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Drop OSS - an open-source, self-hosted alternative to platforms like Steam and Epic. (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago by warmaster@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/49721314

I just discovered this. Has anyone tried it?

Basically, you install it on your home server and use it to stash your DRM-free games, and then install the client on your PC, Steam Deck, whatever... log in to your server and just use it like your own, selfhosted Steam app. Any PC gamer already running Jellyfin, RomM, or other selfhosted entertainment-related server might be interested in trying it, if you do... please share your experience! I'll try it myself when I have time and post back here. If you know of any other alternatives, please share!

Self-hosted & open-source. Run Drop entirely on your own hardware. Your library, your data, your rules — all under the AGPLv3.

Rich metadata editing. Customise names, descriptions, and icons with full Markdown and image support.

Automatic imports. Pull cover art and game details straight from IGDB, GiantBomb, and PCGamingWiki.

A built-in store. Let users browse, filter, and collect games through a fully featured store.

Flexible authentication. Use simple accounts or hook into your existing SSO.

Native desktop client. Download, install, and play your whole library through a cross-platform desktop client.

Available for Windows, Mac & Linux (their web page lists a deb, their github repo publishes packages for all major distros and also an Appimage)

Website:
https://droposs.org/

Docs:
https://droposs.org/docs/admin/quickstart/

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[–] jay@pie.zerojay.com 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I've tried it before. I didn't like it much. It was not very good at matching games to my set even with metadata in the filenames. Also, the AppImage simply fails to run on NixOS because of assumptions it makes about the system running it. I've been using Gamevault instead which has been great especially since they added a way to access Gamevault and download games through just a web browser.

[–] warmaster@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Interesting! Thanks for sharing!

https://github.com/Phalcode/gamevault-app/issues/560

unfortunately the website has no gamepad support, we may add something like this in the future if you request it: https://www.voorhoede.nl/en/blog/navigating-the-web-with-a-gamepad/

But i can't promise anything, as of now

I think this would definitely make sense as soon as we have native Tauri builds of our application instead of web-only.

Nice! This would be great.

Meanwhile, I hope someone codes GameVault plugin for Open Gamepad UI. That would close the loop perfectly!

[–] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 1 points 1 day ago

native Tauri builds

"Native" and "Tauri" can't stay in the same sentence