#GameLauncher

2026-03-03

๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Title: Heroic Games Launcher
๐ŸฆŠ๏ธ What's: A libre game launcher for Epic Games, GOG, Zoom & Amazon stores
๐Ÿก๏ธ heroicgameslauncher.com
๐Ÿฃ๏ธ github.com/Heroic-Games-Launch
๐Ÿฆ‰๏ธ mastodon.social/@heroiclauncher
๐Ÿ”– #LinuxTool #Flagship #GameLauncher
๐Ÿ“ฆ๏ธ #Libre #Bin #Arch #RPM #Deb #Flatpak #AppIm #Snap
๐Ÿ“•๏ธ lebottinlinux.vps.a-lec.org/LO

๐Ÿฅ๏ธ Update: 2.20.0/1
โš—๏ธ Huge vers. ๐Ÿฆฌ๏ธ
๐Ÿ“Œ๏ธ Changes: github.com/Heroic-Games-Launch
๐Ÿฆฃ๏ธ From: mastodon.social/@heroiclaunche

๐Ÿน๏ธ youtube.com/embed/1JwY_Vie4SE
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธyoutube.com/embed/_HWNopkPwhE
๐ŸŽฎ๏ธ youtube.com/embed/yl0b1pvzl8Y

๐Ÿ•ถ๏ธ Its UI (v. 2.16) showing game covers on the right, menus on the left, and the of personalized filtering feature of the user's game library.

๐Ÿ“š๏ธ Heroic Games Launcher is a libre GUI for consulting, installing, playing and maintaining a collection of games obtained from the Epic Games Store, GOG, Amazon Prime, Zoom, or installed locally. It enables consultation (description, size, playing time, access to the store with or without purchase), installation/uninstallation, launch and update of native or non-native games (via ScummVM, DOSBox, Wine/Proton with possible settings, and support for DXVK, VKD3D, GameMode, Mangohud), and organization of a collection (management of favorites). One of the best interfaces of its kind.
2026-02-19

๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Title: Heroic Games Launcher
๐ŸฆŠ๏ธ What's: A libre game launcher for Epic Games, GOG, Zoom & Amazon stores
๐Ÿก๏ธ heroicgameslauncher.com
๐Ÿฃ๏ธ github.com/Heroic-Games-Launch
๐Ÿฆ‰๏ธ mastodon.social/@heroiclauncher
๐Ÿ”– #LinuxTool #Flagship #GameLauncher
๐Ÿ“ฆ๏ธ #Libre #Bin #Arch #RPM #Deb #Flatpak #AppIm #Snap
๐Ÿ“•๏ธ lebottinlinux.vps.a-lec.org/LO

๐Ÿฅ๏ธ Update: 2.20.0-beta.1
โš—๏ธ Signific. vers. ๐Ÿฆ๏ธ
๐Ÿ“Œ๏ธ Changes: github.com/Heroic-Games-Launch
๐Ÿฆฃ๏ธ From: mastodon.social/@heroiclaunche

๐Ÿน๏ธ youtube.com/embed/1JwY_Vie4SE
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธyoutube.com/embed/_HWNopkPwhE
๐ŸŽฎ๏ธ youtube.com/embed/yl0b1pvzl8Y

๐Ÿ•ถ๏ธ Its UI (v. 2.16) showing game covers on the right, menus on the left, and the of personalized filtering feature of the user's game library.

๐Ÿ“š๏ธ Heroic Games Launcher is a libre GUI for consulting, installing, playing and maintaining a collection of games obtained from the Epic Games Store, GOG, Amazon Prime, Zoom, or installed locally. It enables consultation (description, size, playing time, access to the store with or without purchase), installation/uninstallation, launch and update of native or non-native games (via ScummVM, DOSBox, Wine/Proton with possible settings, and support for DXVK, VKD3D, GameMode, Mangohud), and organization of a collection (management of favorites). One of the best interfaces of its kind.
2026-02-17

๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Title: Lutris
๐ŸฆŠ๏ธ What's: A libre game manager (native | not)
๐Ÿก๏ธ lutris.net
๐Ÿฃ๏ธ github.com/lutris
๐Ÿฆ‰๏ธ fosstodon.org/@lutris
๐Ÿ”– #LinuxTool #Flagship #GameLauncher
๐Ÿ“ฆ๏ธ #Libre #Arch #RPM #Deb #Flatpak
๐Ÿ“•๏ธ lebottinlinux.vps.a-lec.org/LO

