- Table of Contents
- About
- Features
- Installation
- Contributing
- Build from source
- Environment variables
- Running
- Build
- Contributors
- License
Hydra is a Game Launcher with its own embedded BitTorrent Client.
The launcher is written in TypeScript (Electron) and Python, which handles the torrenting system by using libtorrent.
- Own embedded bittorrent client
- How Long To Beat (HLTB) integration on game page
- Downloads path customization
- Windows and Linux support
- Constantly updated
- And more ...
Follow the steps below to install:
- Download the latest version of Hydra from the Releases 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)
- Run the downloaded file.
- Enjoy Hydra!
We concentrate our discussions on our Telegram channel.
- Fork the repository (click here to fork now)
- Clone your forked code
git clone https://github.com/your_username/hydra
- Create a new branch
- Push your commits
- Submit a new Pull Request
- Translation: We want Hydra to be available to as many people as possible. Feel free to help translate to new languages or update and improve the ones that are already available on Hydra.
- Code: Hydra is built with Typescript, Electron and a little bit of Python. If you want to contribute, join our Telegram!
- torrent-client: We use libtorrent, a Python library, to manage torrent downloads
- src/renderer: the UI of the application
- src/main: all the logic rests here.
Ensure you have Node.js installed on your machine. If not, download and install it from nodejs.org.
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.
Navigate to the project directory and install the Node dependencies using Yarn:
cd hydra
yarn
Ensure you have Python 3.9 installed on your machine. You can download and install it from python.org.
Install the required Python dependencies using pip:
pip install -r requirements.txt
You'll need an SteamGridDB API Key in order to fetch the game icons on installation.
Once you have it, you can copy or rename the .env.example
file to .env
and put it onSTEAMGRIDDB_API_KEY
.
Once you've got all things set up, you can run the following command to start both the Electron process and the bittorrent client:
yarn dev
Build the bittorrent client by using this command:
python torrent-client/setup.py build
Build the Electron application by using this command:
On Windows:
yarn build:win
On Linux:
yarn build:linux
Hydra is licensed under the MIT License.