ProtonUp-Qt

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Latest v2.15.1 · by ProtonUp-QtWritten in PythonWebsitedavidotek/protonup-qtRSS

Release activity

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3 releases in the last year

Changelog

v2.15.1Latest

ProtonUp-Qt v2.15.1

Added 1
  • Enabled proton-cachyos for Lutris
Changed 1
  • Use new Luxtorpeda Codeberg repository
Fixed 1
  • Download correct GE-Proton architecture (aarch64 on ARM, x86_64 otherwise)
Removed 1
  • Removed Proton-Sarek, use proton-cachyos instead

From ProtonUp-Qt

GUI for installing and updating Proton-GE for Steam and Wine-based compatibility tools like Wine-GE for Lutris. Partly based on protonup.

Features

  • Install Proton-GE, ...-Tkg, Luxtorpeda, Boxtron and SteamTinkerLaunch etc. for Steam, Lutris, Heroic Games Launcher and Boxtron
  • Optimized for game consoles/handhelds (Gamepad support)
  • Tested on Ubuntu 18.04 or newer, Fedora 34 and Manjaro 20.2

Changelog

  • Download correct GE-Proton architecture (aarch64 on ARM, x86_64 otherwise) #624
  • Use new Luxtorpeda Codeberg repository #620
  • Removed Proton-Sarek. Use proton-cachyos instead #615
  • Enabled proton-cachyos for Lutris #608

Thanks to @sonic2kk and all other contributers for improving ProtonUp-Qt!

How to install

Recommended: Get it from Flathub / your app store (release on Flathub will follow a few days after AppImage release)

  1. Download the ProtonUp-Qt AppImage
  2. Mark the AppImage as executable (either using your file manager or using the Terminal: chmod +x ProtonUp-Qt*.AppImage)
  3. Double-click the AppImage to run ProtonUp-Qt

Usage: See this video by Intelligent Gaming or this video by G's Multiverse or this video by Brodie Robertson. Thanks!

pupgui270screenshots

Note: With #540, the AppImage is released as an artifact (download link), so I have manually created this release. This will be changed back to the old way of letting github-actions automatically create the new release.

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v2.15.0

ProtonUp-Qt v2.15.0

Added 1
  • Add dwproton compatibility tool
Fixed 2
  • Fix Kron4ek to allow choosing between amd64 and wow64
  • Fix the GE-Proton install directory for Lutris to runners/wine

From ProtonUp-Qt

GUI for installing and updating Proton-GE for Steam and Wine-based compatibility tools like Wine-GE for Lutris. Partly based on protonup.

Features

  • Install Proton-GE, ...-Tkg, Luxtorpeda, Boxtron and SteamTinkerLaunch etc. for Steam, Lutris, Heroic Games Launcher and Boxtron
  • Optimized for game consoles/handhelds (Gamepad support)
  • Tested on Ubuntu 18.04 or newer, Fedora 34 and Manjaro 20.2

Changelog

  • Added the dwproton compatibility tool #599
  • Fixed Kron4ek. Allows choosing between amd64 and wow64 #582 #590
  • Fixed the GE-Proton install directory for Lutris to runners/wine #606

Thanks to @sonic2kk and all other contributers for improving ProtonUp-Qt!

How to install

Recommended: Get it from Flathub / your app store (release on Flathub will follow a few days after AppImage release)

  1. Download the ProtonUp-Qt AppImage
  2. Mark the AppImage as executable (either using your file manager or using the Terminal: chmod +x ProtonUp-Qt*.AppImage)
  3. Double-click the AppImage to run ProtonUp-Qt

Usage: See this video by Intelligent Gaming or this video by G's Multiverse or this video by Brodie Robertson. Thanks!

pupgui270screenshots

Note: With #540, the AppImage is released as an artifact (download link), so I have manually created this release. This will be changed back to the old way of letting github-actions automatically create the new release.

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v2.14.0

ProtonUp-Qt v2.14.0

Added 1
  • Add the Proton-EM compatibility tool
Removed 1
  • Remove the NorthStar Proton compatibility tool

From ProtonUp-Qt

GUI for installing and updating Proton-GE for Steam and Wine-based compatibility tools like Wine-GE for Lutris. Partly based on protonup.

