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Sakshat

This one's mine, pretty simple but I like putting in diagrams/images.

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A game launcher with no bloat

Plei

A game launcher with no bloat

forthebadge made-with-python

HitCount contributions welcome License: GPL v3

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This project is ready for the launchers given below!

  • Steam
  • Origin
  • Epic Games Launcher
  • Uplay
  • Standalone Games

Why is this a thing?

As new game launchers came into being it increasingly got annoying to keep track of all the games over different stores/platform. I wanted to make a unified front where users can access all their games, including the one with no launchers. The goal behind this launcher is to be simple, minimilistic and bloat-free


How to install?

  • Download the latest version from releases
  • Run the setup.exe
  • Run Plei.exe (May require admin privileages if installed in C:// drive)

How to install? (for devs)

This installation assumed you have python 3.X installed. Get python here

  • Download Plei and extract it to your desired location
  • Run the following command

pip install -r requirements.txt

  • It might error out on "steamfiles" install. To fix this change your…