๐Ÿฅ๏ธ Update: 0.5.20
โš—๏ธ Major release (Stable) ๐ŸŽ๏ธ
๐Ÿ“Œ๏ธ Changes: github.com/lutris/lutris/relea
๐Ÿฆฃ๏ธ From: masto.ai/@phoronix/11608223833

๐Ÿฆ‰๏ธ youtube.com/embed/1Y4aTVVrHzA
๐Ÿน๏ธ youtube.com/embed/TTe8k01TF28
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธyoutube.com/embed/41KNemdOWB4
๐ŸŽฎ๏ธ youtube.com/embed/RWWOuSAQFCw

๐Ÿ•ถ๏ธ A view of its UI (v. 0.5.11.1) with on the left different filters allowing to sort your games according to their origin or the supported emulator, at the top of the UI an input field to filter manually, a button to change the display (cover only or in list with other information), another one allowing to access to the view settings (zoom, sorting according to different criterias) and a sandwich button for the interface settings, and at last on all the rest of the UI, the covers of your games collection

๐Ÿ“š๏ธ Lutris is a libre interface to centralize the viewing, installation, play and maintenance (update management) of a collection of games locally or from online stores such as GOG, Steam, Epic Games Store, Humble Bundle, Amazon Prime Gaming, Origine, Ubisoft & Electronic Arts. It also supports non-native games via different emulators (called "runners", it includes the main emulators, but also Wine, Flatpak, Libretro, Pico-8, TIC-80, ScummVM, Web, ZDoom). It allows a general configuration by Runner, and a specific configuration for each game. It also supports many tools dedicated to games (Gamemode, Mangohud, gamescope, DXVK, VKD3D, anti-cheat systems, ...). For now (Sept-22) only the GOG store is fully integrated (view and update games from the interface), the other stores are links launching external interfaces.
2026-02-15

๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Title: Rare
๐ŸฆŠ๏ธ What's: A libre GUI for the Epic Games Store, allowing the installation, uninstallation, & launch of its games
๐Ÿก๏ธ -
๐Ÿฃ๏ธ github.com/RareDevs/Rare
๐Ÿ”– #LinuxTool #GameLauncher
๐Ÿ“ฆ๏ธ #Libre #Bin #Arch #Deb #Flatpak #AppIm
๐Ÿ“•๏ธ lebottinlinux.vps.a-lec.org/LO

๐Ÿฅ๏ธ Update: 1.12.0.70
โš—๏ธ Signific. vers. ๐Ÿฆ๏ธ
๐Ÿ“Œ๏ธ Changes: github.com/RareDevs/Rare/relea
๐Ÿฆฃ๏ธ From: ๐Ÿ›œ๏ธ github.com/RareDevs/Rare/relea

๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธyoutube.com/embed/c3DP9oS0UC8

๐Ÿ•ถ๏ธ Rare GUI (v.1.11.2) showing some games from Epic Games (most are Windows-only games) on my PC. The games awaiting installation have a grey cover, while the others have a coloured cover. Destiny 2 is currently being downloaded (3% complete). The top of the interface is devoted to menus (various search filters, settings, game counters, etc.).

๐Ÿ“š๏ธ Rare is a libre, multi-platform interface for the Epic Games Store, enabling you to install, uninstall and launch your games - via Legendary (a command-line tool adding a layer of compatibility with this store). It enables authentication on the store, installation on hard disk or in the cloud, updating and setting up Wine and games, searching for information on ProtonDB, checking games and repairing them if necessary. Its interface provides an immediate overview of your game library (installed/uninstalled games, installation progress), plus filters to make searching easier. An excellent tool!
2026-01-31

๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Title: DREAMM
๐ŸฆŠ๏ธ What's: A free, mature emulator for LucasArts games
๐Ÿก๏ธ aarongiles.com/dreamm/
๐Ÿฃ๏ธ -
๐Ÿฆ‰๏ธ corteximplant.com/@aaronsgiles
๐Ÿ”– #LinuxEmulation #GameLauncher #PointAndClick
๐Ÿ“ฆ๏ธ #Free #Bin
๐Ÿ“•๏ธ lebottinlinux.vps.a-lec.org/LO

๐Ÿฅ๏ธ Update: 4.0b36
โš—๏ธ Patch release(Unstable)๐Ÿ๏ธ
๐Ÿ“Œ๏ธ Changes: aarongiles.com/dreamm/beta/
๐Ÿฆฃ๏ธ From: ๐Ÿ›œ๏ธ -

๐Ÿน๏ธ youtube.com/embed/itU9FanXxXE
๐ŸŽฒ๏ธ youtube.com/embed/qwDak0z5Bn0
๐ŸŽฒ๏ธ youtube.com/embed/V1tMw3T8sYI
๐ŸŽฒ๏ธ youtube.com/embed/8NNYoCAQJHc
๐ŸŽฒ๏ธ youtube.com/embed/NsvaJOVNBUc

๐Ÿ•ถ๏ธ A view of its UI, with several drawings of the LucasArts games it supports all around the interface, and the installed game management menu with its settings in the center.

