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ProtonPlus

A modern compatibility tools manager for Linux

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ProtonPlus is a modern compatibility tools manager for Linux. It allows you to easily manage and update various compatibility tools like Proton, Wine, DXVK, and VKD3D across different launchers.

📋 Table of Contents

✨ Features

  • 🚀 Multi-Launcher Support: Manage tools for Steam, Lutris, Heroic, Bottles, and more.
  • 🎮 Steam Integration: Change compatibility tools and launch options for your Steam games directly.
  • 🔄 Easy Updates: One-click updates for your installed compatibility tools.
  • 💻 CLI Support: Manage your tools from the comfort of your terminal.
  • 🎨 Modern UI: Built with GTK4 and Libadwaita for a consistent GNOME experience.
  • 🔍 Tool Management: See which tools are currently in use by your games.

🖼️ Screenshots

Main Window Library View
Launch Options Mass Edit

🎮 Supported Launchers

The launcher you wanted is missing? Simply request for it to be added here!

🛠️ Supported Compatibility Tools

Proton & Wrappers
  • Steam Tinker Launch
  • Proton-GE
  • Proton-GE RTSP
  • Proton-CachyOS
  • DW-Proton
  • Proton-EM
  • Proton-Tkg
  • Luxtorpeda
  • Boxtron
  • Roberta
Wine Builds
  • Wine-Vanilla
  • Wine-Staging
  • Wine-Staging-Tkg
  • Wine-Proton
Graphics Libraries (DXVK & VKD3D)
  • DXVK (doitsujin)
  • DXVK (Sarek)
  • DXVK Async (Sarek)
  • DXVK GPL+Async (Ph42oN)
  • VKD3D-Proton
  • VKD3D-Lutris

The compatibility tool you wanted is missing? Simply request for it to be added here!

📦️ Installation methods

Download on Flathub

Important

The main installation method is Flathub.

Community Packages

DistributionRepositoryMaintainer
Arch LinuxAURyochananmarqos
FedoraCoprwehagy
FedoraTerraOwen Zimmerman
NixOSnixpkgsSeth
UbuntuPacstallVysp3r
openSUSEOBSrrahl0
Void LinuxOfficial repositoryxJayMorex
GentooOverlayamielke

🏗️ Building from source

Requirements

  • git
  • ninja
  • meson >= 1.0.0
  • vala
  • gtk4
  • libadwaita >= 1.6
  • json-glib
  • libsoup-3.0
  • libarchive
  • desktop-file-utils
  • libgee

Build instructions

Native Build

  1. Install dependencies (Example for Fedora):

    sudo dnf install git gettext 'meson >= 1.0.0' vala desktop-file-utils libappstream-glib \
  'pkgconfig(gee-0.8)' 'pkgconfig(glib-2.0)' 'pkgconfig(gtk4)' 'pkgconfig(json-glib-1.0)' \
  'pkgconfig(libadwaita-1) >= 1.6' 'pkgconfig(libarchive)' 'pkgconfig(libsoup-3.0)'

  2. Clone the repository:

    git clone https://github.com/Vysp3r/ProtonPlus.git
cd ProtonPlus

  3. Build and run:

    ./scripts/build.sh native run

  4. Install (Optional):

    cd build-native
sudo ninja install
Flatpak Build

  1. Install Flatpak and Builder:

    sudo dnf install git flatpak
flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
flatpak install org.flatpak.Builder

  2. Install Runtimes:

    flatpak install runtime/org.gnome.Sdk/x86_64/50 runtime/org.gnome.Platform/x86_64/50 \
  runtime/org.freedesktop.Sdk.Extension.vala/x86_64/25.08

  3. Build and run:

    ./scripts/build.sh local run

📖 Wiki

The wiki is currently under construction. You can access it here!

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🙌 Contribute

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👥 Contributors

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