Cartridges Alternatives

Cartridges is described as 'Simple game launcher for all of your games. It has support for importing games from Steam, Lutris, Heroic and more with no login necessary. You can sort and hide games or download cover art from SteamGridDB' and is an app in the gaming software category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Cartridges for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, Flathub and Web-based apps. The best Cartridges alternative is Lutris, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Cartridges are Playnite, Heroic Games Launcher, PlayOnLinux - PlayOnMac and Bottles.

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  1. Lutris icon
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    Lutris is an open source gaming platform for GNU/Linux. It allows you to gather and manage (install, configure and launch) all your games acquired from any source, in a single interface.

    62 Lutris alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • Flathub
     
    • Lutris is the most popular Web-based & Linux alternative to Cartridges.

    • Lutris is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Cartridges.

    • Lutris is Free and Open SourceCartridges is also Free and Open Source
    • Lutris is LightweightCartridges is not according to our users
  2. Playnite icon
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    Video game library manager and launcher with support for 3rd party libraries like Steam, GOG, Origin and Uplay, providing one unified interface for your games.

    45 Playnite alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • Playnite is the most popular Windows alternative to Cartridges.

    • Playnite is Free and Open SourceCartridges is also Free and Open Source
    • Playnite is CustomizableCartridges is not according to our users
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    Heroic is an Open Source Game Launcher for Linux, Windows and macOS (10.15+, won't work properly on High sierra and older versions). Right now it supports launching games from the .

    32 Heroic Games Launcher alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • AppImageHub
    • Flathub
     
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    Cartridges aims to organize the games from all sources, when Heroic serve as GOG, Epic Games and Amazon Prime Gaming source.

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    • Heroic Games Launcher is the most popular Mac alternative to Cartridges.

    • Heroic Games Launcher is Free and Open SourceCartridges is also Free and Open Source
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    PlayOnLinux is a graphical frontend for the Wine software compatibility layer which allows Linux and Mac users to install Windows-based video games, Microsoft Office (2000 to 2010), Microsoft Internet Explorer, as well as many other applications.

    44 PlayOnLinux - PlayOnMac alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Wine
    • FreeBSD
     
  5. Retrom icon
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    Centralized game library management service, allowing you to host games on one device and connect multiple clients, supporting cross-platform play and emulation. Easily manage emulator profiles, with web client access for metadata and artwork showcase.

    42 Retrom alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
     
    • Retrom is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Cartridges.

    • Retrom is Free and Open SourceCartridges is also Free and Open Source
    • Retrom is Privacy focusedCartridges is not according to our users
  6. Lemuroid icon
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    Lemuroid is an open-source emulation project based on Libretro. It's completely free, without ads and focused on ease of use and good user experience.

    32 Lemuroid alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
     
    • Lemuroid is the most popular Android alternative to Cartridges.

    • Lemuroid is Free and Open SourceCartridges is also Free and Open Source
    • Lemuroid is LightweightCartridges is not according to our users
  7. Mythic icon
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    An open-source Epic Games Launcher alternative and normal game launcher for macOS written in Swift. We started this project to create a GUI frontend for Legendary and to play Windows games using game porting toolkit by Apple.

    48 Mythic alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  8. Ludo icon
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    Ludo is an Emulator Frontend able to run retro video games. Ludo does not emulate the consoles itself, but does it through emulator plugins called libretro cores. Libretro cores are well known emulators (like Snes9x or Genesis Plus GX or PCSX) stripped from their user interface.

    35 Ludo alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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