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Access your video game library from anywhere.

Grifter

Grifter is your self-hosted video game library. Browse your games and install them on any computer.

Set up Grifter in less than 10 minutes!

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What's good

  • Fast.
  • Designed with a focus on discovery. You have a lot of unplayed games...don't you? Grifter can help you find the hidden gems amongst your collection.
  • Rich cataloging enabled by IGDB: tags, screenshots, videos, descriptions.
  • Offline-friendly; everything's cached.
  • Single binary.

Installing

Download one of the prebuilt binaries here:

  • Linux
  • Windows TODO
  • Raspberry PI TODO

FAQ

Does this work with steam games?

No. You don't own the games you bought on Steam and you're not allowed to copy them to other computers. I recommend buying DRM-free games from GOG or Itch.io.

Building

Prerequisites:

  • Rust (nightly)
  • Perl
  • Node
npm install --global elm uglify-js
cargo build

Credits

Favicon by VectorPixelStar