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About Faugus Launcher
Faugus Launcher is a small desktop app for Linux users who want to run Windows games without setting up each one by hand. It uses UMU-Launcher underneath to start Windows programs, and gives you a simple window for adding and launching them.
Packages are provided for Arch-based distributions through the AUR, for Fedora and Nobara through a Copr repository, and for Debian-based distributions through a PPA. The project is actively developed, with thousands of commits in its repository.
Strengths
- Simple interface for launching Windows games on Linux
- Uses UMU-Launcher to run games
- Packaged for Arch, Fedora and Debian-based distributions
- Actively developed
Limitations
- Linux only
- Relies on UMU-Launcher and Proton for compatibility, so some games may not run
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree to download and use.
- License
- Proprietary
- Developer
- Faugus
- Platforms
- Linux
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Best suited for
- Linux gamers who want a lightweight way to run Windows games outside Steam
- Categories
- Gaming tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
Alternatives to Faugus Launcher
Compare allSoftware that can replace Faugus Launcher for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.
Lutris
A Linux gaming platform that installs the right emulator, Wine build or engine for each game and launches them from one place.
Lutris is open source under GPL-3.0 and adds community installer scripts, emulators and Steam, Epic, GOG and Humble libraries, with more configuration than a lightweight launcher.
Heroic Games Launcher
An open-source launcher for Epic, GOG and Amazon Prime games, on Linux, Windows, macOS and the Steam Deck.
Heroic Games Launcher is open source and focuses on Epic, GOG and Amazon libraries, with a Wine Manager for Proton-GE and builds for Windows and macOS too.
Bottles
A friendly manager for Wine prefixes on Linux, so running a Windows program means picking an environment rather than editing config files.
Bottles manages Wine prefixes from templates with runner versions, dependencies and backups, aimed at Windows applications generally and mainly distributed as a Flatpak.
umu-launcher
A unified launcher that runs Windows games on Linux with Proton outside of Steam.
umu-launcher is the open-source backend Faugus Launcher builds on, running Proton outside Steam from the command line with no graphical interface.
Similar software
Related functionality, not necessarily a direct replacement.
Proton
Valve's Wine-based compatibility tool that lets Steam run Windows games on Linux.
GE-Proton
A community build of Valve's Proton compatibility tool for running Windows games through Steam Play on Linux.
ProtonUp-Qt
A Linux desktop app that installs and manages GE-Proton, Wine-GE and other compatibility tools.
Wine
An open-source compatibility layer that runs Windows applications and games on Linux, macOS and BSD.
Winetricks
A helper script that installs missing DLLs and runtime libraries and applies tweaks to Wine prefixes.