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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
Logo by @MultisampledNight available here, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
Why Rare?
- Runs natively, and supports most of the major platforms
- Gets out of your way when you don't need it, allowing you to enjoy your games
- Tries to be as lightweight as we can make it while still offering a feature-full experience
- Integrates seamlessly with legendary as both projects are developed in Python
- Packages, packages everywhere
Issues
If you run into any issues, please report it by creating an issue on GitHub or on Discord: https://discord.gg/YvmABK9YSk
Installation
Linux
Flatpak
Rare is available as a flatpak. See rare.
Install it via:
flatpak install flathub io.github.dummerle.rare
Run it via:
flatpak run io.github.dummerle.rare
Arch based
There are some AUR packages available:
Debian based
- DUR package: rare
- .deb file in releases page
Note:
- pypresence is an optional package. You can install it from DUR or with pip.
- Do not wonder if some icons look strange, because the official python3-qtawesome package is too old. Many icons were replaced.
macOS
There is a .dmg file available in releases page.
Note: When you launch it, you will see an error, that the package is from an unknown source. You have to enable it
manually in Settings -> Security and Privacy. Otherwise, Gatekeeper will block Rare from running.
You can also use pip.
Windows
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Rare is available as a Winget package You can install Rare with the following one-liner:
winget install rare -
Rare is available as a Chocolatey package. You can install Rare with the following one-liner:
choco install rare -
There is a small beta tool for Windows: Rare Updater, which installs and updates rare with a single click
NOTE: On recent Windows you should have MSVC 2015 installed, you can get it from here
Packages
In releases page, AppImages are available for Linux, a .msi file for windows and a .dmg file for macOS.
Latest packages
In the actions tab you can find packages for the latest commits.
Note: They might be unstable.
Installation via pip (platform independent)
Execute pip install Rare for all users, or pip install Rare --user for the current user only.
Linux, Mac and FreeBSD: 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, alternatively you can create them in the settings.
Note about $PATH:
On Linux:
/home/user/.local/bin must be in your PATH.
On Windows:
PythonInstallationDirectory\Scripts must be in your PATH.
On Mac:
/Users/user/Library/Python/3.x/bin must be in your PATH.
Run from source
- Clone the repo: `git clone https://github.com/Dummerle/Rare
- Change your working directory to the project folder:
cd Rare - Run
pip install -r requirements.txtto install all required dependencies. If you want to be able to use the automatic login and Discord pypresence, runpip install -r requirements-full.txtIf you are on Arch you can runsudo pacman --needed -S python-wheel python-setuptools python-pyqt5 python-qtawesome python-requests python-typing_extensionsandyay -S legendaryIf you are on FreeBSD you have to install py39-qt5 from the packages:sudo pkg install py39-qt5 - Run
python3 -m rare
Contributing
There are several options to contribute.
- If you know Python and PyQt, you can implement new features (Some ideas are in the projects tab).
- You can translate the application in your language: Check our transifex page for that.
More information is available in CONTRIBUTING.md.
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