๐Ÿ“š๏ธ DREAMM is a free, mature emulator for LucasArts games, which runs the code of the original SPUTM game engine in an x86 emulator, enabling the highest fidelity of execution. It not only lets you play older games using the SCUMM engine (Maniac Mansion, Monkey Island, Indiana Jones, ...), but also the first 3D games (such as Grim Fandango, Escape from Monkey Island, Star Wars Dark Forces 1, the X-Wing series, Rebel Assault series and Indiana Jones series) from the mid-90s, and others (Afterlife, Outlaws, ...). The interface is ergonomic, simple and attractive. Excellent!
2026-01-27

๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Title: Heroic Games Launcher
๐ŸฆŠ๏ธ What's: A libre game launcher for Epic Games, GOG, Zoom & Amazon stores
๐Ÿก๏ธ heroicgameslauncher.com
๐Ÿฃ๏ธ github.com/Heroic-Games-Launch
๐Ÿฆ‰๏ธ mastodon.social/@heroiclauncher
๐Ÿ”– #LinuxTool #Flagship #GameLauncher
๐Ÿ“ฆ๏ธ #Libre #Bin #Arch #RPM #Deb #Flatpak #AppIm #Snap
๐Ÿ“•๏ธ lebottinlinux.vps.a-lec.org/LO

๐Ÿฅ๏ธ Update: 2.19.0/1
โš—๏ธ Signific. vers. ๐Ÿฆ๏ธ
๐Ÿ“Œ๏ธ Changes: github.com/Heroic-Games-Launch
๐Ÿฆฃ๏ธ From: mastodon.social/@heroiclaunche

๐Ÿน๏ธ youtube.com/embed/1JwY_Vie4SE
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธyoutube.com/embed/_HWNopkPwhE
๐ŸŽฎ๏ธ youtube.com/embed/yl0b1pvzl8Y

๐Ÿ•ถ๏ธ Its UI (v. 2.16) showing game covers on the right, menus on the left, and the of personalized filtering feature of the user's game library.

๐Ÿ“š๏ธ Heroic Games Launcher is a libre GUI for consulting, installing, playing and maintaining a collection of games obtained from the Epic Games Store, GOG, Amazon Prime, Zoom, or installed locally. It enables consultation (description, size, playing time, access to the store with or without purchase), installation/uninstallation, launch and update of native or non-native games (via ScummVM, DOSBox, Wine/Proton with possible settings, and support for DXVK, VKD3D, GameMode, Mangohud), and organization of a collection (management of favorites). One of the best interfaces of its kind.
2026-01-22

๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Title: Minigalaxy
๐ŸฆŠ๏ธ What's: A libre game launcher for GOG games
๐Ÿก๏ธ sharkwouter.github.io/minigala
๐Ÿฃ๏ธ github.com/sharkwouter/minigal
๐Ÿ”– #LinuxTool #ContentDistrib #GameLauncher #GUI
๐Ÿ“ฆ๏ธ #Libre #Arch #RPM #Deb #Flatpak
๐Ÿ“•๏ธ lebottinlinux.vps.a-lec.org/LO

๐Ÿฅ๏ธ Update: 1.4.1
โš—๏ธ Minor vers. ๐Ÿ๏ธ
๐Ÿ“Œ๏ธ Changes: github.com/sharkwouter/minigal
๐Ÿฆฃ๏ธ From: mastodon.social/@playingtux/11

๐Ÿน๏ธ youtube.com/embed/4Zdevg3DR1U
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธyoutube.com/embed/Wtrq8izpxRA
๐ŸŽฒ๏ธ youtube.com/embed/6ey3mO1QhZ4

๐Ÿ•ถ๏ธ A view of its interface (v.1.4.0, on my Linux PC, with a dark theme - a light theme is also available) with several native and non-native GOG games (in this case - for Crusader Kings II for example, the Wine icon - a glass of wine, is displayed at the top left of the game cover). Beneath each cover, a blue โ€œPlayโ€ button and arrow lead to an additional, individual menu. At the top of the user interface, on the left, an โ€œInstalledโ€ filter, and on the right, a quick filter and several buttons for setting simultaneous downloads, refining filtering and accessing general interface settings.

