A Linux-native fork of DLSS 5 Swapper by Rakan Alkhaldi, whose repository was removed in October 2026.
Install, tune and restore DLSS 5 Neural Rendering in your Steam games under Proton, and in native Vulkan games, with no Windows install.
| Package | For | Install |
|---|---|---|
.AppImage |
any x86_64 distro | chmod +x DLSS5-Swapper-Linux-*.AppImage, then run it |
.rpm |
Fedora, openSUSE, RHEL | sudo dnf install ./DLSS5-Swapper-Linux-*.rpm |
.deb |
Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, Pop!_OS | sudo apt install ./DLSS5-Swapper-Linux-*.deb |
Check what you downloaded against the SHA256SUMS.txt published with each release:
sha256sum -c SHA256SUMS.txt --ignore-missingOn first run the app downloads the DLSS 5 files, about 237 MB, from the projects that publish them:
- NVIDIA's DLSS, DLSS-NR and Streamline from RankFTW's rhi-repo;
- ReShade from reshade.me;
- DLSS5-Feeder, its shaders, and RenoDX from their own releases.
Every archive, and every file taken out of it, is checked against a SHA-256 pinned in the app before it is used. Neither this repository nor its packages contain any NVIDIA files.
You need:
- An NVIDIA RTX card with NVIDIA's proprietary driver. The GPU rules are the same as the original's: RTX 20–50 for the ReShade and Feeder routes; OptiScaler's bundled model needs an RTX 50.
- Steam with Proton. This can be Valve's Proton or a custom tool like Proton-GE or Proton-CachyOS.
- Finds your games and their Proton prefixes. It looks in every Steam library and works out which Proton each game last ran with, the same way Steam records it (
config_info, thenCompatToolMapping). Custom tools incompatibilitytools.dcount too. - Runs Windows-only setup inside the game's own prefix. ReShade's setup runs through the game's own Proton. Everything else is ordinary file copies.
- Reaches native Linux Vulkan games through DLSS5VKLayer (
dlssnr). The app downloads a pinned, SHA-256-checked release and installs it for your user with the layer's own installer. It then puts the layer's wrapper in front of%command%in the game's Steam launch options, and takes it out again when you restore. Steam overwrites launch options when it exits, so the app only makes this edit while Steam is closed. If Steam is running, the app tells you what to paste in or remove instead. - Launches games through Steam. The Play button (Theme 2's game page) starts Steam games via
steam://rungameid, so the Steam overlay (Shift+Tab) loads alongside DLSS 5. Starting the game from Steam itself works the same way. - Ships current components: RenoDX DLSS5 10.8.0, the multipass DLSS Tool SF 26.1025.0009, DLSS5-Feeder 1.19.0, DLSS5VKLayer 0.3.2-1, and NVIDIA DLSS and DLSS-NR 310.9.16. Each download and each file in it is SHA-256 checked before it replaces anything.
- Updates itself and its RenoDX add-ons from inside the app (About → Updates). Nothing happens until you press a button and confirm.
- The app: downloads the next fork release and checks it against both GitHub's published digest and the release's
SHA256SUMS.txt. Then it installs it the way you installed it, and restarts. An AppImage replaces itself; an rpm or deb goes throughdnforapt, and your system asks for your password. - RenoDX add-ons: a newer build than this release ships is checked against GitHub's digest and must be a 64-bit Windows add-on before it is used. Back to returns to the shipped build.
- RenoDX in games you already set up: the panel lists the copy in each game. Update replaces the older builds this app put there with the current one, once you confirm and with the game closed. A build you added yourself, one you picked on the Add-ons page, or a newer one is left as it is. Restore still brings back each game's own files.
- The app: downloads the next fork release and checks it against both GitHub's published digest and the release's
- Carries on without the original. Its repository, releases and author's GitHub account were removed in October 2026. Its last release, 2.2.9, is what this fork is built on, and the files it carried now come from the projects that make them.
