SILO

A console-style game launcher for Windows and Linux. Controller-first, distraction-free, and it never loses your saves.

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SILO turns your PC into a console dashboard. Kick back with a gamepad, browse a library that looks the way you want it to, launch with one press, and never worry about losing a save again. Everything runs locally. Nothing leaves your machine.

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Features

Controller-first - Full Xbox gamepad support. Browse, launch, and manage your whole library without touching a keyboard.

Import from Steam, Epic & GOG - Pull in your installed titles with a few clicks, ready to launch.

• Windows: Direct registry and filesystem scanning
• Linux: Reads Steam library folders (native and Flatpak), Heroic Games Launcher configs for Epic/GOG

Beautiful, and yours - Per-game wallpapers that crossfade as you navigate, plus logos and custom typography. Grab art from Steam and SteamGridDB (logos, heroes, and grids) right from the picker.

SaveGuard - Save locations are detected automatically. SILO backs them up every time a game exits, keeps a rolling history, and restores transactionally. A restore can never leave you worse off.

Playtime tracking - Sessions, total hours, and last played, tracked locally. Activity charts with weekly/monthly views in the Statistics hub.

Stay organized - Favorites, tags, live search, and sorting make a big library feel small. Category dots let you jump between All Games, Recently Played, Favorites, and your tags.

Back it all up - Export your whole library (metadata, images, and save backups) to a single .zip and import it anywhere.

Uninstaller integration - SILO detects uninstallers and can uninstall or delete a game folder in one step.

• Windows: unins000.exe, uninstall.exe
• Linux: Native uninstall scripts, Flatpak, Steam, Wine/Proton prefixes

Frameless fullscreen UI - No window chrome, no taskbar bleed. It fills the screen and gets out of the way.

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Install

Windows: Download SILO_0.2.3_x64-setup.exe (NSIS installer) from the Releases page and run it.

Linux: Download SILO_0.2.3_amd64.deb or SILO_0.2.3_amd64.AppImage from the Releases page.

File	Type	Platform
SILO_0.2.3_x64-setup.exe	NSIS installer	Windows
SILO_0.2.3_amd64.deb	Debian package	Ubuntu, Debian, Mint, etc.
SILO_0.2.3_amd64.AppImage	AppImage	Any Linux distro

Windows may show a SmartScreen warning because the binary is unsigned. Click More info then Run anyway. That's expected for indie software without a code-signing certificate.

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Build from source

Windows

Prerequisites: Node.js (LTS), Rust, Windows 10 or 11.

git clone https://github.com/antnjhn/SILO.git
cd SILO
npm install
npm run build

Linux

Prerequisites: Node.js (LTS), Rust, and WebKitGTK development libraries.

# Ubuntu/Debian/Mint
sudo apt-get install libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev libayatana-appindicator3-dev librsvg2-dev patchelf libssl-dev pkg-config libglib2.0-dev libgtk-3-dev libxdo-dev libsoup-3.0-dev libjavascriptcoregtk-4.1-dev

# Arch Linux
sudo pacman -S webkit2gtk-4.1 libayatana-appindicator librsvg patchelf openssl pkg-config glib2 gtk3 libxdo soup3 javascriptcoregtk-4.1

# Fedora
sudo dnf install webkit2gtk4.1-devel libayatana-appindicator-gtk3-devel librsvg2-devel patchelf openssl-devel pkgconfig glib2-devel gtk3-devel libxdo-devel soup3-devel javascriptcoregtk4.1-devel

git clone https://github.com/antnjhn/SILO.git
cd SILO
npm install
npm run build

Compiled binaries output to src-tauri/target/release/bundle/.

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Save management

Save locations are detected automatically when you add a game. From the details panel:

Action	What it does
BACKUP	Takes a named snapshot of the current save state
RESTORE	Lists available backups labeled AUTO or MANUAL. Pick one to restore or delete

Automatic backups run every time a game exits.

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Data storage

Everything stays local. Nothing leaves your machine.

Windows:

%APPDATA%\com.silo.launcher\            # app data
├── games.json       # library metadata
├── settings.json    # preferences (e.g. SteamGridDB API key)
├── wallpapers/      # background images & logos
└── backups/         # compressed save snapshots

%LOCALAPPDATA%\com.silo.launcher\logs\  # diagnostic logs

Linux:

~/.local/share/com.silo.launcher/       # app data (XDG_DATA_HOME)
├── games.json       # library metadata
├── settings.json    # preferences (e.g. SteamGridDB API key)
├── wallpapers/      # background images & logos
└── backups/         # compressed save snapshots

~/.local/state/com.silo.launcher/logs/  # diagnostic logs (XDG_STATE_HOME)

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Stack

Layer	Technology
Shell	Tauri 2
Backend	Rust - process management, filesystem ops, save detection
Frontend	Vanilla HTML / CSS / JS

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Linux support details

Supported launchers and runtimes

• Steam: Native Linux games, Proton/Steam Play (Windows games via Proton)
• Heroic Games Launcher: Epic Games Store and GOG games
• Lutris: Games managed by Lutris (manual path selection)
• Flatpak: Steam, Heroic, and other Flatpak'd launchers
• Wine/Proton: Standalone Wine prefixes and Proton-GE
• Native Linux: AppImages, shell scripts, ELF binaries

Game discovery on Linux

Platform	Method
Steam	Parses libraryfolders.vdf and appmanifest_*.acf from ~/.local/share/Steam, ~/.steam/steam, Flatpak Steam
Epic/GOG (via Heroic)	Reads ~/.config/heroic/legendaryConfig/legendary/installed.json and ~/.config/heroic/gog_store/installed.json
Flatpak	~/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/..., ~/.var/app/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl/...

SaveGuard on Linux

SaveGuard watches these locations for save files:

• ~/.local/share/ and ~/.config/ (XDG directories)
• ~/Documents, ~/Saved Games
• Steam Proton compatdata directories
• Wine prefixes (~/.wine/drive_c/users/...)

Known Linux limitations

• Xbox Mode (Windows+F11 hotkey) is Windows-only
• Some Windows-only games may require manual Wine/Proton configuration
• SteamGridDB artwork requires a free API key (same as Windows)
• AppImage requires FUSE (libfuse2) to run

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License

MIT. Do whatever you want with it.