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Steam Client is so incredibly bloated - I wish they released a Lite version without Steam Link, Achievements, Trading cards/Inventory, Browser, Community, Works

by yread 8y ago

Steam Client is so incredibly bloated - I wish they released a Lite version without Steam Link, Achievements, Trading cards/Inventory, Browser, Community, Workshop, Hub, ... It could also update less frequently if it had fewer features and updates would be faster. Just the list of games I have and the DRM required to play them.

nmbr213 8y ago
> Achievements, Trading cards/Inventory, Browser, Community, Workshop Doesn't all of that work through embedded web-browser?
- maze-le 8y ago
  I think the embedded browser is where the most bloat is located. Although this particular vulnerability is not tied to it.
- baud147258 8y ago
  It work through a slow embedded web-browser.
- MarchewaJP 8y ago
  Displaying achievements yes, but obtaining them has to interact in some ways with rest of the client. Trading cards and inventory probably too.
- Fnoord 8y ago
  Valve's Steam uses VGUI toolkit (proprietary), and a WebKit-based embedded browser.
Starz0r 8y ago
You are in luck, Valve has SteamCMD[1] for users just like yourself! It is a command line version of the Steam client and can do most of what you need like downloading, updating, even verifying game integrity from the command line! I only wish it was open source, maybe someone can reverse engineer it? [1] https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/SteamCMD https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/SteamCMD
- Laaas 8y ago
  but how do you run a game from that?
  - h1d 8y ago
    If it's possible someone can come up with a small UI that only lists and launches games.
    - Rumudiez 8y ago
      From the article: https://github.com/DioJoestar/SteamCMD-GUI/blob/master/README.md https://github.com/DioJoestar/SteamCMD-GUI/blob/master/READM... They don’t seem to have a *nix referral, but seems totally possible to make.
    - Fnoord 8y ago
      Playnite [1]. Open source, lightning fast, and light on resources. You can even combine different platforms such as Steam + Battle.net. Saves you running each of these. Though you lose things like downloads and social. Heck, it even has support for emulators. [1] https://playnite.link https://playnite.link
      - gitorian 8y ago
        Never heard of it, but the project sounds promising. You still have to install the proprietary client, right?
- xPaw 8y ago
  Steam protocol has been well understood for a while now: https://github.com/steamre/steamkit https://github.com/steamre/steamkit Which is based on reverse engineering the Steam client, so you can implement game downloading yourself.
- Fnoord 8y ago
  It appears to be only for downloading/updating game servers; not for downloading/updating games.

by yread 8y ago

nmbr213 8y ago

> Achievements, Trading cards/Inventory, Browser, Community, Workshop Doesn't all of that work through embedded web-browser?

maze-le 8y ago
I think the embedded browser is where the most bloat is located. Although this particular vulnerability is not tied to it.
baud147258 8y ago
It work through a slow embedded web-browser.
MarchewaJP 8y ago
Displaying achievements yes, but obtaining them has to interact in some ways with rest of the client. Trading cards and inventory probably too.
Fnoord 8y ago
Valve's Steam uses VGUI toolkit (proprietary), and a WebKit-based embedded browser.

Starz0r 8y ago

You are in luck, Valve has SteamCMD[1] for users just like yourself! It is a command line version of the Steam client and can do most of what you need like downloading, updating, even verifying game integrity from the command line! I only wish it was open source, maybe someone can reverse engineer it? [1] https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/SteamCMD https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/SteamCMD

Laaas 8y ago
but how do you run a game from that?
- h1d 8y ago
  If it's possible someone can come up with a small UI that only lists and launches games.
  - Rumudiez 8y ago
    From the article: https://github.com/DioJoestar/SteamCMD-GUI/blob/master/README.md https://github.com/DioJoestar/SteamCMD-GUI/blob/master/READM... They don’t seem to have a *nix referral, but seems totally possible to make.
  - Fnoord 8y ago
    Playnite [1]. Open source, lightning fast, and light on resources. You can even combine different platforms such as Steam + Battle.net. Saves you running each of these. Though you lose things like downloads and social. Heck, it even has support for emulators. [1] https://playnite.link https://playnite.link
    - gitorian 8y ago
      Never heard of it, but the project sounds promising. You still have to install the proprietary client, right?
xPaw 8y ago
Steam protocol has been well understood for a while now: https://github.com/steamre/steamkit https://github.com/steamre/steamkit Which is based on reverse engineering the Steam client, so you can implement game downloading yourself.
Fnoord 8y ago
It appears to be only for downloading/updating game servers; not for downloading/updating games.