Matoking/protontricks

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Protontricks is a wrapper script that lets you run Winetricks commands for Steam Play/Proton games, plus other common Wine features like launching external Windows executables. It offers both a command-line interface and a GUI, and is useful when a game needs runtime libraries not bundled with Proton.

Use cases

• install windows runtime libraries for a proton game
• run winetricks verbs for steam play games
• launch an external windows exe with a game's proton prefix
• find a steam game's app id from the command line
• fix a proton game missing closed-source dependencies
• manage wine prefixes for steam games on linux

When to choose

• you play Windows games through Steam Proton on Linux and need Winetricks
• a game requires extra runtime libraries or components not shipped with Proton
• you want a simple CLI or GUI to manage Proton prefixes

When to avoid

• you don't use Steam or Proton
• you need general-purpose Wine prefix management outside Steam
• you're on Windows or macOS without a Wine/Proton setup

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

cli gui developer-tools gaming-tools operating-systems cli python proton winetricks steam wine steam-play gaming command-line linux

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