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5 self-hosted Steam alternatives

Valve's Steam is a digital distribution platform for PC/Mac/Linux games offering an online storefront, game library management, automatic updates and downloads, cloud saves, multiplayer matchmaking, community hubs, forums and mod/workshop support.

Alternatives to Steam

Gameyfin organizes your video game collection into a searchable web library with automatic scanning, metadata fetching, downloads, sharing, and optional SSO integration.

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1.1k stars43 forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained

A web application that organizes and runs retro game ROMs in the browser with cloud saves, automatic box art, controller support and multi-platform emulation.

1.1k stars54 forksMITlast commit Actively maintained

Self-hosted ecosystem to organize, share, and download your legally owned DRM-free PC games from your own server, with a web UI and Windows client.

GameVault screenshot

780 stars49 forkslast commit Actively maintained

Open-source platform to host, distribute and launch games on local networks with a dedicated launcher, game uploads/downloads, server management and basic chat.

LANCommander screenshot

449 stars32 forksMITlast commit Actively maintained

Suite to distribute, download, run and synchronize game files and save data between a home server and clients (CLI and GUI).

Minus Games screenshot

47 stars2 forksMITlast commit Actively maintained

What replacing Steam actually involves

Every option on this page is open source and free to run on your own hardware, so you own the data and there is no subscription to cancel. 5 of 5 shipped a commit in the last six months. Licences in this list: AGPL-3.0, MIT. In exchange you take on hosting, backups and updates yourself.

Browse everything in Digital Asset Management (DAM).

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