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Hydra

Hydra is a free, open-source gaming app for Windows, macOS and Linux. Hydra Launcher is an open-source gaming platform created to be the single tool that you need. It has 17,168 GitHub stars and is released under the MIT license.

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About Hydra

Hydra Launcher is an open-source gaming platform created to be the single tool that you need in order to manage your gaming library. Hydra is written in Node.js (Electron, React, Typescript) and Rust, with libtorrent providing the torrent engine.

Install Hydra

Package names found in the project's README. Each links to its package page so you can check the publisher first.

Chocolatey (Windows)
choco install hydralauncher

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What is Hydra?

Hydra is a free, open-source gaming app for Windows, macOS and Linux. Hydra Launcher is an open-source gaming platform created to be the single tool that you need. It has 17,168 GitHub stars and is released under the MIT license.

Is Hydra free and open source?

Yes. Hydra's source code is public on GitHub under the MIT license, which is OSI-approved or FSF-free, so you can use, copy and change it for free.

How do I install Hydra?

Chocolatey: choco install hydralauncher. The commands are on this page. Installers are also on its GitHub Releases page (latest: v4.1.6).

Is Hydra still maintained?

The repository's most recent commit was on Oct 3, 2026. appsgit only lists apps whose repository had a commit in the last six months.