- Has the same opt-in Community page and live chat as the original, on the original project's server. That server is outside this fork's control. When it's slow or down, the tabs say so and show the last results they loaded, with the time they're from.
| Game | Routes offered |
|---|---|
| Proton, DirectX 8–12 or OpenGL | The original's routes: RenoDX, DLSS5-Feeder, multipass, OptiScaler when eligible |
| Proton, Vulkan | All of the above, plus DLSS5VKLayer |
| Native Linux, Vulkan | DLSS5VKLayer |
| Native Linux, OpenGL | Not supported |
The ReShade-based routes (RenoDX, Feeder, multipass) need Wine to load the ReShade DLL from the game's folder instead of its own. The app doesn't set this yet, so add an override to the game's Steam launch options. For a DirectX 10–12 game that's:
WINEDLLOVERRIDES="dxgi=n,b" %command%
The Control run below used WINEDLLOVERRIDES="dxgi=n,b;d3dcompiler_47=n".
| Game | Route | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Control (DX12) | RenoDX 10.8.0, DLSS-NR 310.9.16 | ✅ Neural rendering engaged on 6,441 of 6,444 frames in gameplay, about 47 fps at 2560×1440 (RenoDX estimates 81–88 fps without it); Steam overlay working |
| The Witcher 3 (DX12) | — | ❌ NVIDIA Streamline refuses to load its DLSS module once it detects Wine |
Test machine: Fedora 44, KDE Plasma 6 (Wayland), RTX 5070, driver 615.78.08, GE-Proton11-11.
That's one machine and one working game so far. If you try another, post a report on the in-app Community page so everyone can see it.
- The F8 in-game panel isn't in the Linux packages. It talks to the app over a Windows named pipe, which only exists inside Wine. RenoDX's own page in the ReShade overlay (Home key) has the same sliders.
- Streamline games can refuse DLSS under Wine, as The Witcher 3 does.
- The DLL overrides above are manual for now.
- RenoDX 10.8 runs Neural Rendering after the game's own DLSS. It is idle on menus, and whenever DLSS or DLAA is off in the game's settings; its status line then says "NR is idle – DLSS upscaling is off". Turn on DLSS or DLAA, or choose the Present hook again on RenoDX's page in the ReShade overlay. F6 turns Neural Rendering off and on.
- The DLSS-NR 310.9.16 file isn't NVIDIA-signed. rhi-repo's copy has no signature; RenoDX accepts it as a custom runtime. Releases up to 2.2.9-linux.4 shipped the signed 310.8.0.
- RenoDX dropped Global Tone Intensity in 8.x, so that control is gone.
- Anti-cheat works as in the original: you get a warning, and nothing is ever bypassed.
A release is named <base version>-linux.<n>. For example, 2.2.9-linux.5 is the original's 2.2.9 plus the fifth Linux release on top of it.
The original repository (rakanki911/DLSS5-Swapper) was removed in October 2026, and its last release, 2.2.9, is in this fork's history. scripts/sync-upstream.sh checks for it, says so, and stops. Should it ever come back, the same script reports and rebases onto it again (--pull).
Release notes: v2.2.9-linux.5 · v2.2.9-linux.4 · v2.2.9-linux.3 · v2.2.9-linux.2 · all releases
git clone https://github.com/Nicholasvoador/DLSS5-Swapper-Linux-Support
cd DLSS5-Swapper-Linux-Support
npm ci
npm test
npm run start:linux # run from source
npm run build:linux # AppImage, deb and rpm in dist/Features, the emulator list, the 38 languages and screenshots are the original project's work. Its README went with its repository; the same app runs here.
The Community page and chat are opt-in, and they use the original project's server (5.rakanki.com), run by its author. A report is sent only after you review it, and it holds only the fields shown in its dialog: game, route, rendering API, result, optional comment, GPU, driver, CPU, OS and app version.
So the tabs have something to show while that server is down, this build keeps the last game list, GPU list and newest chat page it loaded. They're saved on your PC only (~/.config/dlss5-swapper/community-last-good.json), and nothing older than a week is shown.
- DLSS 5 Swapper by Rakan Alkhaldi, MIT. Its repository was removed in October 2026. If it saves you an evening, buy him a coffee.
- Linux port by Nicholasvoador, under the same MIT licence.
- DLSS5VKLayer by bmitch87, AGPL-3.0. It is downloaded and run as a separate program, never bundled or linked.
- RenoDX DLSS5 add-ons by ShortFuse (clshortfuse/renodx) and NVIDIA's DLSS and Streamline files are downloaded at runtime from RankFTW's rhi-repo releases.
- ReShade by crosire, DLSS5-Feeder by jlrouzies-fr and vort_Shaders by vortigern11 are downloaded at runtime from their own releases.
- Third-party credits and licences
Not affiliated with NVIDIA or Valve. DLSS is a trademark of NVIDIA Corporation.