Hydra Launcher is an open-source gaming platform created to be the single tool that you need in order to manage your gaming library. Hydra is written in Node.js (Electron, React, Typescript), Python, and Rust.
Features
- Add games that you own to your library
- Have a nice profile that shows what you are playing to your friends
- Save your game progress in the cloud with Hydra Cloud
- Unlock achievements
- Navigate through a rich catalogue with a powerful suggestion algorithm
- Discover new games that you haven't played before
Build from source and contributing
Please, refer to our Documentation pages: docs.hydralauncher.gg
Local development requirements
- Node.js + Yarn
- Python 3.9+ with
pip install -r requirements.txt - Rust toolchain (for
hydra-native)
After installing dependencies, postinstall now builds the Rust native addon automatically (hydra-native/hydra-native.node).
Packaging scripts (yarn build:win, yarn build:mac, yarn build:linux, yarn build:unpack) now run yarn build:python-rpc automatically.
Contributors
License
Hydra is licensed under the MIT License.