can be set up to automatically download and apply artwork from SteamGridDB as well. You can also configure the games to launch through third-party launchers when this is required of them. The following sections will cover how to isntall non-Steam games from various sources and BoilR should be kept in mind as a convenient way to add them all to your Steam library once they're installed.

  • itch-flatpak

  • u/Cool-Arrival-2617 informed me a while back of a itch flatpak that would probably work via SteamOS and might fix my issue with launching Turnip Boy, but I haven't got around to trying it yet.

  • proton-ge-custom

    Compatibility tool for Steam Play based on Wine and additional components

  • GE-Proton (GE stands for Glorious Eggroll)

  • boxtron

    Steam Play compatibility tool to run DOS games using native Linux DOSBox

  • Boxtron

  • luxtorpeda

    Steam Play compatibility tool to run games using native Linux engines (by dreamer)

  • Luxtorpeda

  • WorkOS

    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.

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  • wine-proton-tkg

    Wine source generated by the proton-tkg build system. See wine-tkg-config.txt for config.

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  • roberta

    Steam Play compatibility tool to run adventure games using native Linux ScummVM

NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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