faugus-launcher/README.md

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-based distributions (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

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/1.3.7/faugus-launcher_1.3.7-1_amd64.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 12

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/1.3.7/faugus-launcher_1.3.7-1_amd64.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-12.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-12.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/1.3.7/faugus-launcher_1.3.7-1_amd64.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

Flatpak (EXPERIMENTAL)

Download faugus-launcher-0.3.7-1.flatpak and run:

flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
flatpak install faugus-launcher-0.3.7-1.flatpak

# Optional tools
flatpak install org.freedesktop.Platform.VulkanLayer.MangoHud//23.08

Steam Flatpak needs permissions to run Faugus Launcher's shortcuts and to show the game's icon:

sudo flatpak override com.valvesoftware.Steam --talk-name=org.freedesktop.Flatpak
sudo flatpak override com.valvesoftware.Steam --filesystem=~/.var/app/org.faugus.faugus_launcher/config/faugus-launcher/

Gamescope doesn't work.

Usage

Information

Default prefixes location

~/.config/faugus-launcher/prefixes/

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/

Screenshots

Main window

Add/Edit game

      

Settings

GE-Proton Manager

Create shortcut from .exe