# an-anime-team/the-honkers-railway-launcher

The Honkers Railway launcher for Linux with automatic patching and telemetry disabling

Repository: https://github.com/an-anime-team/the-honkers-railway-launcher
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/the-honkers-railway-launcher
Homepage: https://discord.gg/ck37X6UWBp
Language: Fluent
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2026-08-04T19:12:08+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 92/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 96, release rhythm 90, longevity 88
- inputs: {"age_days": 1233, "days_push": 29, "days_rel": 64, "gap_med": 28, "n_releases_24m": 18}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1045, forks 36 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:21.096202+00:00)

## What it is
A graphical game launcher for Linux that manages Honkai: Star Rail installation, automatic patching, and telemetry disabling. It is part of the An Anime Team suite of anime game launchers for Linux.

## Use cases
- launch honkai star rail on linux
- automatically patch star rail to run on linux
- disable telemetry in honkai star rail
- manage wine and dxvk for star rail on steam deck
- install star rail on linux via flatpak

## When to choose
- you want to play Honkai: Star Rail on Linux or Steam Deck with minimal manual setup
- you need automatic game patching and telemetry disabling
- you prefer a GUI launcher with Flatpak or RPM packaging

## When to avoid
- you play on Windows or macOS natively
- you need officially supported anti-cheat guarantees
- you want a distribution-maintained package with guaranteed up-to-date RPMs

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: gui, workflow-automation
- domain: gaming-tools, operating-systems, self-hosted
- platform: -
- tags: game-launcher, wine, honkai-star-rail, flatpak, patching, telemetry-blocking, linux

## Member repositories
- an-anime-team/the-honkers-railway-launcher (main) score 92

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:21.096202+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 2026-08-30T07:02:03.121239+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/an-anime-team/the-honkers-railway-launcher (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:21.096202+00:00, sha 9486b4fbe0fc)
  - homepage: https://discord.gg/ck37X6UWBp (fetched 2026-08-29T13:02:46.389598+00:00, sha fbb1bb09f10b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.