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CLUSTER GAME-LAUNCHER-CLIENT · 36 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2018-11-27

Desktop game launchers

This cluster consists of desktop applications that manage the download, installation, updating, configuration, and launching of specific games or game clients, often for multiplayer, open-source, or emulated titles. The entry timeline before the index start spans from 2010-11 to 2026-07, with mostly single entries per month and occasional months containing two or three entries, such as 2025-07 and 2026-05. The traction leaders, all showing zero stars, are ezQuake, pandora-sync, and keeperfx-tux-launcher, indicating minimal public visibility.

Entry timeline

ENTRY TIMELINE

NOV 2010: 1NOV 2014: 1NOV 2018: 1FEB 2020: 1JAN 2022: 1MAR 2022: 1SEP 2022: 1FEB 2023: 1JUL 2023: 1AUG 2023: 1DEC 2023: 1NOV 2024: 1FEB 2025: 1JUL 2025: 3AUG 2025: 1SEP 2025: 1NOV 2025: 1DEC 2025: 1MAR 2026: 2APR 2026: 2MAY 2026: 1JUN 2026: 3JUL 2026: 1AUG 2026: 2SEP 2026: 3OCT 2026: 2
NOV 2010OCT 2026

Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.

Members by activity

Activity signals, not revenue.

Build origin · 2 hand-coded · 14 unlabelled

Operator · 16 open source

Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 16 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.

  1. 21xivlauncher-cn0★4 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceAlternative launcher for the Chinese version of a popular online game, providing game startup and update management.
  2. 22alderon-games-launcher-bin0★5 moliveopen sourceLauncher that starts and updates Path of Titans, giving players access to the game.
  3. 23Recube Launcher0★6 mostaleliveopen sourceUnofficial game launcher that lets players download and start a nation-building multiplayer game set across Earth, the Moon, and Mars.
  4. 24airshipper0★8 mostaleliveopen sourceOfficial launcher for the open-source voxel RPG Veloren, letting players download, update, and launch the game.
  5. 25XIVLauncherCN0★9 mostaleliveopen sourceGame launcher that handles patching, login, and plugin management for an online role-playing game's regional server release, with Linux compatibility.
  6. 26Unreal Tournament Launcher0★11 mostalelivehand-codedopen sourceDesktop launcher that downloads and configures a classic multiplayer arena shooter for Linux systems using the player's existing official game files.
  7. 27vs-launcher0★1 yrabandonedliveopen sourceLauncher and version manager for Vintage Story, letting players install and switch between game versions.
  8. 28phoenix-launcher0★1 yrabandonedliveopen sourceA game launcher for a specific client that installs and updates the game.
  9. 29epochcli0★1 yrabandonedliveopen sourceUpdater and launcher that downloads and runs the Project Epoch game client, letting players connect to the custom server.
  10. 30twlauncher-bin0★1 yrabandonedliveopen sourceLauncher for the most popular Teeworlds game clients.
  11. 31illarion-bin0★1 yrabandonedliveopen sourceLauncher for the Illarion game that downloads and starts the game client for players.
  12. 32xivlauncher-cn-bin0★1 yrabandonedliveopen sourceGame launcher that provides an alternative start client for a popular online role-playing game, handling updates and login.
  13. 33coal-launcher-bin0★1 yrabandonedliveopen sourceA desktop client that lets users view and play games from a web service through an integrated launcher.
  14. 34minestar-launcher-appimage0★1 yrabandonedliveopen sourceGame launcher application that downloads and starts the client for an online multiplayer game server.
  15. 35swgemu0★2 yrabandonedliveopen sourceLauncher for the Star Wars Galaxies emulator that enables players to start and run the game.
  16. 36beyondallreason-appimage0★2 yrabandonedliveopen sourceLauncher for an open-source real-time strategy game that downloads and runs the latest release of the game.

Ranked by traction, highest first, and paged 20 at a time — this is a window on the cluster, never the whole of it. Ties are broken by a stable id so a product cannot appear on two pages or fall between them. Browse every cluster.