It’s u/Alfagun74 from GameVault, the self-hosted platform for organizing and sharing your servers DRM-free games collection. We’ve come a long way since our initial release, and I’m thrilled to share what’s been happening with GameVault since then.
From “Crackpipe” to GameVault
If you’ve been with us since the start, you might remember our initial quirky name, “Crackpipe.” Well, we had a good laugh, but as we grew, we decided to go for something more fitting – GameVault! It’s your personal gaming treasure trove, and the name says it all.
What’s GameVault?
For the uninitiated, GameVault is like having your own Steam for game files lying on your server. It’s a self-hosted, source-available gaming platform. Bring your DRM-free game files, and GameVault organizes them, enriches them with metadata, and gives you a user-friendly interface to manage and play your games. It’s all about enjoying your favorite titles with friends.
What’s happened since initial release?
Since our initial release four months ago, we’ve been hard at work, reaching version 9 on the backend and 1.7 on the frontend.
Here’s a reel of the exciting big features we’ve added:
Auto Extraction and Installation of Videogames
Uninstalling Games through GameVault
Uploading Images directly to your GameVault
Support for a metric ton of archive formats
Crash Reports
Database Backups & Restorations
Bandwidth Control
Random Game Finder
What’s on the Horizon?
We’ve been listening to your feedback, and here’s what was asked for the most:
Right now we’re knee-deep in redesigning the Library, the heart of our application. Big changes are on the way, waving goodbye to the installations tab and bringing in a sleeker UI for Library, Game View, and Game Settings. More on and a sneak-peek is coming to our blog soon.
Join the GameVault Community!
If you haven’t already, come join our vibrant community on Discord. You can influence the direction of GameVault and participate in exclusive polls over there.
Spread the Word and Stay Tuned!
Help us promote GameVault among fellow self-hosters. Your efforts could inspire a bored developer to join and contribute to our project!
I’m commenting on this again because I actually tried this tonight. The info is pretty sparse. I know it’s an alternate install method, but in bottles there’s a lot of variables.
Even just knowing which runner was used in testing would help a ton, as there are quite a few, and each has tons of versions.
just join our discord (linked in the post) and ask for a helping hand, there are plenty of users already running it. Maybe you can improve the docs there aswell, as they are a community effort.
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Does this still require you to get the Windows App from the Windows Store? Thats the main reason I ditched.
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The Linux install method link on that page leads to a page not found
thanks ill fix it in a couple mins :)
I’m commenting on this again because I actually tried this tonight. The info is pretty sparse. I know it’s an alternate install method, but in bottles there’s a lot of variables.
Even just knowing which runner was used in testing would help a ton, as there are quite a few, and each has tons of versions.
just join our discord (linked in the post) and ask for a helping hand, there are plenty of users already running it. Maybe you can improve the docs there aswell, as they are a community effort.
Thanks!