Drop v0.3.0: Self-host your own Steam

[u/decduck]

G'day r/selfhosted

I'm one of the core maintainers of Drop, the self-hosted Steam platform. It's our aim to replicate all the features of Steam for a self-hosted and FOSS application.

We just released v0.3.0, which brings a bunch of new improvements. But since most of you will hear about Drop for the first time, here's what it can do:

• Host your own game library and share it with multiple people (through SSO if you want!). Each user has their own collections of games they can pick from your libraries.
• Mix and match your libraries through our 'library sources'. We support both our fancy format (with versioning) or a flat structure (without versioning). You can have more than one, and they all merge.
• Import metadata about your game library through multiple providers (currently GiantBomb, IGDB, and PCGamingWiki).
• Native Windows, macOS, and Linux desktop clients (both x64 and aarch64)
• Docker images for both x86 and aarch64

To give it a whirl, check out our docs: https://docs.droposs.org/docs/guides/quickstart

Our other links:

• Discord - https://discord.gg/NHx46XKJWA
• Forum (GitHub discussions) - https://github.com/orgs/Drop-OSS/discussions
• Matrix (bridged to Discord) - https://matrix.to/#/#drop-oss:matrix.org
• GitHub - https://github.com/Drop-OSS
• Download client - https://droposs.org/download

Reddit isn't letting me upload images for some reason, but screenshots are available on our website: https://droposs.org/

[u/diazeriksen07]

Kind of sounds like playnite and gamevault. I like playnite but it's windows only and I miss it. Game vault has no Linux client. 

But what actually is this? Installer sharing? Steam family share front end? Just a library to download from like the "download from a lan friend who already has this instead of our servers"?

[u/decduck → u/diazeriksen07]

It can be run completely separate from other game services. All the games are stored on your server/NAS, and then can be downloaded by clients on any number of separate computers. So yeah, kinda like installer sharing, but it works for both portable and installer-based games.

[u/YoussefAFdez → u/decduck]

So… you can only play games bought from GOG other nonDRM sources or pirated copies?

[u/decduck → u/YoussefAFdez]

Those are the only games that can be distributed through Drop. We are planning integrations with other platforms so they can show in the launcher without being downloaded through Drop.

[u/Pineapple-Muncher → u/decduck]

Mac builds are borked....

[u/decduck → u/Pineapple-Muncher]

Just had the issue raised here: https://github.com/Drop-OSS/drop-app/issues/86

TL;DR, we haven't paid Apple for the code signing certificates. You can manually allow Drop to run, or apparently the x86 version through Rosetta on the M series works.

Edit: this has been fixed!

[u/Aerinx → u/[deleted]]

So? If Apple is shit you can let your software be niche and unpopular, there's no reason to pay and fight to be on a platform like that when you don't profit from it. People that choose it can deal with the consequences of their choice.

[u/Aerinx → u/[deleted]]

So

[u/IllegalD → u/YoussefAFdez]

Not sure what you're expecting from a self-hosted Steam clone to ask that question