๐Ÿ“š๏ธ Minigalaxy is a libre UI allowing to consult, download, update, and launch easily a collection of games, native or not (support of ScummVM, DOSBox & Wine), obtained from the GOG.com website, and to keep them in the same place (editable). The user navigates (online only) in his collection (with quick search on the name). The advantages are simple navigation, automatic game updates, very good game documentation (summaries, links), and good resistance to crashes on certain games. Its (minor) shortcomings: limited to the GOG site, GOG connection required (like the others), no purchase on GOG (games must be purchased in advance), some games don't load (GOG problem?).
2026-01-09

๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Title: DREAMM
๐ŸฆŠ๏ธ What's: A free, mature emulator for LucasArts games
๐Ÿก๏ธ aarongiles.com/dreamm/
๐Ÿฃ๏ธ -
๐Ÿฆ‰๏ธ corteximplant.com/@aaronsgiles
๐Ÿ”– #LinuxEmulation #GameLauncher #PointAndClick
๐Ÿ“ฆ๏ธ #Free #Bin
๐Ÿ“•๏ธ lebottinlinux.vps.a-lec.org/LO

๐Ÿฅ๏ธ Update: 4.0b34
โš—๏ธ Patch release(Unstable)๐Ÿ๏ธ
๐Ÿ“Œ๏ธ Changes: aarongiles.com/dreamm/beta/
๐Ÿฆฃ๏ธ From: corteximplant.com/@aaronsgiles

๐Ÿน๏ธ youtube.com/embed/itU9FanXxXE
๐ŸŽฒ๏ธ youtube.com/embed/qwDak0z5Bn0
๐ŸŽฒ๏ธ youtube.com/embed/V1tMw3T8sYI
๐ŸŽฒ๏ธ youtube.com/embed/8NNYoCAQJHc
๐ŸŽฒ๏ธ youtube.com/embed/NsvaJOVNBUc

๐Ÿ•ถ๏ธ A view of its UI, with several drawings of the LucasArts games it supports all around the interface, and the installed game management menu with its settings in the center.

๐Ÿ“š๏ธ DREAMM is a free, mature emulator for LucasArts games, which runs the code of the original SPUTM game engine in an x86 emulator, enabling the highest fidelity of execution. It not only lets you play older games using the SCUMM engine (Maniac Mansion, Monkey Island, Indiana Jones, ...), but also the first 3D games (such as Grim Fandango, Escape from Monkey Island, Star Wars Dark Forces 1, the X-Wing series, Rebel Assault series and Indiana Jones series) from the mid-90s, and others (Afterlife, Outlaws, ...). The interface is ergonomic, simple and attractive. Excellent!
2025-12-28

๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Title: Rare
๐ŸฆŠ๏ธ What's: A libre GUI for the Epic Games Store, allowing the installation, uninstallation, & launch of its games
๐Ÿก๏ธ -
๐Ÿฃ๏ธ github.com/RareDevs/Rare
๐Ÿ”– #LinuxTool #GameLauncher
๐Ÿ“ฆ๏ธ #Libre #Bin #Arch #Deb #Flatpak #AppIm
๐Ÿ“•๏ธ lebottinlinux.vps.a-lec.org/LO

๐Ÿฅ๏ธ Update: 1.12.0.55
โš—๏ธ Signific. vers. ๐Ÿฆ๏ธ
๐Ÿ“Œ๏ธ Changes: github.com/RareDevs/Rare/relea
๐Ÿฆฃ๏ธ From: mastodon.social/@holarse/11579

๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธyoutube.com/embed/c3DP9oS0UC8

๐Ÿ•ถ๏ธ Rare GUI (v.1.11.2) showing some games from Epic Games (most are Windows-only games) on my PC. The games awaiting installation have a grey cover, while the others have a coloured cover. Destiny 2 is currently being downloaded (3% complete). The top of the interface is devoted to menus (various search filters, settings, game counters, etc.).