Features

  • Install Proton-GE, ...-Tkg, Luxtorpeda, Boxtron and SteamTinkerLaunch etc. for Steam, Lutris, Heroic Games Launcher and Boxtron
  • Optimized for game consoles/handhelds (Gamepad support)
  • Tested on Ubuntu 18.04 or newer, Fedora 34 and Manjaro 20.2

Changelog

  • Added the Proton-EM compatibility tool
  • Removed the NorthStar Proton compatibility tool

Thanks to @sonic2kk and all other contributers for improving ProtonUp-Qt!

How to install

Recommended: Get it from Flathub / your app store (release on Flathub will follow a few days after AppImage release)

  1. Download the ProtonUp-Qt AppImage
  2. Mark the AppImage as executable (either using your file manager or using the Terminal: chmod +x ProtonUp-Qt*.AppImage)
  3. Double-click the AppImage to run ProtonUp-Qt

Usage: See this video by Intelligent Gaming or this video by G's Multiverse or this video by Brodie Robertson. Thanks!

pupgui270screenshots

Note: With #540, the AppImage is released as an artifact (download link), so I have manually created this release. This will be changed back to the old way of letting github-actions automatically create the new release.

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v2.13.0

ProtonUp-Qt v2.13.0

Added 2
  • Added the Protok-Tkg NTSYNC compatibility tool
  • Added the Proton-Sarek compatibility tool
Changed 1
  • Use the correct Lutris icon/app id
Fixed 1
  • Fixed GE-Proton for Lutris

From ProtonUp-Qt

GUI for installing and updating Proton-GE for Steam and Wine-based compatibility tools like Wine-GE for Lutris. Partly based on protonup.

Features

  • Install Proton-GE, ...-Tkg, Luxtorpeda, Boxtron and SteamTinkerLaunch etc. for Steam, Lutris, Heroic Games Launcher and Boxtron
  • Optimized for game consoles/handhelds (Gamepad support)
  • Tested on Ubuntu 18.04 or newer, Fedora 34 and Manjaro 20.2

Changelog

  • Added the Protok-Tkg NTSYNC compatibility tool
  • Added the Proton-Sarek compatibility tool
  • Fixed GE-Proton for Lutris
  • Use the correct Lutris icon/app id

Thanks to @sonic2kk and all other contributers for improving ProtonUp-Qt!

How to install

Recommended: Get it from Flathub / your app store (release on Flathub will follow a few days after AppImage release)

  1. Download the ProtonUp-Qt AppImage
  2. Mark the AppImage as executable (either using your file manager or using the Terminal: chmod +x ProtonUp-Qt*.AppImage)
  3. Double-click the AppImage to run ProtonUp-Qt

Usage: See this video by Intelligent Gaming or this video by G's Multiverse or this video by Brodie Robertson. Thanks!

pupgui270screenshots

Note: With #540, the AppImage is released as an artifact (download link), so I have manually created this release. This will be changed back to the old way of letting github-actions automatically create the new release.

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v2.12.0

ProtonUp-Qt v2.12.0

Added 3
  • Added the Proton-CachyOS compatibility tool
  • Added a new theme for the Steam Deck
  • Added a new dialog for configuring GitHub and GitLab API access tokens
Removed 1
  • Removed Wine-GE in favour of GE-Proton and UMU for Lutris

From ProtonUp-Qt

GUI for installing and updating Proton-GE for Steam and Wine-based compatibility tools like Wine-GE for Lutris. Partly based on protonup.

Features

  • Install Proton-GE, ...-Tkg, Luxtorpeda, Boxtron and SteamTinkerLaunch etc. for Steam, Lutris, Heroic Games Launcher and Boxtron
  • Optimized for game consoles/handhelds (Gamepad support)
  • Tested on Ubuntu 18.04 or newer, Fedora 34 and Manjaro 20.2

Changelog

  • Added the Proton-CachyOS compatibility tool #486
  • Added a new theme for the Steam Deck #316
  • Added a new dialog for configuring GitHub and GitLab API access tokens #504
  • Removed Wine-GE in favour of GE-Proton and UMU for Lutris #496

Thanks to @sonic2kk and all other contributers for improving ProtonUp-Qt!

