NonSteamLaunchers v4.2.91

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Release Notes - FIRST STEPS

Well, it's been a long road so far. And can't believe it's been three years since NSL was created. It's been a long time! Thank you for all the continued love and support! To celebrate, I thought it would be a cool idea to start integration. Considering not just three years, but it's also the 100th release. 🚀...And because the Steam Machine!

Starting today for Desktop users only that use the NonSteamLaunchers.desktop, the NSLGameScanner has been integrated into the Steam Client in Desktop Mode and in Game Mode.

The toggle will turn auto scan on or turn it off. Once off, no games will be scanned, no shortcuts will be created. Let's say you get a new game and now you don't want to auto scan, you can just manual scan by hitting the magnifying glass!

For now in game mode, be sure to hold the Steam + Right Trackpad for the mouse to pop up.

Player Count has been added for games as well into the metadata card so you can get an estimate on how many are playing that game.

Here's some pictures.

Desktop Version 🖥

~Added new feature: NSLGameScanner Integration
~ To turn off or restart the integration, you must open NonSteamLauncers.desktop and hit the magnifying glass. This will ask you if you want to stop or restart it. This will also now restart Steam.
~Added Play Count to Metadata card to show live player accounts for games. For desktop and plug-in version.
~Many bug fixes for itchi.io , ubisoft connect, EA App, and GOG Galaxy
~Fixed bug that would show random game purchases.
~Many more bug fixes below. Some fixes have also been applied to the Decky plugin version.

• Refactor injection logic with tryInject function (4f552c5)

• Refactor game mode detection and injection logic (579cdfd)

• Update NonSteamLaunchers.sh (d9afa91)

• Refine NSL Game Scanner completion messages Updated NSL Game Scanner status messages based on scan state. (426fb47)

• Fix EA App installation command syntax (6497af3)

• Add GOG Galaxy to Ubisoft Connect launcher check (c1731b8)

• Comment out manifest file creation for Steam app Commented out the call to create_steam_store_app_manifest_file function. (03a5065)

• Comment out process termination for EADesktop.exe Comment out the termination of EADesktop.exe process before installing EA App. (5043e42)

• Update EA Desktop launcher paths Updated EA Desktop launcher paths to version 13.720.0.6233. (a6708f3)

• Update itch.io paths to new version Updated itch.io executable paths to version 26.13.0. (4c6338f)

• Add NSL_SCAN_STATE to env_file if not present Ensure NSL_SCAN_STATE is added to env_file if missing. (bdf4f57)

• Refactor NSL_SCAN_STATE check in NonSteamLaunchers.sh Refactor NSL_SCAN_STATE check to use a variable for file path and add confirmation message. (1345e75)

• Modify NSL_SCAN_STATE export logic Check if NSL_SCAN_STATE is already set before adding it to env_vars. (3b9228c)

• Added new feature...NSL game scanner integration. (7d5aad2)

• Fix formatting and improve NSLGameScanner restart logic (e9c657e)

• Enhance fetch_targets with error handling and timeout Added error handling and timeout to fetch_targets function. (cd12413)

• Add NSL_SCAN_STATE environment variable export (be8bd97)

• Update launcher detection for NonSteamLaunchers (e9d635c)

• Refactor UMU shortcut modification logic Added a normalization function to standardize codename comparisons and updated the shortcut modification logic to handle UMU entries more robustly. (c8a11eb)

• Uncomment code to add new entry to shortcuts fixed duplication (4fede75)

• Refactor game metadata to allow null values Updated game metadata handling to allow null values for developer and publisher fields instead of defaulting to 'Unknown'. Adjusted platform handling to return null instead of 'Unknown' when no data is available. (65fb8de)

• Enhance README with additional features and details Updated README to include player count information and clarify .desktop file creation. (ee46328)

• Remove console logs for game details Removed debug console logs for game information. (800b6db)

• Added Player Count to Metadata (e64c6ab)

• Remove unnecessary systemctl commands Removed systemctl commands for daemon reload and restart. (983ac18)