๐Ÿ“š๏ธ Rare is a libre, multi-platform interface for the Epic Games Store, enabling you to install, uninstall and launch your games - via Legendary (a command-line tool adding a layer of compatibility with this store). It enables authentication on the store, installation on hard disk or in the cloud, updating and setting up Wine and games, searching for information on ProtonDB, checking games and repairing them if necessary. Its interface provides an immediate overview of your game library (installed/uninstalled games, installation progress), plus filters to make searching easier. An excellent tool!
2025-12-13

๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Title: itch
๐ŸฆŠ๏ธ What's: A libre UI for the itch.io games store
๐Ÿก๏ธ itch.io/app
๐Ÿฃ๏ธ github.com/itchio/itch
๐Ÿ”– #LinuxTool #GameLauncher #OnlineStore
๐Ÿ“ฆ๏ธ #Libre #Bin #Arch #Flatpak
๐Ÿ“•๏ธ lebottinlinux.vps.a-lec.org/LO

๐Ÿฅ๏ธ Update: 26.1.9โžœ26.4.0
โš—๏ธ Huge vers. ๐Ÿฆฌ๏ธ
๐Ÿ“Œ๏ธ Changes: github.com/itchio/itch/releases
๐Ÿฆฃ๏ธ From: ๐Ÿ›œ๏ธ github.com/itchio/itch/release

๐Ÿ๏ธ youtube.com/embed/5JEaA47sPjQ
๐Ÿน๏ธ youtube.com/embed/51sCll6LeJ8
๐Ÿงyoutube.com/embed/DuQGjUuw8_A
๐ŸŽฎ๏ธ youtube.com/embed/drKvsC_GlXU
๐ŸŽฎ๏ธ youtube.com/embed/_VJGTklbnzk
๐ŸŽฎ๏ธ youtube.com/embed/ymxK_O5dlqA

๐Ÿ•ถ๏ธ A view of its UI, in a dark theme, with on the left a tabbed area for filtering games and consulting online offers and games, at the top a filtering area and filtering buttons by product type, and on the rest of the UI the list of games with, for each, cover art, title, an introductory sentence, supported platforms, and a "Launch" button.

๐Ÿ“š๏ธ itch is a libre, multi-platform interface to easily view, download, auto-update, and launch a collection of games obtained from itch.io, and store them in one (editable) location. Users can browse their game collection (online or offline) and the store to find other games (with the same filtering facility as the browser-based store) and make purchases from the interface. The main interest is to browse a game collection and update it automatically. Good.
2025-12-13

๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Title: Rare
๐ŸฆŠ๏ธ What's: A libre GUI for the Epic Games Store, allowing the installation, uninstallation, & launch of its games
๐Ÿก๏ธ -
๐Ÿฃ๏ธ github.com/RareDevs/Rare
๐Ÿ”– #LinuxTool #GameLauncher
๐Ÿ“ฆ๏ธ #Libre #Bin #Arch #Deb #Flatpak #AppIm
๐Ÿ“•๏ธ lebottinlinux.vps.a-lec.org/LO

๐Ÿฅ๏ธ Update: 1.12.0/.13
โš—๏ธ Major release(Stable)๐ŸŽ๏ธ
๐Ÿ“Œ๏ธ Changes: github.com/RareDevs/Rare/relea
๐Ÿฆฃ๏ธ From: mastodon.social/@holarse/11571

๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธyoutube.com/embed/c3DP9oS0UC8

๐Ÿ•ถ๏ธ Rare GUI (v.1.11.2) showing some games from Epic Games (most are Windows-only games) on my PC. The games awaiting installation have a grey cover, while the others have a coloured cover. Destiny 2 is currently being downloaded (3% complete). The top of the interface is devoted to menus (various search filters, settings, game counters, etc.).

๐Ÿ“š๏ธ Rare is a libre, multi-platform interface for the Epic Games Store, enabling you to install, uninstall and launch your games - via Legendary (a command-line tool adding a layer of compatibility with this store). It enables authentication on the store, installation on hard disk or in the cloud, updating and setting up Wine and games, searching for information on ProtonDB, checking games and repairing them if necessary. Its interface provides an immediate overview of your game library (installed/uninstalled games, installation progress), plus filters to make searching easier. An excellent tool!
2025-12-06

๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Title: Emulsion
๐ŸฆŠ๏ธ What's: A libre UI / frontend unifying the management of a collection of console games
๐Ÿก๏ธ yphil.gitlab.io/emulsion/
๐Ÿฃ๏ธ gitlab.com/yphil/emulsion
๐Ÿฆ‰๏ธ mstdn.social/@yPhil
๐Ÿ”– #LinuxEmulation #GameLauncher
๐Ÿ“ฆ๏ธ #Libre #Deb #AppIm
๐Ÿ“•๏ธ lebottinlinux.vps.a-lec.org/LO
๐Ÿ•ตโ€ 0.4.3: โฑ๏ธ

๐Ÿฅ๏ธ Update: 0.9.78โžœ0.11.01
โš—๏ธ ๐Ÿ˜ตโ€๐Ÿ’ซ๏ธ๐Ÿงฌ๏ธ Too long/technical for me
๐Ÿ“Œ๏ธ Changes: github.com/yPhil-gh/Emulsion/r
๐Ÿฆฃ๏ธ From: ๐Ÿ›œ๏ธ github.com/yPhil-gh/Emulsion/r

๐Ÿ๏ธ youtube.com/embed/sI5hTW6rGgA

๐Ÿ•ถ๏ธ A view of its UI (on a dark theme, version 0.4.3, under Linux) with the list of supported emulators (in the form of pretty thumbnails of the emulator controllers, one of which is dedicated to UI settings).

