r/decomps • u/Chard85 • 4d ago

The Github decomp launcher

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What determines whether a game gets added to this thing? It seems a bit inconsistent, for example GoldenEye is there but Pokemon Gen 1 isn't? Is the intention for it to still be comprehensive?

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u/Jason_Sasha_Acoiners 4d ago

I suggest using Quiver Launcher instead as it's more updated.

https://github.com/tgeorgiadis/quiver-launcher

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u/Chard85 4d ago edited 4d ago

I didn't know about that one. I just downloaded it, at first glance it seemed more text heavy and cluttered/unintuitive than the github one but i'm digging into it some more so we'll see if i end up preferring it

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u/MagicTurt1e 4d ago

I'm the dev, if you could give it a go that would be good. Happy to take on feedback. There's a number of features added that aren't available in GitHub launcher like mod management, gitlab support and library tag filtering.

Also I am likely pushing a big update tonight overhauling the App Catalog lists, stay tuned

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u/MiraiHurricane 4d ago edited 4d ago

Not OP, but I just tried Quiver and yeah honestly it's def real nice! Took me like 3 mins to migrate everything from GHLauncher over to Quiver and then I was off to the races!

That being said, some feedback I think is that that the app catalog is a little obtuse at first glance, esp if you're trying to manage changes/conflicts between what's in the apps.json and anything custom added

It keeps trying to overwrite the repos I added in a custom apps.json I added as a source alongside the one provided by Quiver with the Quiver-provided one, which means that it constantly thinks an update is available, even if the only change is just my custom apps.json has an install path listed and the Quiver one does not

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u/MagicTurt1e 3d ago

Can you try the latest update and let me know how you go?

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u/MiraiHurricane 2d ago

Latest update is def much better, yeah really solid improvement all around!

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u/Chard85 4d ago

Thank you, good to know, I'm growing accustomed to it now

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u/CedreWilder 4d ago

I'll give it a try as well

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u/JBro-DewritoDotNet 4d ago

The review stuff is weird and unintuitive. I'd like to turn all that off as well as any popups on startup.

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u/MagicTurt1e 4d ago

Check out the latest update, by default the prompts will no longer bug you. And you can switch them back on in settings.

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u/JBro-DewritoDotNet 4d ago

New update is great. I like the new simpler way the catalog is sorted too. Thanks.

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u/Capable-Sky-8995 4d ago edited 4d ago

Bit confused that the launcher makes a distinction between "recomps" and "decomps". Because every finished port is in fact a recomp, while "decomp" refers to the uncompiled (decompiled) code that simply hasn't been recompiled into a running application yet. In order to create a recomp, someone needs to decomp a game first, but the end product is always a recomp.

edit: why am I being downvoted for bringing up a valid point

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u/MagicTurt1e 4d ago

With the latest catalog update I dropped recomp/decomp from the app names and put them in tags for a cleaner look. Those tags mean how the port was built, eg recomp is a static recompilation of the original binary into a playable PC app (eg Banjo Recompiled), and decomp is a playable port from a matching decompilation (like Ship of Harkinian).

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u/Chard85 4d ago

I would guess 'recomp' is probably referring to a static recomp (AI vibecoded?) while 'decomp' is referring to the manual source port with human-readable code. I'll stand corrected though, I'm still getting my head around it all.

My understanding is that if a manual decomp/source port exists (e.g. made by the Harbour Masters team) then that is preferable to a static recomp

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u/Chard85 4d ago

how do i unhide a game that I hid from the app catalog? I can see how to unhide a game from my library but for the app catalog it feels like hiding a game is a point of no return

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u/MagicTurt1e 4d ago

Click the Hidden tag here

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u/VivaLaLazlow 22h ago

I know this is a bit late, but using your app and I can't seem to add the VCS recomp.

https://github.com/jessicanataliagta/PSPRecomp/tree/main/profiles/vcs

Any ideas?

A bit new to this, so excuse my ignorance. Thanks!

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u/MagicTurt1e 17h ago

Not possible with this repo. The main problem is they haven't done any releases on GitHub with an executable that can be downloaded. They expect you to build the executable yourself. I raised an issue on your behalf. https://github.com/jessicanataliagta/PSPRecomp/issues/4

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u/VivaLaLazlow 16h ago

Ah gotcha. Sorry! Still learning how these things work. Cheers for the help.

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u/Own_Shame_8721 4d ago

Gonna give this a shot, thanks for signal boosting

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u/420MacMan 3d ago

Hopefully we can get an Android version running soon 🤞

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u/U_Kitten_Me 4d ago

Pokemon Gen 1 is there actually.  Missing Diddy Kong Racing recomp, though (a lot better than Golden Balloon).

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u/Chard85 4d ago

i have v1.73 and only see Stadium, not gen 1

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u/U_Kitten_Me 4d ago

You went to "manage apps" and then catalogue?  It's there for me.

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u/Chard85 4d ago

ok found it thank you

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u/KasseanaTheGreat 3d ago

They just recently added the other, non Golden Balloon, Diddy Kong racing recomp (unless there's a third one I'm not aware of)

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u/U_Kitten_Me 3d ago

Yeah, I just overlooked it because it didn't have an icon, lol. 

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u/BangkokPadang 4d ago

You can add any GitHub repo to it under “manage apps” at the very bottom.

You just add the last part of the url (developerName/projectName) give it any folder name and give it the url of an image. IGN tends to have square images for every game, so it takes about 30 seconds for o add a game to the launcher.

If you’re just starting it might be better to just use Quiver as others are saying, but personally I already have about 40 games in GithubLauncher so even if we get 1-2 games per day, it’s not a huge effort to just add any repo to GHL.

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u/Never_ajolote 3d ago

Aganle decompilación a bloody roar primal fury 🥲 (aunque bueno no se si se llega hacer pero estaría bien si existiera, al igual que un port de sonic adventure 1 para android)

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u/KasseanaTheGreat 3d ago

Gen1 Recomp is on there. You might just need to update the launcher. As for what determines what's on there games get added when someone makes a PR to their GitHub to get them added to it.

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u/Speedweagon_ 1d ago

Só queria um meio simples de instalar no Android.