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207 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 graphical interface for Legendary, a command line alternative to Epic Games launcher, written in PyQt5
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<div align="center">
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<img src="https://github.com/RareDevs/Rare/blob/main/rare/resources/images/Rare_nonsquared.png?raw=true" alt="Logo" width="200"/>
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<p><i>Logo by <a href="https://github.com/MultisampledNight">@MultisampledNight</a> available
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<a href="https://github.com/RareDevs/Rare/blob/main/rare/resources/images/">here</a>,
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licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0</i></p>
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</div>
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[![Discord Shield](https://discordapp.com/api/guilds/826881530310819914/widget.png?style=shield)](https://discord.gg/YvmABK9YSk)
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## Why Rare?
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- Runs natively, and supports most of the major platforms
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- Gets out of your way when you don't need it, allowing you to enjoy your games
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- Tries to be as lightweight as we can make it while still offering a feature-full experience
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- Integrates seamlessly with legendary as both projects are developed in Python
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- Packages, packages everywhere
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## Reporting issues
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If you run into any issues, you can report them by creating an issue on GitHub:
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https://github.com/RareDevs/Rare/issues/new/choose
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When reporting issues, it is helpful to also include the logs with your issue.
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You can find the longs in the following locations depending on your operating system
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| OS | Path |
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| Windows | `C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Rare\Rare\cache\logs` |
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| Linux | `/home/<username>/.cache/Rare/Rare/logs` |
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| masOS | `/Users/<username>/Library/Caches/Rare/Rare/logs` |
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In these folders you will find files named like below
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- `Rare_23-12-19--11-14.log`
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These are the logs for the main Rare application. As such are importand when Rare itself is crashing.
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- `RareLauncher_f4e0c1dff48749fa9145c1585699e276_23-12-17--19-53.log`
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These are the logs for each of the games you run through Rare. Rare uses a separate instance of itself
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to launch games, and these are the logs of that instance.
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If you don't have a GitHub account or you just want to chat, you also can contact us on Discord:
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https://discord.gg/YvmABK9YSk
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## Installation
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### Windows
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There is an `.msi` installer available in [releases page](https://github.com/RareDevs/Rare/releases).
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There is also a semi-portable `.zip` archive in [releases page](https://github.com/RareDevs/Rare/releases) that lets you run Rare without installing it.
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**Important**: On recent version of Windows you should have MSVC 2015 installed, you can get it from [here](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-US/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170#visual-studio-2015-2017-2019-and-2022)
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#### Packages
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- Rare is available as a [Winget package](https://github.com/microsoft/winget-pkgs/tree/master/manifests/d/Dummerle/Rare). You can install Rare with the following one-liner:
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```lang-default
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winget install rare
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```
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- Rare is available as a [Chocolatey package](https://community.chocolatey.org/packages/rare). You can install Rare with the following one-liner:
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```lang-default
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choco install rare
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```
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### Linux
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#### Flatpak
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Rare is available as a flatpak. See [rare](https://flathub.org/apps/details/io.github.dummerle.rare).
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Install it via:
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```sh
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flatpak install flathub io.github.dummerle.rare
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```
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Run it via:
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```sh
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flatpak run io.github.dummerle.rare
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```
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### AppImage
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Available in [releases page](https://github.com/RareDevs/Rare/releases).
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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) - for stable releases
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- [rare-git](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/rare-git) - for the latest development version
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#### Debian based
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- DUR package: [rare](https://mpr.hunterwittenborn.com/packages/rare)
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- `.deb` file in [releases page](https://github.com/RareDevs/Rare/releases)
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**Note**:
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- pypresence is an optional package. You can install it from [DUR](https://mpr.hunterwittenborn.com/packages/python3-pypresence) or with pip.
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- Some icons might look strange on Debian based distributions. The official python3-qtawesome package is too old.
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### macOS
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There is a `.dmg` file available in [releases page](https://github.com/RareDevs/Rare/releases).
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**Note**: When you launch it, you will see an error, that the package is from an unknown source. You have to enable it
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manually in `Settings -> Security and Privacy`. Otherwise, Gatekeeper will block Rare from running.
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You can also use `pip`.
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### Latest development version
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In the [actions](https://github.com/RareDevs/Rare/actions) tab you can find packages for the latest commits.
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**Note**: They might be unstable and likely broken.
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### Installation via pip (platform independent)
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Execute `pip install Rare` for all users, or `pip install Rare --user` for the current user only.
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- Linux, macOS and FreeBSD: execute `rare` in your terminal.
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- Windows: execute `pythonw -m rare` in cmd
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It is possible to create a desktop link, or a start menu link. Execute the command above with `--desktop-shortcut` or
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`--startmenu-shortcut` option, alternatively you can create them in the settings.
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**Note about $PATH**:
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Depending on your operating system and the `python` distribution, the following paths might need to be in your
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environment's `PATH`
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| Windows | `<python_installation_folder>\Scripts` |
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| Linux | `/home/<username>/.local/bin` |
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| masOS | `/Users/<username>/Library/Python/3.x/bin` |
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### Run from source
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1. Clone the repo: `git clone https://github.com/RareDevs/Rare`
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2. Change your working directory to the project folder: `cd Rare`
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3. Run `pip install -r requirements.txt` to install all required dependencies.
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* If you want to be able to use the automatic login and Discord pypresence, run
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```lang-default
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pip install -r requirements-full.txt
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```
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* If you are on Arch you can run
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```lang-default
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sudo pacman --needed -S python-wheel python-setuptools python-pyqt5 python-qtawesome python-requests python-orjson
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```
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```
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yay -S legendary
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```
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* If you are on FreeBSD you have to install py39-qt5 from the packages
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sudo pkg install py39-qt5
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```
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4. Run `python3 -m rare`
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## Contributing
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There are several options to contribute.
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- If you know Python and PyQt, you can implement new features (Some ideas are in the projects tab).
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- You can translate the application in your language: Check our [transifex](https://www.transifex.com/rare-1/rare) page for that.
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More information is available in CONTRIBUTING.md.
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## Screenshots
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| Game covers | Vertical list |
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| ![alt text](/docs/assets/RareLibraryIcon.png) | ![alt text](/docs/assets/RareLibraryList.png) |
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| Game details | Game settings |
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| ![alt text](/docs/assets/RareGameInfo.png) | ![alt text](/docs/assets/RareGameSettings.png) |
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| Downloads | Application settings |
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| ![alt text](/docs/assets/RareDownloads.png) | ![alt text](/docs/assets/RareSettings.png) |
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