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81 lines
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# Rare
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## A frontend for legendary, the open source Epic Games Launcher alternative
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Rare is a GUI for Legendary, a command line aternative to Epic Games launcher.
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It is currently considered beta software. You will probably run into issues, so it is
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recommend to make a backup. If you run into an issue, please report it by creating an issue on github or on Discord: https://discord.gg/YvmABK9YSk
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## Installation
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### Installation via pip (recommend)
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Execute `pip install Rare` for all users Or `pip install Rare --user` for only one user
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**Note**: On Linux must be /home/user/.local/bin in PATH
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### Windows Simple
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Download Rare.exe from the [releases page](https://github.com/Dummerle/Rare/releases) and place it somewhere in PATH
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**Note**
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Using the exe file could cause errors
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### Linux
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#### Arch based
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There are some AUR packages available:
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- [rare](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/rare)
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- [rare-git](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/rare-git)
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#### Debian based
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There is a `.deb` package available from the [releases page](https://github.com/Dummerle/Rare/releases): `sudo dpkg –i Rare.deb`
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#### Other
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Install via `pip`.
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## Run from source
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1. Run `pip install -r requirements.txt` to get dependencies. If you use `pacman` you can run `sudo pacman --needed -S python-wheel python-setuptools python-pyqt5 python-qtawesome python-requests python-pillow`
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2. For unix operating systems run `sh start.sh`. For windows run `set PYTHONPATH=%CD% && python Rare`
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## Why Rare?
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Rare uses much less RAM than electron based apps such as [HeroicGL](https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher) and EpicGL which allows the games to run better.
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Rare supports all major platforms (Windows, Linux, MacOS) unlike the alternatives.
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## Features
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- Launch, install and uninstall games
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- Authentication(Import from existing installation and via Browser)
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- Download progress bar
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- Settings (Legendary and games)
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- Sync Cloud Saves
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- Translations (English and German)
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## Planned Features
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- Offline mode
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- More Translations (Need help)
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- More Information about Games
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More planned features are in projects
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## Contributing
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There are more options to contribute.
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- If you can Python and PyQt you can implement new Features.
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- If you are a designer, you can add Stylesheets or create a logo or a banner
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- You can translate the application
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**Note:** Pull Requests please to "dev" branch
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More Information is in CONTRIBUTING.md
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## Images
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