Hydra Launcher

Hydra is a game launcher with its own embedded bittorrent client and a self-managed repack scraper.

![Hydra Catalogue](./docs/screenshot.png)

## Table of Contents - [About](#about) - [Features](#features) - [Installation](#installation) - [Contributing](#contributing) - [Running](#running) - [Build](#build) ## About **Hydra** is a **Game Launcher** with its own embedded **BitTorrent Client** and a **self-managed repack scraper**.
The launcher is written in TypeScript (Electron) and Python, which handles the torrenting system by using libtorrent. ## Features - Self-Managed repack scraper among all the most reliable websites on the [Megathread]("https://www.reddit.com/r/Piracy/wiki/megathread/") - Own embedded bittorrent client - How Long To Beat (HLTB) integration on game page - Downloads path customization - Repack list update notifications - Windows, Linux and MacOS support - Constantly updated - And more ... ## Installation Follow the steps below to install: 1. Download the latest version of Hydra from the [Releases](https://github.com/hydralauncher/hydra/releases/latest) 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) 2. Run the downloaded file. 3. Enjoy Hydra! ## Contributing ### Join our Discord We concentrate our discussions on our [Discord](https://discord.gg/hydralauncher) server. 1. Join our server 2. Go to the roles channel and grab the Collaborator role 3. Go to the dev channel, talk to us and share your ideas. ### Fork and clone your repository 1. Fork the repository [(click here to fork now)](https://github.com/hydralauncher/hydra/fork) 2. Clone your forked code `git clone https://github.com/your_username/hydra` 3. Create a new branch 4. Push your commits 5. Submit a new Pull Request ## Build from source ### Install Node.js Ensure you have Node.js installed on your machine. If not, download and install it from [nodejs.org](https://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](https://classic.yarnpkg.com/lang/en/docs/install/). ### Install Node Dependencies Navigate to the project directory and install the Node dependencies using Yarn: ```bash cd hydra yarn ``` ### Install Python 3.9 Ensure you have Python 3.9 installed on your machine. You can download and install it from [python.org](https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3919/). ### Install Python Dependencies Install the required Python dependencies using pip: ```bash pip install -r requirements.txt ``` ## Environment variables You'll need an SteamGridDB API Key in order to fetch the game icons on installation. If you want to have onlinefix as a repacker you'll need to add your credentials to the .env Once you have it, you can paste the `.env.example` file and put it on `STEAMGRIDDB_API_KEY`, `ONLINEFIX_USERNAME`, `ONLINEFIX_PASSWORD`. ## 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: ```bash yarn dev ``` ## Build ### Build the bittorrent client Build the bittorrent client by using this command: ```bash python torrent-client/setup.py build ``` ### Build the Electron application Build the Electron application by using this command: On Windows: ```bash yarn build:win ``` On Linux: ```bash yarn build:linux ``` ## Contributors

_Hydra	_Null	_Null	_Null	_Magrid	_{Fhilipe Coelho}
_{José Luís}	_Null	_{João Martins}	_FeriVOQ	_{Guilherme Viana}	_{Ikko Eltociear Ashimine}
_Netflixy	_Hachi	_Firdavs	_{Maciej Ratyński}

## License Hydra is licensed under the [MIT License](LICENSE).