How to install

Recommended: Get it from Flathub / your app store (release on Flathub will follow a few days after AppImage release)

  1. Download the ProtonUp-Qt AppImage
  2. Mark the AppImage as executable (either using your file manager or using the Terminal: chmod +x ProtonUp-Qt*.AppImage)
  3. Double-click the AppImage to run ProtonUp-Qt

Usage: See this video by Intelligent Gaming or this video by G's Multiverse or this video by Brodie Robertson. Thanks!

pupgui270screenshots

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v2.11.1

ProtonUp-Qt v2.11.1

Added 2
  • Added the proton-ge-rtsp compatibility tool
  • Added the option WineZGUI to the custom install dialog
Fixed 2
  • Fixed the UnicodeDecodeError bug
  • Fixed the IndexError crash if no launcher was found

From ProtonUp-Qt

GUI for installing and updating Proton-GE for Steam and Wine-based compatibility tools like Wine-GE for Lutris. Partly based on protonup.

Features

  • Install Proton-GE, Wine-GE, ...-Tkg, Luxtorpeda, Boxtron and SteamTinkerLaunch etc. for Steam, Lutris, Heroic Games Launcher and Boxtron
  • Optimized for game consoles/handhelds (Gamepad support)
  • Tested on Ubuntu 18.04 or newer, Fedora 34 and Manjaro 20.2

Changelog

  • Added the proton-ge-rtsp compatibility tool #470
  • Added the option WineZGUI to the custom install dialog #432
  • Fixed the UnicodeDecodeError bug #455
  • Fixed the IndexError crash if no launcher was found #458

Thanks to @sonic2kk and all other contributers for improving ProtonUp-Qt!

How to install

Recommended: Get it from Flathub / your app store (release on Flathub will follow a few days after AppImage release)

  1. Download the ProtonUp-Qt AppImage
  2. Mark the AppImage as executable (either using your file manager or using the Terminal: chmod +x ProtonUp-Qt*.AppImage)
  3. Double-click the AppImage to run ProtonUp-Qt

Usage: See this video by Intelligent Gaming or this video by G's Multiverse or this video by Brodie Robertson. Thanks!

pupgui270screenshots

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v2.10.2

ProtonUp-Qt v2.10.2

Added 2
  • Add support for the WineZGUI launcher
  • Add a load more button to allow installing older compatibility tools
Removed 1
  • Remove D8VK in favor of DXVK following D8VK being merged into DXVK

From ProtonUp-Qt

GUI for installing and updating Proton-GE for Steam and Wine-based compatibility tools like Wine-GE for Lutris. Partly based on protonup.

Features

  • Install Proton-GE, Wine-GE, ...-Tkg, Luxtorpeda, Boxtron and SteamTinkerLaunch etc. for Steam, Lutris, Heroic Games Launcher and Boxtron
  • Optimized for game consoles/handhelds (Gamepad support)
  • Tested on Ubuntu 18.04 or newer, Fedora 34 and Manjaro 20.2

Changelog

  • Added support for the WineZGUI launcher
  • Allow installing older compatibility tools (added a "load more" button)
  • Removed D8VK in favor of DXVK: Woohoo, D8VK was merged into DXVK :tada:!

Thanks to @sonic2kk and all other contributers for improving ProtonUp-Qt!

How to install

Recommended: Get it from Flathub / your app store (release on Flathub will follow a few days after AppImage release)

  1. Download the ProtonUp-Qt AppImage
  2. Mark the AppImage as executable (either using your file manager or using the Terminal: chmod +x ProtonUp-Qt*.AppImage)
  3. Double-click the AppImage to run ProtonUp-Qt

Usage: See this video by Intelligent Gaming or this video by G's Multiverse or this video by Brodie Robertson. Thanks!

pupgui270screenshots

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v2.9.2

ProtonUp-Qt v2.9.2

Added 1
  • Display which games are using a certain Anti-Cheat Runtime in Steam
Changed 2
  • Improvements were made to the Shortcut Editor
  • Updated the AppImage build to a more recent version
Fixed 3
  • Fixed a crash that occurs when a Steam installation is missing files
  • Fixed a crash when a game with the AWACY Denied status is detected
  • Fixed the dialog for custom launcher installations if no official launcher is installed

From ProtonUp-Qt

GUI for installing and updating Proton-GE for Steam and Wine-based compatibility tools like Wine-GE for Lutris. Partly based on protonup.