• Reload and restart plugin_loader after installation Added systemctl commands to reload and restart plugin_loader after installation. (dff6045)

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Decky Plugin Version 🔌

• disabled acf creation (28899fb)

• fixes towards ea app and itchio (92504e4)

• small metadata fix (c4426b3)

• Added Player Count to Metadata (1bf39c4)

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Note

Available .desktop Files

Desktop Version: NonSteamLaunchers.desktop
Plugin Version: NSLPlugin.desktop (for users who already have Decky Loader installed)

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Plugin Files

Linux

Tip

Use the red Update button in the plugin or NSLPlugin.desktop to install or update the plugin when using Decky Loader.

Windows

1. Download the current Windows version of Decky Loader here (https://nightly.link/SteamDeckHomebrew/decky-loader/workflows/build-win/main/PluginLoader%20Win.zip)
2. Download NSLPluginWindows.exe from here
3. Run NSLPluginWindows.exe first. This will also create the necessary cef debugging file for Decky Loader.
4. Run either No_console.exe or Plugin Loader.exe. You can also press Win + R, type shell:startup, and press Enter, then place the .exe there to launch Decky Loader on boot.
5. Go into Game Mode or Big Picture Mode to see the Decky Loader plugin and NonSteamLaunchers.

Warning

On Windows, only game scanning, playtime, metadata and game theme music work.
Other features are not yet functional, but auto-scan and manual scan both work correctly, including artwork formatting.

What's Changed

• Bump idna from 3.16 to 3.17 by @dependabot[bot] in #923
• Bump idna from 3.17 to 3.18 by @dependabot[bot] in #927

Full Changelog: v4.2.90...v4.2.91

NonSteamLaunchers v4.2.90

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Release Notes - Very Small Metadata Update plus other fixes

Been a while but wanted to add new sites to the links for metadata and left and right arrows so more links can be added in the future.
In the metadata card, the launcher icon is now clickable and will open the game’s official webpage when available. For now, this mainly works with Epic, GOG, and Ubisoft, but more support will be added soon. Also made some small changes to the format of the metadata card and pretty soon I will be adding a lot more functionality.

The Music button should render correctly again to turn it off and on.
The Decky Plugin version of the metadata will also now render correctly in WindowsOS.

Added GamingOnSteam.com (big shoutout to Martin & his team)
Added SteamInputDB.com
Added Speedrun.com
Added SteamCharts.com

More fixes below!

Desktop Version 🖥

• Bump version from v4.2.89 to v4.2.90 (0b0ff25)

• Refactor launcher icons to include dynamic URLs Metadata: now you can click launcher icon to go to game page websites, Added gamingonsteam, speedrun, Steamcharts, SteamInputDB to metadata links (bb993af)

• Refactor launcher icon handling in NSLGameScanner (d6340ec)

• Update EA Desktop launcher paths and cleanup Updated EA Desktop paths and removed temporary EA fix code. (5cf6e87)

• Update GitHub stats images in README (56b91d4)

• Refactor bottom links layout and add scrolling arrows Adjusted styles for bottom links and added scroll arrows. (2efe4f3)

• Revise YouTube and article sections in README Updated YouTube and article links with new formatting. (007c544)

• Add files via upload (e7a918d)

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Decky Plugin Version 🔌

• Metadata: now you can click the launcher icon to go to game page websites, Added gamingonsteam, speedrun, Steamcharts, SteamInputDB to metadata links (9e19afa)

• small fix towards WindowsOS for metadata (f6bd265)

• small fixes toward desktop music code (74acd6c)

• fixed EA App path - I reccomend Uninstall the Install over it (abb32f0)

• added source to Links - "Gaming On Steam" in Metadata - No bug fixes yet (da9714d)

• attempted fixes on itchio, ubisoft connect and EA App (74eaeb9)

• adjusted itchio install path (0756f36)

• Fixed major Scanner bug on Windows OS, should no longer infinite loop (c9046b6)

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Note

Available .desktop Files

Desktop Version: NonSteamLaunchers.desktop
Plugin Version: NSLPlugin.desktop (for users who already have Decky Loader installed)

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Plugin Files

Linux

Tip

Use the red Update button in the plugin or NSLPlugin.desktop to install or update the plugin when using Decky Loader.

