Ports Launcher

Library manager and installer for native PC ports and recomps of games, on Windows — a single native Rust binary + a bundled minimal 7-Zip (for extracting port releases), no setup wizard, nothing to install separately. Requires a working OpenGL driver for the UI. Full feature list and configuration in the README.

This release is a rolling "latest" build: the asset below is replaced in place on every update instead of getting its own version tag. Always grab the newest .zip from this page.

Install / Update

1. Download Ports.Launcher.Windows.zip (or Ports.Launcher.Linux.tar.gz on Linux) below.
2. Extract it — if you're updating an existing install, extract into a separate folder first, don't overwrite your current one blindly.
3. The zip ships with a default ports.local.json and themes.json. If you already have your own ports.local.json (your own local ports) or a customized themes.json, back them up before overwriting — extracting straight over an existing install will replace them with the defaults and you'll lose your entries/theme picks.
4. Once updated, copy your saved ports.local.json/themes.json back into the folder, then restart Ports Launcher to pick them up.
5. Run ports_launcher.exe.

state.json (installed ports, saved tokens, window state) is app-managed and safe to keep across updates the same way. Library/ (your installed games) and cache/ (cached box art) live alongside the executable and are never touched by the zip — leave them where they are when updating.