hydralauncher/hydra

Hydra Launcher is an open-source gaming platform created to be the single tool that you need

16,873

stars

4,520

commits

TypeScript

primary language

Sep 9, 2026

updated

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README

Hydra Launcher

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.

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Hydra Launcher Home Page

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.

Contributors

(top 30 of 136)

zamitto

1,596 commits

Moyasee

1,212 commits

Hachi-R

621 commits

Lianela

63 commits

hydralauncher/hydra

Hydra Launcher is an open-source gaming platform created to be the single tool that you need

16,873

stars

4,520

commits

TypeScript

primary language

Sep 9, 2026

updated

hydralauncher.gg

README

Hydra Launcher

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.

build release chocolatey

Hydra Launcher Home Page

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.

Contributors

(top 30 of 136)

zamitto

1,596 commits

Moyasee

1,212 commits

Hachi-R

621 commits

Lianela

63 commits

Languages

TypeScript

82.6%

SCSS

10.5%

Rust

5.9%