Windows

1. Download the current Windows version of Decky Loader here (https://nightly.link/SteamDeckHomebrew/decky-loader/workflows/build-win/main/PluginLoader%20Win.zip)
2. Download NSLPluginWindows.exe from here
3. Run NSLPluginWindows.exe first. This will also create the necessary cef debugging file for Decky Loader.
4. Run either No_console.exe or Plugin Loader.exe. You can also press Win + R, type shell:startup, and press Enter, then place the .exe there to launch Decky Loader on boot.
5. Go into Game Mode or Big Picture Mode to see the Decky Loader plugin and NonSteamLaunchers.

Warning

On Windows, only game scanning, playtime, metadata and game theme music work.
Other features are not yet functional, but auto-scan and manual scan both work correctly, including artwork formatting.

What's Changed

• Bump charset-normalizer from 3.4.5 to 3.4.6 by @dependabot[bot] in #891
• Bump requests from 2.32.5 to 2.33.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #894
• Bump requests from 2.33.0 to 2.33.1 by @dependabot[bot] in #900
• Bump charset-normalizer from 3.4.6 to 3.4.7 by @dependabot[bot] in #899
• Update rich requirement from <15,>=14.0.0 to >=14.0.0,<16 by @dependabot[bot] in #905
• Bump idna from 3.11 to 3.13 by @dependabot[bot] in #909
• Bump certifi from 2026.2.25 to 2026.4.22 by @dependabot[bot] in #908
• Bump urllib3 from 2.6.3 to 2.7.0 by @dependabot[bot] in #915
• Bump requests from 2.33.1 to 2.34.2 by @dependabot[bot] in #917
• Bump idna from 3.13 to 3.15 by @dependabot[bot] in #918
• Bump certifi from 2026.4.22 to 2026.5.20 by @dependabot[bot] in #920
• Bump idna from 3.15 to 3.16 by @dependabot[bot] in #921

Full Changelog: v4.2.89...v4.2.90

NonSteamLaunchers v4.2.89

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Release Notes - Super Monkey Ball Online

Now that I'm back after taking a little break, I added Super Monkey Ball Online to the streaming sites.. Works great on the Steam Deck, with the controls in game mode and desktop mode. Be sure to click on the drop-down menus if you want to play the first one or the second one, and be sure to try Online! Great project.

https://monkeyball-online.pages.dev/

Desktop Version 🖥

• Update version number to v4.2.89 (55a4875)

• Fixed icon error (f113b00)

• Mark Gryphlink and Super Monkey Ball Online as ✔ (d7cc6ce)

• Added Super Monkey Ball Online to streaming sites (460002a)

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Decky Plugin Version 🔌

• Added Super Monkey Ball Online to Streaming Sites (4259e40)

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Note

Available .desktop Files

Desktop Version: NonSteamLaunchers.desktop
Plugin Version: NSLPlugin.desktop (for users who already have Decky Loader installed)

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Plugin Files

Linux

Tip

Use the red Update button in the plugin or NSLPlugin.desktop to install or update the plugin when using Decky Loader.

Windows

1. Download the current Windows version of Decky Loader here (https://nightly.link/SteamDeckHomebrew/decky-loader/workflows/build-win/main/PluginLoader%20Win.zip)
2. Download NSLPluginWindows.exe from here
3. Run NSLPluginWindows.exe first. This will also create the necessary cef debugging file for Decky Loader.
4. Run either No_console.exe or Plugin Loader.exe, depending on your preference.
5. Go into Game Mode or Big Picture Mode to see the Decky Loader plugin and NonSteamLaunchers.

Warning

On Windows, only scanning, playtime and game theme music work.
Other features are not yet functional, but auto-scan and manual scan both work correctly, including artwork formatting.

