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Minigalaxy

A simple GOG client for Linux that lets you download and play your GOG Linux games

Features

The most important features of Minigalaxy:

Log in with your GOG account
Download the Linux games you own on GOG
Launch them

In addition to that, Minigalaxy also allows you to:

Select in which language you'd prefer to download your games
Change where games are installed
Search your GOG Linux library
Show all games or just the ones you've installed
View the error message if a game fails to launch

System requirements

Minigalaxy should work on the following distributions:

Debian Buster (10.0) or newer
Ubuntu 18.10 or newer
Arch Linux
Manjaro

Other Linux distributions may work as well. Minigalaxy requires the following dependencies:

GTK+
Python 3
PyGObject 3.30+
Webkit2gtk with API version 4.0 support
Python Requests

Installation

Ubuntu/Debian

Download the latest deb package from the releases page and install it.

Arch/Manjaro

Build the AUR package. For this you can use an AUR helper, or use the following set of commands:

git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/minigalaxy.git
cd minigalaxy
makepkg -si

Other distributions

Without VENV

git clone https://github.com/sharkwouter/minigalaxy.git
cd minigalaxy
bin/minigalaxy

With VENV

git clone https://github.com/sharkwouter/minigalaxy.git
cd minigalaxy
python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
bin/minigalaxy

Known issues

Expect to see the following issues:

Using Minigalaxy without an internet connection does not work
Changing the installation directory makes Minigalaxy unable to detect previously installed games
Installed games cannot be removed from within the client yet
Updating games has not been implemented yet

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