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Hydra Launcher
Hydra is a game launcher with its own embedded bittorrent client.
Table of Contents
- Table of Contents
- About
- Features
- Installation
- Contributing
- Build from source
- Environment variables
- Running
- Build
- Contributors
- License
About
Hydra is a Game Launcher with its own embedded BitTorrent Client.
The launcher is written in TypeScript (Electron) and Python, which handles the torrenting system by using libtorrent.
Features
- Own embedded bittorrent client
- How Long To Beat (HLTB) integration on game page
- Downloads path customization
- Windows and Linux support
- Constantly updated
- And more ...
Installation
Follow the steps below to install:
- Download the latest version of Hydra from the Releases page.
- Download only .exe if you want to install Hydra on Windows.
- Download .deb or .rpm or .zip if you want to install Hydra on Linux. (depends on your Linux distro)
- Run the downloaded file.
- Enjoy Hydra!
Contributing
Join our Telegram
We concentrate our discussions on our Telegram channel.
Fork and clone your repository
- Fork the repository (click here to fork now)
- Clone your forked code
git clone https://github.com/your_username/hydra - Create a new branch
- Push your commits
- Submit a new Pull Request
Ways you can contribute
- Translation: We want Hydra to be available to as many people as possible. Feel free to help translate to new languages or update and improve the ones that are already available on Hydra.
- Code: Hydra is built with Typescript, Electron and a little bit of Python. If you want to contribute, join our Telegram!
Project Structure
- torrent-client: We use libtorrent, a Python library, to manage torrent downloads
- src/renderer: the UI of the application
- src/main: all the logic rests here.
Build from source
Install Node.js
Ensure you have Node.js installed on your machine. If not, download and install it from nodejs.org.
Install Yarn
Yarn is a package manager for Node.js. If you haven't installed Yarn yet, you can do so by following the instructions on yarnpkg.com.
Install Node Dependencies
Navigate to the project directory and install the Node dependencies using Yarn:
cd hydra
yarn
Install OpenSSL 1.1
OpenSSL 1.1 is required by libtorrent in Windows environments.
Install Python 3.9
Ensure you have Python 3.9 installed on your machine. You can download and install it from python.org.
Install Python Dependencies
Install the required Python dependencies using pip:
pip install -r requirements.txt
Environment variables
You'll need an SteamGridDB API Key in order to fetch the game icons on installation.
Once you have it, you can copy or rename the .env.example file to .env and put it onSTEAMGRIDDB_API_KEY.
Running
Once you've got all things set up, you can run the following command to start both the Electron process and the bittorrent client:
yarn dev
Build
Build the bittorrent client
Build the bittorrent client by using this command:
python torrent-client/setup.py build
Build the Electron application
Build the Electron application by using this command:
On Windows:
yarn build:win
On Linux:
yarn build:linux
Contributors
License
Hydra is licensed under the MIT License.