Full Changelog: v4.2.88...v4.2.89

NonSteamLaunchers v4.2.88

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Release Notes - Small Fixes

Desktop Version 🖥

• Enhance game data with discount information and launcher handling Added discounted price and discount percent fields to game data. Improved launcher name resolution and icon retrieval logic. (ba8c868)

• Merge pull request #880 from svenliebig/patch-1 docs: small correction in readme (8a54ca3)

• docs: small correction in readme added two missing single semicolons to curl instructions. (cec4e69) (Commit by [@sven Liebig](https://github.com/Sven Liebig) on February 23, 2026)

• Update Gryphlink installer URL and version (fff5f08)

• Refactor itch.io paths to use dynamic versioning Updated itch.io paths to dynamically find the latest version. (b93068a)

• Refactor fadeOutAndStop and improve audio handling Refactor fadeOutAndStop function to accept parameters and improve volume fading logic. Remove unnecessary fadeInterval variable and enhance error handling during YouTube audio playback. (3c2c7ce)

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Decky Plugin Version 🔌

• small fixes (31a2a7b)

• small scanner fix for Gryphlink (7497ed3)

• fixed arknights/gryphlink install to update/install over (d072159)

• fixed itch.io to install again (609287d)

• small fixes to music functions (ec07234)

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Note

Available .desktop Files

Desktop Version: NonSteamLaunchers.desktop
Plugin Version: NSLPlugin.desktop (for users who already have Decky Loader installed)

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Plugin Files

Linux

Tip

Use the red Update button in the plugin or NSLPlugin.desktop to install or update the plugin when using Decky Loader.

Windows

1. Download the current Windows version of Decky Loader here (https://nightly.link/SteamDeckHomebrew/decky-loader/workflows/build-win/main/PluginLoader%20Win.zip)
2. Download NSLPluginWindows.exe from here
3. Run NSLPluginWindows.exe first. This will also create the necessary cef debugging file for Decky Loader.
4. Run either No_console.exe or Plugin Loader.exe, depending on your preference.
5. Go into Game Mode or Big Picture Mode to see the Decky Loader plugin and NonSteamLaunchers.

Warning

On Windows, only scanning, playtime and game theme music work.
Other features are not yet functional, but auto-scan and manual scan both work correctly, including artwork formatting.

What's Changed

• Update ruff requirement from <0.15,>=0.12.1 to >=0.12.1,<0.16 by @dependabot[bot] in #875
• docs: small correction in readme by @svenliebig in #880
• Bump certifi from 2026.1.4 to 2026.2.25 by @dependabot[bot] in #883
• Bump charset-normalizer from 3.4.4 to 3.4.5 by @dependabot[bot] in #886

New Contributors

• @svenliebig made their first contribution in #880

Full Changelog: v4.2.87...v4.2.88

NonSteamLaunchers v4.2.87

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Release Notes - Gryphlink and Metadata

You can now install the GryphLink Launcher so you can play Arknights: Endfield!
Added a scanner for it so that it can find the game so it can be played directly with no launcher.

Ive also updated the metadata so that now some games have a clickable Metacritic rating with a color gradient to match Metacritic's scale. Also added new sources for data so a lot more games should be more accurate. should be working for your shortcuts no matter what they are! Still a work in progress but much better!

All changes have been applied to the desktop and the plug-in version.

Below is a pic showing the new metacritic button.:

Desktop Version 🖥

• Update version number to v4.2.87 (7a5fb3a)

• Update README.md (74b9305)

• Added Gryphlink Launcher (7c436ee)

• Enhance game details with Metacritic information Added Metacritic score and URL to game data display. (b12c04c)

• Set default theme music to off Change default behavior of theme music to off if parsing fails. (0393f36)

• Update README.md (04c11ec)

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Decky Plugin Version 🔌

• Added New Launcher: Gryphlink for Arknights: Endfield and Game Scanner (00d83b0)

• switched logic of .desktop so symlinks are on the actual Desktop; Added New Feature Metadata (cf40f4d)

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Note

Available .desktop Files

Desktop Version: NonSteamLaunchers.desktop
Plugin Version: NSLPlugin.desktop (for users who already have Decky Loader installed)

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Plugin Files

Linux

Tip

Use the red Update button in the plugin or NSLPlugin.desktop to install or update the plugin when using Decky Loader.

