A simple and lightweight app for running Windows games using UMU-Launcher

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Installation

Arch-based distributions (AUR)

yay -S --noconfirm faugus-launcher

Fedora / Nobara (Copr)

sudo dnf -y copr enable faugus/faugus-launcher
sudo dnf -y install faugus-launcher

Bazzite (Copr)

sudo dnf5 -y copr enable faugus/faugus-launcher
sudo rpm-ostree -y install faugus-launcher

Restart your system.

Debian-based distributions

PPA (Ubuntu, Mint, KDE Neon...)

sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:faugus/faugus-launcher
sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y faugus-launcher

.deb package

sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y wget
mkdir -p ~/faugus-launcher
wget -P ~/faugus-launcher https://github.com/Faugus/faugus-launcher/releases/download/1.22.4/faugus-launcher_1.22.4-1_all.deb
sudo apt install -y ~/faugus-launcher/*.deb
sudo rm -r ~/faugus-launcher

Flatpak

Installation:

flatpak install flathub io.github.Faugus.faugus-launcher

Running:

flatpak run io.github.Faugus.faugus-launcher

MangoHud installation:

flatpak install org.freedesktop.Platform.VulkanLayer.MangoHud/x86_64/25.08

Important permissions:

# Allow Faugus Launcher to detect Steam users and games
sudo flatpak override io.github.Faugus.faugus-launcher --filesystem=~/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/
sudo flatpak override io.github.Faugus.faugus-launcher --talk-name=org.freedesktop.Flatpak

# Allow Steam to run Faugus Launcher shortcuts
sudo flatpak override com.valvesoftware.Steam --talk-name=org.freedesktop.Flatpak

# Allow Steam to see Faugus Launcher games icons
sudo flatpak override com.valvesoftware.Steam --filesystem=~/.var/app/io.github.Faugus.faugus-launcher/config/faugus-launcher/
sudo flatpak override com.valvesoftware.Steam --filesystem=~/.config/faugus-launcher/

Known issues:

• The 'stop' button won't close games/apps
• Gamescope doesn't work
• It may not use the system theme in some DEs

Build from source

meson setup builddir --prefix=/usr
cd builddir
ninja
sudo ninja install

Dependencies:

meson ninja pygobject requests pillow vdf psutil pygame imagemagick icoextract libayatana-appindicator libcanberra vulkan-tools

Usage

Information

Default prefixes location

~/Faugus/

Runners location

~/.local/share/Steam/compatibilitytools.d/

Shortcut locations

For Desktop Environments that support icons on the Desktop

~/Desktop/

For Application Launchers

~/.local/share/applications/

Gamepad mapping

Action	Playstation	Xbox
Confirm	Cross	A
Cancel	Circle	B
Game menu	Triangle	Y
Kill	Square	X
Add game/app	L1	LB
Settings	R1	RB
Power options	Options	Menu

Screenshots

Main window

<img src=screenshots/main-list.png/>

<img src=screenshots/main-blocks.png/>

<img src=screenshots/main-banners.png/>

Add/Edit game

<img src=screenshots/add-main.png/>      <img src=screenshots/add-tools.png/>

Settings

<img src=screenshots/settings.png/>

Proton Manager

<img src=screenshots/proton-manager.png/>

Create shortcut from .exe file

<img src=screenshots/shortcut-file.png/>