Small comment on the licensing... CC-by-NC-SA is not FOSS and also not very helpful for server run software like this, as people do not need to share modifications they only run on their own server. I would suggest you switch to the AGPL instead, which was specifically developed for server run software.
this post was submitted on 24 Sep 2025
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This. It does what you want and it's actually a proper software license.
It's funny to me, that something called CrackPipe before to host your alternative obtained games now says they will not make it FOSS because they somehow have to finance their hard work.
I personally hope every "convenience feature" they think about gets cracked immediately and someone rewrites the code a little and implements it obfuscated in their financially successful product.
In the end this is just another platform that's already promising you to enshittify along the way - posting this here should be considered an Ad and should be removed.
But not with sharing the crack :)
Exactly, wheres the challenge in that
Not everyone is into IT. When you guys distributed alternative obtained games with your software, did you also put limits in place so people can only share their self made cracks?
So what was the former name of GameVault?
Rule No. 1 of GameVault: We don't talk about the former name of GameVault
Thanks for sharing, I'd never heard of GameVault
That's because it was called crackpipe before
Working title
Me neither! Looks like I'm adding another service to my repertoire
You plan to package it with Tauri2, or what is the plan? Edit: I see Tauri. Good choice 👍
Also Flathub support under Linux would be great.
Flathub = free visibility
Great progress on the UI, it looks really polished. Consultations.
I have a few questions:
- Do you plan to open source it? AGPL, MIT, Apache, etc.
- When do you believe there will be a linux client?
No linux support as far as I can see?
It's a web UI. If your distribution is capable of running a browser, it will work
I'm using lynx browser
it worked when i last tried with w3m lmao
Ah ok good to know, i just read this from their FAQ which is why i assumed it wasn't supported.
Is there a native client for Mac or Linux?
No, apart from emulation or community-maintained clients, there is currently no native Linux or Mac GameVault client application.
Yes it still is true, there is no native application as of rn