Windows

1. Download the current Windows version of Decky Loader here (https://nightly.link/SteamDeckHomebrew/decky-loader/workflows/build-win/main/PluginLoader%20Win.zip)
2. Download NSLPluginWindows.exe from here
3. Run NSLPluginWindows.exe first. This will also create the necessary cef debugging file for Decky Loader.
4. Run either No_console.exe or Plugin Loader.exe, depending on your preference.
5. Go into Game Mode or Big Picture Mode to see the Decky Loader plugin and NonSteamLaunchers.

Warning

On Windows, only scanning, playtime and game theme music work.
Other features are not yet functional, but auto-scan and manual scan both work correctly, including artwork formatting.

Full Changelog: v4.2.86...v4.2.87

NonSteamLaunchers v4.2.86

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Release Notes - Meta World Peace

Added a new feature! Starting today, All non-steam shortcuts in your library will have metadata! That's right. You can now see more details about your game! This will work similarly to the playtime feature for all your non-Steam games. I've revamped the music button too and made it much simpler!

Also did a couple fixes in the scanner. Redid some logic for the desktop files. Hopefully it will be a much better experience.

Underneath the play button, you now have all the information for your non-Steam games in your library. Starting with a change to the music button. The music button is now located from the old game page to now in the card. Next to it is the launcher icon where the game came from automatically detected . To the right of that is obviously the the music button, but below that is the publisher, the genres, the platforms, the date when the game was created, and then to the right of everything you have the description.

Below the description is a small button for IsThereAnyDeal.com. And when you click on it, that will open the game page’s current deals. And below that is a long list of buttons from all the websites that you guys love:

Google
PC Gaming Wiki
HowLongToBeat
Steam Deck HQ
GameFAQS
AreWeAntiCheatYet
ProtonDB

By clicking these buttons, a game page will open up and you'll be able to browse and utilize any kind of website that you would need. Plenty more will be added to this feature as I expand on it and make it better yo

Some metadata will be incorrect right now and there will be a couple bugs, but bear with me as I work them out.

Currently, right now, no changes have been made to the Decky plugin version just yet. ;)

But that's not all.. This metadata card is also fully working in game mode!

Desktop Version 🖥

• Added new feature Metadata for all nonsteam shortcuts (dde79a4)

• Make - between proton & major version optional because ProtonUp-Qt installs to GE-ProtonXX-YY (1e18ae1) (Commit by @Kronarq on January 24, 2026)

• Fix urllib/requests mismatch in fetch_and_parse_csv fallback The fallback code was incorrectly mixing urllib.request with requests library methods (.raise_for_status(), .text) and exception handling. Fixed to properly use urllib patterns. (8f8e9c3) (Commit by @Kronarq on January 24, 2026)

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Decky Plugin Version 🔌

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Note

Available .desktop Files

Desktop Version: NonSteamLaunchers.desktop
Plugin Version: NSLPlugin.desktop (for users who already have Decky Loader installed)

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Plugin Files

Linux

Tip

Use the red Update button in the plugin or NSLPlugin.desktop to install or update the plugin when using Decky Loader.

Windows

1. Download the current Windows version of Decky Loader here (https://nightly.link/SteamDeckHomebrew/decky-loader/workflows/build-win/main/PluginLoader%20Win.zip)
2. Download NSLPluginWindows.exe from here
3. Run NSLPluginWindows.exe first. This will also create the necessary cef debugging file for Decky Loader.
4. Run either No_console.exe or Plugin Loader.exe, depending on your preference.
5. Go into Game Mode or Big Picture Mode to see the Decky Loader plugin and NonSteamLaunchers.

Warning

On Windows, only scanning, playtime and game theme music work.
Other features are not yet functional, but auto-scan and manual scan both work correctly, including artwork formatting.