๐Ÿ“š๏ธ Emulsion is a libre, multi-platform interface unifying the management of a collection of console games from different emulators. It features support for multi-location storage, choice of game cover from multiple sources, reliable controller management and decentralization of emulator configuration files.
2025-11-25

๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Title: Emulsion
๐ŸฆŠ๏ธ What's: A libre UI / frontend unifying the management of a collection of console games
๐Ÿก๏ธ yphil.gitlab.io/emulsion/
๐Ÿฃ๏ธ gitlab.com/yphil/emulsion
๐Ÿฆ‰๏ธ mstdn.social/@yPhil
๐Ÿ”– #LinuxEmulation #GameLauncher
๐Ÿ“ฆ๏ธ #Libre #Deb #AppIm
๐Ÿ“•๏ธ lebottinlinux.vps.a-lec.org/LO
๐Ÿ•ตโ€ 0.4.3: โฑ๏ธ

๐Ÿฅ๏ธ Update: 0.6.5โžœ0.9.78
โš—๏ธ ๐Ÿ˜ตโ€๐Ÿ’ซ๏ธ๐Ÿงฌ๏ธ Too long/technical for me
๐Ÿ“Œ๏ธ Changes: github.com/yPhil-gh/Emulsion/r
๐Ÿฆฃ๏ธ From: ๐Ÿ›œ๏ธ github.com/yPhil-gh/Emulsion/r

๐Ÿ๏ธ youtube.com/embed/sI5hTW6rGgA

๐Ÿ•ถ๏ธ A view of its UI (on a dark theme, version 0.4.3, under Linux) with the list of supported emulators (in the form of pretty thumbnails of the emulator controllers, one of which is dedicated to UI settings).

๐Ÿ“š๏ธ Emulsion is a libre, multi-platform interface unifying the management of a collection of console games from different emulators. It features support for multi-location storage, choice of game cover from multiple sources, reliable controller management and decentralization of emulator configuration files.
2025-11-22

๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Title: Rare
๐ŸฆŠ๏ธ What's: A libre GUI for the Epic Games Store, allowing the installation, uninstallation, & launch of its games
๐Ÿก๏ธ -
๐Ÿฃ๏ธ github.com/RareDevs/Rare
๐Ÿ”– #LinuxTool #GameLauncher
๐Ÿ“ฆ๏ธ #Libre #Arch #Deb #Flatpak #AppIm
๐Ÿ“•๏ธ lebottinlinux.vps.a-lec.org/LO

๐Ÿฅ๏ธ Update: 1.11.3.286
โš—๏ธ Huge. vers. ๐Ÿฆฌ๏ธ
๐Ÿ“Œ๏ธ Changes: github.com/RareDevs/Rare/relea
๐Ÿฆฃ๏ธ From: mastodon.social/@holarse/11559

๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธyoutube.com/embed/c3DP9oS0UC8

๐Ÿ•ถ๏ธ Rare GUI (v.1.11.2) showing some games from Epic Games (most are Windows-only games) on my PC. The games awaiting installation have a grey cover, while the others have a coloured cover. Destiny 2 is currently being downloaded (3% complete). The top of the interface is devoted to menus (various search filters, settings, game counters, etc.).

๐Ÿ“š๏ธ Rare is a libre, multi-platform interface for the Epic Games Store, enabling you to install, uninstall and launch your games - via Legendary (a command-line tool adding a layer of compatibility with this store). It enables authentication on the store, installation on hard disk or in the cloud, updating and setting up Wine and games, searching for information on ProtonDB, checking games and repairing them if necessary. Its interface provides an immediate overview of your game library (installed/uninstalled games, installation progress), plus filters to make searching easier. An excellent tool!
2025-11-09

๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Title: ES-DE Frontend
๐ŸฆŠ๏ธ What's: A libre UI for launching an heterogeneous collection of games
๐Ÿก๏ธ es-de.org/
๐Ÿฃ๏ธ gitlab.com/es-de/emulationstat
๐Ÿ”– #LinuxTool #GameLauncher
๐Ÿ“ฆ๏ธ #Libre #Arch #AppIm
๐Ÿ“•๏ธ lebottinlinux.vps.a-lec.org/LO

๐Ÿฅ๏ธ Update: 3.4.0
โš—๏ธ Major release (Stable) ๐ŸŽ๏ธ
๐Ÿ“Œ๏ธ Changes: gitlab.com/es-de/emulationstat
๐Ÿฆฃ๏ธ From: ๐Ÿ“ฐ youtube.com/embed/vx1nEaPdvQQ?

๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธyoutube.com/embed/?list=PL-0V1
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธyoutube.com/embed/3pHbs06asxQ
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ[fr] youtube.com/embed/-e5epaeJWpQ
๐ŸŽฎ๏ธ youtube.com/embed/4rjUuH-QLSA
๐ŸŽฎ๏ธ youtube.com/embed/-0dxpvXQlw0
๐ŸŽฎ๏ธ youtube.com/embed/aMCA69VGyxg

๐Ÿ•ถ๏ธ A view of its UI with a theme displaying โ€œLast Playedโ€ at the top, on the left a heterogeneous list of games (numerous game consoles, ScummVM games, a Pico8 game and a PC game), with the game Monkey Island 2 selected (ScummVM origin). On the right-hand side, a screenshot of the game, the media (box and floppy disk), a summary of the game and other informations (rating, available manual, controller support, ...). At the bottom are the interface menus (Options, Menu, Select, Back, View medi, Favorites, System, Random).

๐Ÿ“š๏ธ ES-DE Frontend is a libre, multiplatform interface for browsing and launching games from a multiplatform collection. Oriented towards ease of use, it is preconfigured for use with a wide range of emulators, game engines, game managers, game services or even locally installed games. In particular, it offers support for over 150 game systems, controller navigation, integrated information downloads (images, videos and game manuals), customization (numerous high-quality themes), all with optimized installation and configuration to have the system up and running in just a few minutes.
2025-11-01

๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Title: Rare
๐ŸฆŠ๏ธ What's: A libre GUI for the Epic Games Store, allowing the installation, uninstallation, & launch of its games
๐Ÿก๏ธ -
๐Ÿฃ๏ธ github.com/RareDevs/Rare
๐Ÿ”– #LinuxTool #GameLauncher
๐Ÿ“ฆ๏ธ #Libre #Arch #Deb #Flatpak #AppIm
๐Ÿ“•๏ธ lebottinlinux.vps.a-lec.org/LO

๐Ÿฅ๏ธ Update: 1.11.3.255
โš—๏ธ Huge. vers. ๐Ÿฆฌ๏ธ
๐Ÿ“Œ๏ธ Changes: github.com/RareDevs/Rare/relea
๐Ÿฆฃ๏ธ From: mastodon.social/@holarse/11547

๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธyoutube.com/embed/c3DP9oS0UC8

๐Ÿ•ถ๏ธ Rare GUI (v.1.11.2) showing some games from Epic Games (most are Windows-only games) on my PC. The games awaiting installation have a grey cover, while the others have a coloured cover. Destiny 2 is currently being downloaded (3% complete). The top of the interface is devoted to menus (various search filters, settings, game counters, etc.).

๐Ÿ“š๏ธ Rare is a libre, multi-platform interface for the Epic Games Store, enabling you to install, uninstall and launch your games - via Legendary (a command-line tool adding a layer of compatibility with this store). It enables authentication on the store, installation on hard disk or in the cloud, updating and setting up Wine and games, searching for information on ProtonDB, checking games and repairing them if necessary. Its interface provides an immediate overview of your game library (installed/uninstalled games, installation progress), plus filters to make searching easier. An excellent tool!
2025-10-20

๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Title: DREAMM
๐ŸฆŠ๏ธ What's: A free, mature emulator for LucasArts games
๐Ÿก๏ธ aarongiles.com/dreamm/
๐Ÿฃ๏ธ -
๐Ÿฆ‰๏ธ corteximplant.com/@aaronsgiles
๐Ÿ”– #LinuxEmulation #GameLauncher #PointAndClick
๐Ÿ“ฆ๏ธ #Free #Bin
๐Ÿ“•๏ธ lebottinlinux.vps.a-lec.org/LO

๐Ÿฅ๏ธ Update: 4.0b20
โš—๏ธ Major release (Unstable) ๐Ÿ๏ธ
๐Ÿ“Œ๏ธ Changes: aarongiles.com/dreamm/beta/
๐Ÿฆฃ๏ธ From: corteximplant.com/@aaronsgiles

๐Ÿน๏ธ youtube.com/embed/itU9FanXxXE
๐ŸŽฒ๏ธ youtube.com/embed/qwDak0z5Bn0
๐ŸŽฒ๏ธ youtube.com/embed/V1tMw3T8sYI
๐ŸŽฒ๏ธ youtube.com/embed/8NNYoCAQJHc
๐ŸŽฒ๏ธ youtube.com/embed/NsvaJOVNBUc

๐Ÿ•ถ๏ธ A view of its UI, with several drawings of the LucasArts games it supports all around the interface, and the installed game management menu with its settings in the center.

