LGOGDownloader

This repository contains the code of LGOGDownloader which is unofficial open source downloader for GOG.com. It uses the same API as GOG Galaxy which doesn't have Linux support at the moment.

Dependencies

• libcurl >= 7.55.0
• librhash
• jsoncpp
• libtidy
• tinyxml2
• boost (regex, date-time, system, filesystem, program-options, iostreams)
• zlib
• qtwebengine if built with -DUSE_QT_GUI=ON

Make dependencies

• cmake >= 3.18.0
• ninja

Debian/Ubuntu

# apt install build-essential libcurl4-openssl-dev libboost-regex-dev \
libjsoncpp-dev librhash-dev libtinyxml2-dev libtidy-dev \
libboost-system-dev libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-program-options-dev \
libboost-date-time-dev libboost-iostreams-dev cmake \
pkg-config zlib1g-dev qtwebengine5-dev ninja-build

Build and install

$ cmake -B build -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DUSE_QT_GUI=ON -GNinja
$ ninja -Cbuild install

Fedora

sudo dnf install cmake make gcc gcc-c++ glibc tinyxml2-devel rhash-devel \
libtidy-devel tinyxml-devel jsoncpp-devel libcurl-devel \
boost-devel

Build and Install

cmake ..
make

Usage examples

• Login

  lgogdownloader --login
  

• Listing games and details for specific games

  lgogdownloader --list
  lgogdownloader --list details --game witcher
  

• Downloading files

  lgogdownloader --download
  lgogdownloader --download --game stardew_valley --exclude extras
  lgogdownloader --download --threads 6 --platform linux --language en+de,fr
  lgogdownloader --download-file tyrian_2000/9543
  

• Repairing files

  lgogdownloader --repair --game beneath_a_steel_sky
  lgogdownloader --repair --download --game "^a"
  

• Using Galaxy API for listing and installing game builds

  lgogdownloader --galaxy-platform windows --galaxy-show-builds stardew_valley
  lgogdownloader --galaxy-platform windows --galaxy-install stardew_valley/0
  lgogdownloader --galaxy-platform windows --galaxy-install beneath_a_steel_sky/0 --galaxy-no-dependencies
  

• See man page or help text for more

  lgogdownloader --help
  man lgogdownloader
  

Links

• LGOGDownloader website
• GOG forum thread
• LGOGDownloader @ AUR
• LGOGDownloader @ AUR (git version)
• LGOGDownloader @ Debian
• LGOGDownloader @ Ubuntu