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Build a personal Steam-like gaming platform for your video game collection (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) by evidentlynotedthief@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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Arr guys,

Recently, I came across an app called GameVault on r/selfhosted and wanted to share it here. It's like a customized Steam-like platform for games stored on your seedbox or fileserver you can run yourself on your server.

You and your family can then use the Windows app to download them, track your playtime and so on. The idea is pretty neat and like Jellyfin/Kodi but for videogames.

The developers cannot officially promote piracy, so they have a scary disclaimer on their page, but the app works perfectly fine and everything is formulated "tounge in cheek"-ish.

Personally, I have about 25 "alternatively obtained" games on my seedbox-server by now, and it's working fine for me and my kids.

If you have basic Linux-server knowledge, setting it up is not difficult. For complete beginners, there's a guide on their website: https://gamevau.lt/docs/intro

Side note: I'm definitely not the dev, and my username is just an anagram for that by coincidence.

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[-] TheYang@lemmy.world 13 points 3 years ago

I've seen it recently, when it was still known as crackpipe.

Unfortunately it's not (yet?) available on Linux/Docker.
When it becomes so, I'll want another look at it.

[-] evidentlynotedthief@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 3 years ago

What do you mean? I am running the backend on docker and using this approach to run the client on my linux laptop myself

[-] TheYang@lemmy.world 14 points 3 years ago

... well, then I misunderstood something rather completely

I'll need another look. Thanks!

[-] brognak@lemm.ee 2 points 3 years ago

Was it the client you were looking at? Would make sense it isn't supported on *nix/docker ATM

[-] CriticalMiss@lemmy.world 7 points 3 years ago

I assume Crackpipe was a wordplay on being an alternative to Steam but the connotations that come with it.. not surprised the dev changed the project’s name

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