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Port details
minigalaxy Simple GOG client for Linux
1.4.2 games on this many watch lists=0 search for ports that depend on this port Find issues related to this port Report an issue related to this port View this port on Repology. pkg-fallout 1.4.2Version of this port present on the latest quarterly branch.
Maintainer: avereeken@fastmail.de search for ports maintained by this maintainer
Port Added: 2025-09-22 12:36:22
Last Update: 2026-07-11 19:09:45
Commit Hash: ba4d259
License: GPLv3
WWW:
https://sharkwouter.github.io/minigalaxy
Description:
A simple GOG client for Linux that lets you download and play your GOG games. The most important features of Minigalaxy: - Log in with your GOG account - Download the Linux games you own on GOG - Launch them! In addition to that, Minigalaxy also allows you to: - Update your games - Install and update DLC - Select which language you'd prefer to download your games in - Change where games are installed - Search your GOG Linux library - Show all games or just the ones you've installed - View the error message if a game fails to launch - Enable displaying the FPS in games - Use the system's ScummVM or DOSBox installation - Install Windows games using Wine
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Dependency lines:
  • ${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}minigalaxy>0:games/minigalaxy@${PY_FLAVOR}
To install the port:
cd /usr/ports/games/minigalaxy/ && make install clean
To add the package, run one of these commands:
  • pkg install games/minigalaxy
  • pkg install py312-minigalaxy
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.
NOTE: This is a Python port. Instead of py312-minigalaxy listed in the above command, you can pick from the names under the Packages section.
PKGNAME: py312-minigalaxy
Package flavors (<flavor>: <package>)
  • py312: py312-minigalaxy
distinfo:
TIMESTAMP = 1783357283 SHA256 (sharkwouter-minigalaxy-1.4.2_GH0.tar.gz) = cfb4e6b0fad9df9bb25ff500794a660abe97e43be7aaa85d5e72275ed2541977 SIZE (sharkwouter-minigalaxy-1.4.2_GH0.tar.gz) = 551412

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Dependencies
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Build dependencies:
  1. bash : shells/bash
  2. gettext-tools>=0.26 : devel/gettext-tools
  3. py312-setuptools>=63.1.0 : devel/py-setuptools@py312
  4. python3.12 : lang/python312
Test dependencies:
  1. python3.12 : lang/python312
Runtime dependencies:
  1. py312-requests>=0 : www/py-requests@py312
  2. webkit2-gtk_41>0 : www/webkit2-gtk@41
  3. py312-pygobject>=0 : devel/py-pygobject@py312
  4. python3.12 : lang/python312
Library dependencies:
  1. libglib-2.0.so : devel/glib20
  2. libintl.so : devel/gettext-runtime
There are no ports dependent upon this port

Configuration Options:
No options to configure
Options name:
games_minigalaxy
USES:
gettext-tools gnome python:3.11+
pkg-message:
For install:
To play Linux games, the Linux binary compatibility environment must be set up and the shebang in the start.sh scripts must be changed to /compat/linux/bin/bash. To play Windows games you need to install Wine. Enjoy!
Master Sites:
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Number of commits found: 4

Commit History - (may be incomplete: for full details, see links to repositories near top of page)
CommitCreditsLog message
1.4.2
11 Jul 2026 19:09:45
commit hash: ba4d25929c804fce4cf29a638504d38560ac1b6fcommit hash: ba4d25929c804fce4cf29a638504d38560ac1b6fcommit hash: ba4d25929c804fce4cf29a638504d38560ac1b6fcommit hash: ba4d25929c804fce4cf29a638504d38560ac1b6f files touched by this commit
Älven (alven) search for other commits by this committer
Author: Alexander Vereeken
*/*: Update maintainer e-mail address

PR:		296700
MFH:		2026Q3
Approved by:	Alexander Vereeken <Alexander88207@protonmail.com> (maintainer)
Approved by:	db@, yuri@ (Mentors, implicit)
1.4.2
11 Jul 2026 01:59:05
commit hash: 2e937abb18aad6835b7b26923443c19f796f8305commit hash: 2e937abb18aad6835b7b26923443c19f796f8305commit hash: 2e937abb18aad6835b7b26923443c19f796f8305commit hash: 2e937abb18aad6835b7b26923443c19f796f8305 files touched by this commit
Vladimir Druzenko (vvd) search for other commits by this committer
Author: Alexander Vereeken
games/minigalaxy: Update 1.4.1 => 1.4.2

Changelog:
https://github.com/sharkwouter/minigalaxy/releases/tag/1.4.2

PR:		296558
Sponsored by:	UNIS Labs
MFH:		2026Q3
1.4.1
23 Feb 2026 13:16:50
commit hash: 5f2638a94efbafb0c91dac530fa307595f3d02e5commit hash: 5f2638a94efbafb0c91dac530fa307595f3d02e5commit hash: 5f2638a94efbafb0c91dac530fa307595f3d02e5commit hash: 5f2638a94efbafb0c91dac530fa307595f3d02e5 files touched by this commit
Vladimir Druzenko (vvd) search for other commits by this committer
Author: Alexander Vereeken
games/minigalaxy: Update 1.4.0 => 1.4.1

Changelog:
- Installations now report more intermediate steps like checksum
  verifications to the UI. (thanks to GB609)
- Fix bugs related to error handling of ongoing installations.
  (thanks to GB609)
- Fix an issue where CJK characters in game library path prevents the
  config file from being loaded properly. (thanks to kyle-zhang-42)
- Automatically add Weblate contributions to README and About dialog on
  release. (thanks to GB609)
https://github.com/sharkwouter/minigalaxy/releases/tag/1.4.1

While here replace gettext with gettext-tools in USES - the port is not
linked with libintl, but uses msgfmt to compile translations.

PR:	293348
1.4.0
22 Sep 2025 12:35:14
commit hash: 8475f6775c9d004afb268f7c9c213a10e62adaeacommit hash: 8475f6775c9d004afb268f7c9c213a10e62adaeacommit hash: 8475f6775c9d004afb268f7c9c213a10e62adaeacommit hash: 8475f6775c9d004afb268f7c9c213a10e62adaea files touched by this commit
Lars Engels (lme) search for other commits by this committer
Author: Alexander Vereeken
games/minigalaxy: Add new port

A simple GOG client for Linux that lets you download and play your GOG games.

The most important features of Minigalaxy:

- Log in with your GOG account
- Download the Linux games you own on GOG
- Launch them!

In addition to that, Minigalaxy also allows you to:

- Update your games
- Install and update DLC
- Select which language you'd prefer to download your games in
- Change where games are installed
- Search your GOG Linux library
- Show all games or just the ones you've installed
- View the error message if a game fails to launch
- Enable displaying the FPS in games
- Use the system's ScummVM or DOSBox installation
- Install Windows games using Wine

WWW: https://sharkwouter.github.io/minigalaxy
PR:		284721

Number of commits found: 4