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  # Cartridges

  A GTK4 + Libadwaita game launcher

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  [![Translation Status][weblate-image]][weblate-url]

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# The Project

Cartridges is an easy-to-use, elegant game launcher written in Python using GTK4 and Libadwaita.

## Features

- Manually adding and editing games
- Importing games from various sources:
  - Steam
  - Lutris
  - Heroic
  - Bottles
  - itch
  - Legendary
  - RetroArch
  - Flatpak
  - Desktop Entries
- Filtering games by source
- Searching and sorting by title, date added and last played
- Hiding games
- Automatically downloading cover art from [SteamGridDB](https://www.steamgriddb.com/)
- Searching for games on various databases
- Animated covers
- A search provider for GNOME

For updates and questions, join our [Discord server][discord-url] (bridged to [Matrix](https://matrix.to/#/#cartridges:matrix.org))!

## Donations
I accept donations through [GitHub Sponsors](https://github.com/sponsors/kra-mo) and [Liberapay](https://liberapay.com/kramo).

Thank you for your generosity! 💜

# Installation

## Linux

The app is available on Flathub.

<a href=https://flathub.org/apps/page.kramo.Cartridges><img alt='Download on Flathub' src='https://flathub.org/api/badge?svg&locale=en'/></a>

## Windows

### From Releases

1. Download the latest release from [Releases](https://github.com/kra-mo/cartridges/releases).
2. Run the downloaded installer.

Note: Windows might present you with a warning when trying to install the app. This is expected, just ignore the warning.

### Winget

Install the latest release with the command: `winget install cartridges`.

## macOS

1. Download the latest release from [Releases](https://github.com/kra-mo/cartridges/releases).
2. Move the app into your Applications folder.

Note: macOS might tell you that the application could not be checked for malicious software or something similar. In this case, open System Settings > Privacy & Security, scroll down, find the warning about Cartridges and click "Open Anyway". More information can be found [here](https://support.apple.com/en-us/102445).

## Building manually

See [Building](https://github.com/kra-mo/cartridges/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#building).

# Contributing

See [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/kra-mo/cartridges/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md).

Thanks to [Weblate](https://weblate.org/) for hosting our translations!

# Code of Conduct

The project follows the [GNOME Code of Conduct](https://conduct.gnome.org/).

See [CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md](https://github.com/kra-mo/cartridges/blob/main/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md).