Hacker Launcher

A game launcher for running Windows games on Linux with Proton, Wine, Steam, Flatpak, and Native runners.

Rebuilt from Python (PySide6) to Rust + Tauri + TypeScript + React.

Requirements

Runtime dependencies

• wine — for Wine runner
• gamescope — optional, for Gamescope integration
• steam or flatpak — for Steam runner
• Proton versions are downloaded and managed by the launcher itself

Build dependencies

# Rust (stable)
curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh

# Node.js >= 18
# (use your distro's package manager or nvm)

# Tauri system dependencies (Ubuntu/Debian)
sudo apt install libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev build-essential curl wget \
  libssl-dev libgtk-3-dev libayatana-appindicator3-dev librsvg2-dev

# Tauri system dependencies (Fedora/RHEL)
sudo dnf install webkit2gtk3-devel openssl-devel curl wget \
  libappindicator-gtk3-devel librsvg2-devel

# Tauri system dependencies (Arch)
sudo pacman -S webkit2gtk base-devel curl wget openssl libappindicator-gtk3 librsvg

Build & Run

# Install JS dependencies
npm install

# Development (hot reload)
npm run tauri dev

# Production build
npm run tauri build
# Binary will be in: src-tauri/target/release/hacker-launcher

Data locations

All data is stored in ~/.hackeros/Hacker-Launcher/:

Directory	Purpose
Config/games.json	Saved game list
Config/settings.json	Launcher settings
Protons/	Installed Proton versions
Prefixes/	Wine/Proton prefixes
Logs/	Per-game launch logs

Features

• ✅ Add games with Native / Wine / Proton / Flatpak / Steam runners
• ✅ Install Proton GE, Official stable/experimental, or custom tar.gz/folder
• ✅ Per-game DXVK, Esync, Fsync, DXVK-Async overrides
• ✅ Global Esync / Fsync / DXVK-Async settings
• ✅ Gamescope integration (adaptive-sync, resolution, FPS cap, bigpicture)
• ✅ Automatic Wine prefix creation
• ✅ Download progress bar for Proton installation
• ✅ Game launch logging
• ✅ Glassmorphism dark UI theme