Features

  • Install Proton-GE, Wine-GE, ...-Tkg, Luxtorpeda, Boxtron and SteamTinkerLaunch etc. for Steam, Lutris, Heroic Games Launcher and Boxtron
  • Optimized for game consoles/handhelds (Gamepad support)
  • Tested on Ubuntu 18.04 or newer, Fedora 34 and Manjaro 20.2

Changelog

  • Steam: Display which games are using a certain Anti-Cheat Runtime
  • Improvements were made to the Shortcut Editor
  • Updated the AppImage build to a more recent version. This may cause a problem if your OS version is from before the year 2022. Report that on GitHub and update your OS to a more recent version or use ProtonUp-Qt v2.9.1 in that case.
  • Fixed a crash that occurs when a Steam installations is missing files, PR #356
  • Fixed a crash when a game with the AWACY Denied status is detected, PR #354
  • Fixed the dialog for custom launcher installations if no official launcher is installed, PR #371

Thanks to @sonic2kk and all other contributers for improving ProtonUp-Qt!

How to install

Recommended: Get it from Flathub / your app store (release on Flathub will follow a few days after AppImage release)

  1. Download the ProtonUp-Qt AppImage
  2. Mark the AppImage as executable (either using your file manager or using the Terminal: chmod +x ProtonUp-Qt*.AppImage)
  3. Double-click the AppImage to run ProtonUp-Qt

Usage: See this video by Intelligent Gaming or this video by G's Multiverse or this video by Brodie Robertson. Thanks!

pupgui270screenshots

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v2.9.1

ProtonUp-Qt v2.9.1

Added 2
  • Add a Shortcut Editor for Steam
  • Allow configuring GitHub/GitLab access tokens in the ProtonUp-Qt configuration file
Changed 4
  • Dxvk-Async: Use Ph42oN's releases instead of Sporif's
  • NorthstarProton: Use the R2NorthstarTools repository instead of the cyrv6737 repository
  • Wine-GE: Match extract folder name
  • Various i18n, UI and UX enhancements

From ProtonUp-Qt

GUI for installing and updating Proton-GE for Steam and Wine-based compatibility tools like Wine-GE for Lutris. Partly based on protonup.

Features

  • Install Proton-GE, Wine-GE, ...-Tkg, Luxtorpeda, Boxtron and SteamTinkerLaunch etc. for Steam, Lutris, Heroic Games Launcher and Boxtron
  • Optimized for game consoles/handhelds (Gamepad support)
  • Tested on Ubuntu 18.04 or newer, Fedora 34 and Manjaro 20.2

Changelog

Thanks to @sonic2kk and all other contributers for improving ProtonUp-Qt!

How to install

Recommended: Get it from Flathub / your app store (release on Flathub will follow a few days after AppImage release)

  1. Download the ProtonUp-Qt AppImage
  2. Mark the AppImage as executable (either using your file manager or using the Terminal: chmod +x ProtonUp-Qt*.AppImage)
  3. Double-click the AppImage to run ProtonUp-Qt

Usage: See this video by Intelligent Gaming or this video by G's Multiverse or this video by Brodie Robertson. Thanks!

pupgui270screenshots

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v2.8.2

ProtonUp-Qt v2.8.2

Added 2
  • Added Heroic support for DXVK and vkd3d
  • Added Heroic support for displaying Amazon Games and Browser Games correctly
Fixed 1
  • Fixed a regression where Proton-Tkg could not be extracted

From ProtonUp-Qt

GUI for installing and updating Proton-GE for Steam and Wine-based compatibility tools like Wine-GE for Lutris. Partly based on protonup.

Features

  • Install Proton-GE, Wine-GE, ...-Tkg, Luxtorpeda, Boxtron and SteamTinkerLaunch etc. for Steam, Lutris, Heroic Games Launcher and Boxtron
  • Optimized for game consoles/handhelds (Gamepad support)
  • Tested on Ubuntu 18.04 or newer, Fedora 34 and Manjaro 20.2

Changelog

  • Added Heroic support for DXVK and vkd3d
  • Added Heroic support for displaying Amazon Games und Browser Games correctly
  • Fixed a regression where Proton-Tkg could not be extracted (patch was already available with Flatpak version)

Thanks to @sonic2kk and all other contributers for improving ProtonUp-Qt!

How to install

  1. Download the ProtonUp-Qt AppImage (recommended: or get it from Flathub / your app store)
  2. Mark the AppImage as executable (either using your file manager or using the Terminal: chmod +x ProtonUp-Qt*.AppImage)
  3. Double-click the AppImage to run ProtonUp-Qt

Usage: See this video by Intelligent Gaming or this video by G's Multiverse or this video by Brodie Robertson. Thanks!

pupgui270screenshots

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