Proton CLI

A Python script for making your current installed Proton able to use in a terminal. Often used for debugging, running non-Steam games and more

Features

• Necessary enviorments to make Proton able to run in Terminal
• Discord RPC support. It will ask during installation.
• Can switch Proton version.
• Supports Steam installed with Flatpak

Setting up

Step 1: Clone this repository using git clone https://github.com/raluvy95/proton-cli
Step 2: Open in terminal and run ./install
Step 3 (optional): To update the script, go to the repository you cloned, then git pull and then use ./install copy

Usage

To run proton in terminal, simply use proton-cli <path/to/app.exe>

To configure Proton CLI, there are two ways:

• Use proton-config to edit configuration.

• Edit with Text Editor in ~/.config/proton-cli/config.json (not recommend, do it if you know what you're doing.)

Troubleshooting

Open a new issue related about this and we will try to fix.

Acknowledgements

• wine discord ipc bridge - Used to make RPC working with wine/proton.

Notes

This project is only used for my personal purpose. I don't expect this to support Steam Deck and others like that. Would be really awesome if you open new pull request for new feature and bug fixes!