What's Changed

• Fix urllib/requests mismatch in fetch_and_parse_csv fallback by @kronarq in #863
• Fix for ProtonUp-Qt installs of GE-Proton by @kronarq in #864

New Contributors

• @kronarq made their first contribution in #863

Full Changelog: v4.2.85...v4.2.86

NonSteamLaunchers v4.2.85

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Release Notes - Big Fish and SD Cards

A while back I ended up breaking one of my SD cards on the steam deck trying to fix my left bumper lol. It took me this long just to get a new one, but now I finally can fix all of the old legacy SD card code that needed to be fixed! You can move things to the SD Card again! This is only for the desktop version for now.

Also added a new launcher called Big Fish Games Manager and a couple more browsers: Vivaldi and LibreWolf. Currently, you can only install the Big Fish Games Manager on the desktop version using NonSteamLaunchers.desktop—it has not been added to the Decky plugin version yet. Big Fish Games Manager does not have a game scanner yet either, so for now you can only launch the games using the launcher.

Desktop Version 🖥

• Added Big Fish Games Manager and fixed all SD card code to work again (472b64c)

• Add Big Fish Games Manager to the list of launchers (04bea8d)

• Added LibreWolf & Vivaldi (c527962)

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Decky Plugin Version 🔌

• added support for Big Fish Games Manager; can only be installed in Desktop Version (41f83bb)

• added support for Vivaldi & LibreWolf Browsers (b2c26d0)

• small fix for Hytale (0acfc7b)

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Note

Available .desktop Files

Desktop Version: NonSteamLaunchers.desktop
Plugin Version: NSLPlugin.desktop (for users who already have Decky Loader installed)

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Plugin Files

Linux

Tip

Use the red Update button in the plugin or NSLPlugin.desktop to install or update the plugin when using Decky Loader.

Windows

1. Download the current Windows version of Decky Loader here (https://nightly.link/SteamDeckHomebrew/decky-loader/workflows/build-win/main/PluginLoader%20Win.zip)
2. Download NSLPluginWindows.exe from here
3. Run NSLPluginWindows.exe first. This will also create the necessary cef debugging file for Decky Loader.
4. Run either No_console.exe or Plugin Loader.exe, depending on your preference.
5. Go into Game Mode or Big Picture Mode to see the Decky Loader plugin and NonSteamLaunchers.

Warning

On Windows, only scanning, playtime and game theme music work.
Other features are not yet functional, but auto-scan and manual scan both work correctly, including artwork formatting.

Full Changelog: v4.2.84...v4.2.85

NonSteamLaunchers v4.2.84

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Release Notes - Hytale and Browser Collections

Added the Hytale Launcher (Linux) to play Hytale in Desktop/Game Mode and added Browser Collections for the streaming sites/custom websites per browser. Both of these updates have been applied to both the Desktop version and the Decky plugin version!

Desktop Version 🖥

• Update version to v4.2.84 and add Hytale support (a443427)

• Add browser detection and update entry creation Added a function to detect the browser name based on launch options and updated create_new_entry calls to include the detected browser name. (dc8c2cb)

• Bug fixes

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Decky Plugin Version 🔌

• added Hytale Launcher (Linux) support (9d0c7e8)

• added Collections for Streaming Sites & Websites per Browser (289a115)

• added buymeacoffee funding, fixed manifest structure in backend (f89f114)

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Note

Available .desktop Files

Desktop Version: NonSteamLaunchers.desktop
Plugin Version: NSLPlugin.desktop (for users who already have Decky Loader installed)

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Plugin Files

Linux

Tip

Use the red Update button in the plugin or NSLPlugin.desktop to install or update the plugin when using Decky Loader.

Windows

1. Download the current Windows version of Decky Loader here (https://nightly.link/SteamDeckHomebrew/decky-loader/workflows/build-win/main/PluginLoader%20Win.zip)
2. Download NSLPluginWindows.exe from here
3. Run NSLPluginWindows.exe first. This will also create the necessary cef debugging file for Decky Loader.
4. Run either No_console.exe or Plugin Loader.exe, depending on your preference.
5. Go into Game Mode or Big Picture Mode to see the Decky Loader plugin and NonSteamLaunchers.

