# CryoByte33/steam-deck-utilities

A utility to improve performance and help manage storage on Steam Deck.

Repository: https://github.com/CryoByte33/steam-deck-utilities
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/steam-deck-utilities
Language: Go
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: steam-deck
Last push: 2024-02-04T12:12:58+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1403, "days_push": 941, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3533, forks 90 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:09.009705+00:00)

## What it is
CryoUtilities is a Go-based utility with a GUI that tunes performance and manages storage on the Steam Deck, including swap resizing, kernel memory parameter tuning, VRAM checks, and game data cleanup. It also works on other Linux distros on a best-effort basis.

## Use cases
- improve gaming performance on steam deck
- resize swap file on steam deck
- clean up game data from uninstalled games
- tune kernel memory parameters like hugepages and swappiness
- check and configure UMA frame buffer VRAM size
- revert steam deck settings to stock defaults

## When to choose
- you own a Steam Deck and want one-click recommended performance tweaks
- you need to safely resize swap or recover from a failed swap resize
- you want to reclaim storage by deleting data of uninstalled games

## When to avoid
- you use a non-Steam Deck Linux distro and need full feature support
- your system uses a swap partition instead of a swap file
- you need the Game Data or VRAM tabs outside SteamOS

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: developer-tools, configuration-management, file-system
- domain: gaming-tools, performance, operating-systems, self-hosted
- platform: cli
- tags: steam-deck, system-tuning, swap-management, storage-management, gui, gaming-performance, linux, desktop

## Member repositories
- CryoByte33/steam-deck-utilities (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:09.009705+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:35:04.345235+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/CryoByte33/steam-deck-utilities (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:09.009705+00:00, sha 8e99675b6a3d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.