A simple and lightweight app for running Windows games using UMU-Launcher
yay -S --noconfirm faugus-launcher
sudo dnf -y copr enable faugus/faugus-launcher
sudo dnf -y install faugus-launcher
sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:faugus/faugus-launcher
sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y faugus-launcher
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/2.1.0/faugus-launcher_2.1.0-1_all.deb
sudo apt install -y ~/faugus-launcher/*.deb
sudo rm -r ~/faugus-launcher
flatpak install flathub io.github.Faugus.faugus-launcher
flatpak run io.github.Faugus.faugus-launcher
flatpak install org.freedesktop.Platform.VulkanLayer.MangoHud/x86_64/25.08
# 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/
meson setup builddir --prefix=/usr
cd builddir
ninja
sudo ninja install
meson ninja pygobject requests pillow vdf psutil dbus-python icoextract gtk4 libadwaita libmanette
~/Faugus/
~/.local/share/Steam/compatibilitytools.d/
Native and Flatpak.
~/.themes
Native. Flatpak needs permission.
~/.local/share/themes
sudo flatpak override io.github.Faugus.faugus-launcher --filesystem=xdg-data/themes:ro
Native only.
/usr/share/themes
| 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 |
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Main window
List
Grid
Covers
SteamGridDB
Add/Edit game
Settings
Proton Manager