Warning

On Windows, only scanning, playtime and game theme music work.
Other features are not yet functional, but auto-scan and manual scan both work correctly, including artwork formatting.

What's Changed

• Bump urllib3 from 2.6.2 to 2.6.3 by @dependabot[bot] in #856
• Bump certifi from 2025.11.12 to 2026.1.4 by @dependabot[bot] in #857

Full Changelog: v4.2.83...v4.2.84

NonSteamLaunchers v4.2.83

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Release Notes - More Browsers, More Options!

Desktop Version 🖥

I hope everyone had a very merry Christmas and a happy new years! But now it's time for more updates!

The desktop version now has multi browser support! Besides the default Google Chrome, you can now use Mozilla Firefox, Brave, and Microsoft Edge! As well as the ability to name your own websites, similiar to the decky plugin!

• Added multi-browser support and the ability to name your websites (cf09aa6)

• Enhance custom website handling and launch options (594c743)

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Decky Plugin Version 🔌

The Decky plugin now automatically closes the game launchers in the background once the game exits, just like the desktop version. This is on a timer, but will probably be changed to make it better.

See here for the same Desktop feature.

• Added New Feature: games exit once closed for non - steam games, 90 second timer after launch (999e2b1)

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Note

Available .desktop Files

Desktop Version: NonSteamLaunchers.desktop
Plugin Version: NSLPlugin.desktop (for users who already have Decky Loader installed)

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Plugin Files

Linux

Tip

Use the red Update button in the plugin or NSLPlugin.desktop to install or update the plugin when using Decky Loader.

Windows

1. Download the current Windows version of Decky Loader here (https://nightly.link/SteamDeckHomebrew/decky-loader/workflows/build-win/main/PluginLoader%20Win.zip)
2. Download NSLPluginWindows.exe from here
3. Run NSLPluginWindows.exe first. This will also create the necessary cef debugging file for Decky Loader.
4. Run either No_console.exe or Plugin Loader.exe, depending on your preference.
5. Go into Game Mode or Big Picture Mode to see the Decky Loader plugin and NonSteamLaunchers.

Warning

On Windows, only scanning, playtime and game theme music work.
Other features are not yet functional, but auto-scan and manual scan both work correctly, including artwork formatting.

NonSteamLaunchers v4.2.82

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Release Notes - Non Steam Games

Desktop Version 🖥

Very small update but a nice one for Desktop users. All non steam games with a launcher in the background that are ran through steam now auto close once your done with your game . No more going into steam to force the game to stop!

This new feature is only for Desktop Version users that use NonSteamLaunchers.desktop. It will not work in game mode just yet!

• Update version number to v4.2.82 (f18c311)

• Inject watcher code for game launch detection (a9bdce3)

• Update README.md (904cca8)

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Decky Plugin Version 🔌

• No changes. :(

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Note

Available .desktop Files

Desktop Version: NonSteamLaunchers.desktop
Plugin Version: NSLPlugin.desktop (for users who already have Decky Loader installed)

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Plugin Files

Linux

Tip

Use the red Update button in the plugin or NSLPlugin.desktop to install or update the plugin when using Decky Loader.

Windows

1. Download the current Windows version of Decky Loader here (https://nightly.link/SteamDeckHomebrew/decky-loader/workflows/build-win/main/PluginLoader%20Win.zip)
2. Download NSLPluginWindows.exe from here
3. Run NSLPluginWindows.exe first. This will also create the necessary cef debugging file for Decky Loader.
4. Run either No_console.exe or Plugin Loader.exe, depending on your preference.
5. Go into Game Mode or Big Picture Mode to see the Decky Loader plugin and NonSteamLaunchers.

Warning

On Windows, only scanning, playtime and game theme music work.
Other features are not yet functional, but auto-scan and manual scan both work correctly, including artwork formatting.

Full Changelog: v4.2.81...v4.2.82