๐Ÿ“š๏ธ DREAMM is a free, mature emulator for LucasArts games, which runs the code of the original SPUTM game engine in an x86 emulator, enabling the highest fidelity of execution. It not only lets you play older games using the SCUMM engine (Maniac Mansion, Monkey Island, Indiana Jones, ...), but also the first 3D games (such as Grim Fandango, Escape from Monkey Island, Star Wars Dark Forces 1, the X-Wing series, Rebel Assault series and Indiana Jones series) from the mid-90s, and others (Afterlife, Outlaws, ...). The interface is ergonomic, simple and attractive. Excellent!
2025-10-05

๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Title: Emulsion
๐ŸฆŠ๏ธ What's: A libre UI / frontend unifying the management of a collection of console games
๐Ÿก๏ธ yphil.gitlab.io/emulsion/
๐Ÿฃ๏ธ gitlab.com/yphil/emulsion
๐Ÿฆ‰๏ธ mstdn.social/@yPhil
๐Ÿ”– #LinuxEmulation #GameLauncher
๐Ÿ“ฆ๏ธ #Libre #Deb #AppIm
๐Ÿ“•๏ธ lebottinlinux.vps.a-lec.org/LO
๐Ÿ•ตโ€ 0.4.3: โฑ๏ธ

๐Ÿฅ๏ธ Update: 0.4.12โžœ0.5.26
โš—๏ธ Minor vers.: 1x๐Ÿž๏ธ1x๐Ÿ“ฆ๏ธ1x๐Ÿ“‘๏ธ
๐Ÿ“Œ๏ธ Changes: github.com/yPhil-gh/Emulsion/r
๐Ÿฆฃ๏ธ From: ๐Ÿ›œ๏ธ github.com/yPhil-gh/Emulsion/r

๐Ÿ๏ธ youtube.com/embed/sI5hTW6rGgA

๐Ÿ•ถ๏ธ A view of its UI (on a dark theme, version 0.4.3, under Linux) with the list of supported emulators (in the form of pretty thumbnails of the emulator controllers, one of which is dedicated to UI settings).

๐Ÿ“š๏ธ Emulsion is a libre, multi-platform interface unifying the management of a collection of console games from different emulators. It features support for multi-location storage, choice of game cover from multiple sources, reliable controller management and decentralization of emulator configuration files.
2025-10-05

๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Title: Rare
๐ŸฆŠ๏ธ What's: A libre GUI for the Epic Games Store, allowing the installation, uninstallation, & launch of its games
๐Ÿก๏ธ -
๐Ÿฃ๏ธ github.com/RareDevs/Rare
๐Ÿ”– #LinuxTool #GameLauncher
๐Ÿ“ฆ๏ธ #Libre #Arch #Deb #Flatpak #AppIm
๐Ÿ“•๏ธ lebottinlinux.vps.a-lec.org/LO

๐Ÿฅ๏ธ Update: 1.11.3.221
โš—๏ธ Huge. vers. ๐Ÿฆฌ๏ธ
๐Ÿ“Œ๏ธ Changes: github.com/RareDevs/Rare/relea
๐Ÿฆฃ๏ธ From: mastodon.social/@holarse/11531

๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธyoutube.com/embed/c3DP9oS0UC8

๐Ÿ•ถ๏ธ Rare GUI (v.1.11.2) showing some games from Epic Games (most are Windows-only games) on my PC. The games awaiting installation have a grey cover, while the others have a coloured cover. Destiny 2 is currently being downloaded (3% complete). The top of the interface is devoted to menus (various search filters, settings, game counters, etc.).

๐Ÿ“š๏ธ Rare is a libre, multi-platform interface for the Epic Games Store, enabling you to install, uninstall and launch your games - via Legendary (a command-line tool adding a layer of compatibility with this store). It enables authentication on the store, installation on hard disk or in the cloud, updating and setting up Wine and games, searching for information on ProtonDB, checking games and repairing them if necessary. Its interface provides an immediate overview of your game library (installed/uninstalled games, installation progress), plus filters to make searching easier. An excellent tool!
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2025-09-07

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