Faugus Launcher
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
# Optional tools
sudo pacman -S --noconfirm mangohud
sudo pacman -S --noconfirm gamemode
Fedora / Nobara (Copr)
sudo dnf -y copr enable faugus/faugus-launcher
sudo dnf -y install faugus-launcher
# Optional tools
sudo dnf -y install mangohud
sudo dnf -y install gamemode
Bazzite (Copr)
sudo dnf5 -y copr enable faugus/faugus-launcher
sudo rpm-ostree -y install faugus-launcher
Restart your system.
Ubuntu / Mint / KDE Neon
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/1.5.7/faugus-launcher_1.5.7-1_all.deb
wget -P ~/faugus-launcher https://github.com/Open-Wine-Components/umu-launcher/releases/download/1.2.6/python3-umu-launcher_1.2.6-1_amd64_ubuntu-noble.deb
wget -P ~/faugus-launcher https://github.com/Open-Wine-Components/umu-launcher/releases/download/1.2.6/umu-launcher_1.2.6-1_all_ubuntu-noble.deb
sudo apt install -y ~/faugus-launcher/*.deb
sudo rm -r ~/faugus-launcher
# Optional tools
sudo apt -y install mangohud
sudo apt -y install gamemode
Debian 13
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/1.5.7/faugus-launcher_1.5.7-1_all.deb
wget -P ~/faugus-launcher https://github.com/Open-Wine-Components/umu-launcher/releases/download/1.2.6/python3-umu-launcher_1.2.6-1_amd64_debian-13.deb
wget -P ~/faugus-launcher https://github.com/Open-Wine-Components/umu-launcher/releases/download/1.2.6/umu-launcher_1.2.6-1_all_debian-13.deb
sudo apt install -y ~/faugus-launcher/*.deb
sudo rm -r ~/faugus-launcher
# Optional tools
sudo apt -y install mangohud
sudo apt -y install gamemode
openSUSE (Packaged by ToRRent1812)
# Tumbleweed
sudo zypper addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/Rabbit95/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/ home:Rabbit95
sudo zypper --gpg-auto-import-keys install -y faugus-launcher
# Slowroll
sudo zypper addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/Rabbit95/openSUSE_Slowroll/ home:Rabbit95
sudo zypper --gpg-auto-import-keys install -y faugus-launcher
# Optional tools
sudo zypper install -y mangohud
Usage
Information
Default prefixes location
~/.config/faugus-launcher/prefixes/
Runners location
~/.local/share/Steam/compatibilitytools.d/
If you want to use native builds like proton-cachyos or proton-ge-custom, please symlink them to the user folder.
ln -s /usr/share/steam/compatibilitytools.d/proton-cachyos ~/.local/share/Steam/compatibilitytools.d/
ln -s /usr/share/steam/compatibilitytools.d/proton-ge-custom ~/.local/share/Steam/compatibilitytools.d/
Shortcut locations
For Desktop Environments that support icons on the Desktop
~/Desktop/
For Application Launchers
~/.local/share/applications/
Screenshots
Main window
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