yeah browsing that 4000 game folder list sure is the same fun.

Because we decided its the main distribution platform. But there are multiple.

We’ve contacted heroic regarding a collab but they never wrote back. You can do this as a fallback though.

We had fantasies about it but its just too much work for us two, there are community clients for linux natively in development tho.

https://github.com/Phalcode/gamevault-app/issues/284#issuecomment-1865310371

It could handle modpacks, thats even an example on the site. You dont need to open it up to the internet, it works perfectly fine in LAN and VPN aswell.

it is not exclusive to Windows Store. We also provide Windows Releases directly on GitHub, and there are guides on running this on linux aswell.

There are ways to run this on linux.

Sorry if there were any miscommunication: We have github and email support aswell, its just lots of people find talking in real time easier.

https://github.com/Phalcode/gamevault-app/issues https://github.com/Phalcode/gamevault-backend/issues

it is mostly optimised for pc atm. it will save them perfectly fine and you can download and browse them using this as well, but its still on our roadmap to build in a web based emulator, native emulator support and auto-install for roms. See details here

we do have Github aswell. it’s just most people find discord easier. Here you go, trooper:

https://github.com/Phalcode/gamevault-app/issues https://github.com/Phalcode/gamevault-backend/issues

1. It’s for groups, mostly. Families & Friends.
2. It’s not really a replacement. It is a way for you to have a steam like experience for games where you would not have one. Games lying on your server.
3. No, not at all at the time, but maybe in the future

Thanks for looking into it

It does, it needs about 120mb of ram I think.

For now we gave up on it but we may look into it in the future. I’m sorry, we’re just two guys and it would mean to redevelop the entire client.

always has been

No. There are releases to download on github aswell.

See here: https://gamevau.lt/docs/client-docs/setup#alternative-installation-options

you do you, its just a warning because of potential malware, i’d personally rather self-compile than pirate something when i have the damn source-code.

I understand your perspective, but that’s just how the world is today as you can see.

Our terms are flexible, allowing you to pause or cancel your subscription whenever necessary. It’s not like some shady lock-in gym contract that has to run for x months before you can cancel and auto-renews without your consent.

While I acknowledge that recurring costs can add up, this model is essential for sustainable business operations today. Predictable monthly revenue is crucial for planning and growth. Just subscribe to things you need, like or want to support and unsubscribe from things you dont need. For most of our users and compared to other services, our pricing is affordable, with 5€ being easily manageable on a monthly basis, or 50€ annually if you want to save 10€.

Oh and again… noone forces you to buy this. And you can bypass it if you want to. They’re just goodies. The core features of GameVault and everything you’ve used up until today will always remain free.

Could you clarify your specific issue then?

We dedicate our free time to improving and maintaining this software. While yes, we encourage monthly donations, to have some MRR to calculate with and run a business, it’s still optional.

As you say, if you can’t donate, you can still self-compile.

Is your issue with us seeking financial support of 5€ a month to maintain servers and justify our time investment towards our families?

We’re a small indie team of two balancing multiple jobs, and a small monthly contribution helps sustain our efforts in delivering quality features for our free software.

Honestly, go bash some triple a enterprise studios for running loot boxes and shit even though you pay 70€ for their games instead.

It is the old crack pipe but it already features way more than just visualizing your game collection and there are a bunch more features in the oven.

The 49€ a year have been selected very carefully and when comparing it to other subscriptions today, are actually pretty reasonably priced.

You don’t need the subscription or it’s features to use GameVault. It’s designed to be totally optional and bypassable. If you enjoyed using it until now, nothing will change for you. See plus more like a “thank you” for a 5€ donation monthly instead of a real subscription service. You can compare it to stuff like patreon.

First of all GameVault was never Open Source. Secondly this is not anything like that and I’m sad you didn’t even read the full blog post. It even says it’s not a shitty enterprise move.

It is just a way to give something back to people who would donate anyway. The plus features are designed to be bypassable with minimal effort if you don’t want to pay for it. The extra features are not important to use the app as usual. Please read before you judge.

For inatallers

You either know the exact use case and need somehting like this or you don’t.

A lot of people just want to share their accumulated videogame libraries with their families and friends in some kind of platform.

due to popularity, but you can contact us via Email, Reddit, Lemmy or Github Issues / Discussions aswell

Last time I checked renaming an empty text file to “Assassin’s Creed 2.zip” was legal in my jurisdiction but I now must fear a C&D Letter from Ubisoft it seems lmao.

RomM is just a viewer.

Users must also be aware of and comply with copyright laws in their respective jurisdictions. We encourage responsible and legal use of GameVault. Unlawful use is strictly improper and unauthorized.

No of course not 😂

I needed some games to show the UI properly so I created some empty zip-file mocks of popular games like “Assassin’s Creed 2.zip”.

GameVault doesn’t care what’s inside.

There probably will some themes for supporters in the future.

Not natively but there’s this

“gimp” is a slur for disabled people. Thats what i am talking about.

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.

Okay let’s be clear here: NO open source license disallows commercial use by a third party. It’s literally against the definition of open-source-software. It’s even green on the very site you linked.

There’s nothing illegal about GameVault. It’s a tool. It can be used correctly for its intended purpose or misused by others. Banning it would be like banning cars because some people use them as weapons instead of for transportation. So no, I don’t fear any trouble at all. After all, platforms like Plex/Jellyfin, which are basically GameVault for Movies and TV Series, are doing totally fine and are well-established in the general public already.

Sure, but if you get my point, you’ll see that I aim to safeguard our work from being used for profit by someone that did not contribute anything to it. As for the subscription features we’re thinking about for the future, my idea is to let users tweak the source code for their own needs without any charge and the license perfectly fits these needs.

thanks ill fix it in a couple mins :)

Good News

I was side-eying GIMP i guess. Didn’t work for us though. 😅

Thank you for understanding. It was honestly a hard decision to make and i really respect every single open-source-developer out there, from the bottom of my heart. But having talked to them i really realized the cruel truth in this capitalist world is most of them have a hard time keeping the lights on using their work. It’s really a bummer.

You have a great sense of humor sir. Well… first of all im not a lawyer and i really liked the simple terms and conditions of the CC License compared to the usual ones for code. The terms literally fit in a 160x20px image. Also our product is not open-source by definition. That link is an interesting blog-post i made about that topic. You should definitely check it out, if you’re interested. I hope this clears this up a bit.

the @Phalcode organization or if that doesnt work @alfagun74 directly

Thank you so much for the effort.

Unfortunately there is no documentation available for manual installation as of right now, but you can follow the steps in the Dockerfile provided at this link: https://github.com/Phalcode/gamevault-backend/blob/master/Dockerfile

In a nutshell:

• Make sure you have NodeJS installed (version 20 or higher)
• Install the pnpm package globally with “npm install -g pnpm”
• Clone the project and navigate to the appropriate folder
• Run “pnpm install” to install dependencies
• Execute “pnpm build”
• Create an .env file in the main folder, including the desired configurations from https://gamevau.lt/docs/server-docs/configuration
• Launch production mode with “pnpm start:prod”

Depending on your preferred database, you can either run a PostgreSQL instance (recommended + nixos probably has a suitable package you can rely on) or use SQLite (unrecommended).

We would be very grateful if you could grant our organization Maintainer permissions. By doing so, we will have the official capacity to provide support, updates, and share the NixOS integration with others. It would mean a lot to us if you could also include it in our documentation, which can be found at this link: https://github.com/Phalcode/gamevault-docs/blob/master/docs/server-docs/setup.md