Rare

A frontend for legendary, the open source Epic Games Launcher alternative

Rare is a graphical interface for Legendary, a command line alternative to Epic Games launcher, based on PyQt5

Installation

Installation via pip (recommend)

Execute pip install Rare for all users Or pip install Rare --user for only one user.

To install latest git version use pip install --upgrade https://github.com/Dummerle/Rare/archive/refs/heads/main.zip

Linux and Mac: execute rare in your terminal.

Windows: execute pythonw -m rare in cmd

It is possible to create a desktop link, or a start menu link. Execute the command above with --desktop-shortcut or --startmenu-shortcut option

Note: On Linux must be /home/user/.local/bin in PATH and on Windows must be PythonInstallationDirectory\Scripts in PATH. On Mac is the Path /Users/user/Library/Python/3.x/bin

Linux

Arch based

There are some AUR packages available:

• rare - for stable releases
• rare-git - for the latest features, which are not in a stable release

Debian based

• DUR package: rare
• .deb file in releases page

Other

Install via pip or use the AppImage

macOS

There is a .dmg file available in releases page.

Note: You have to enable it manually in settings. Otherwise, Gatekeeper will block Rare

You can also use pip

Packages

In releases page are AppImages for Linux, an msi file for windows and a dmg file for macOS available

Latest packages

In actions you find packages for the latest commits.

Note: they might be unstable

Run from source

1. Clone the repo with Submodule: git clone https://github.com/Dummerle/Rare --recurse-submodules.
2. Run pip install -r requirements.txt to get dependencies. If you are on Arch you can run sudo pacman --needed -S python-wheel python-setuptools python-pyqt5 python-qtawesome python-requests python-pillow
3. Run python3 rare

Why Rare?

• Rare only uses ~50MB of RAM which is much less than the electron based HeroicGamesLauncher uses.
• Rare supports all major platforms (Windows, Linux, Mac) unlike the alternatives.

Issues

If you run into an issue, please report it by creating an issue on GitHub or on Discord: https://discord.gg/YvmABK9YSk

Contributing

There are more options to contribute.

• If you can Python and PyQt you can implement new Features (Some ideas are in Projects).
• If you are a designer, you can add Stylesheets or create a logo or a banner
• You can translate the application in your language: Check our transifex page to translate Rare in your language

More Information is in CONTRIBUTING.md

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