GameVault
GameVault is a source-available, self-hosted app in the Game Servers category, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 and written mainly in TypeScript. It is a self-hosted alternative to Steam Link / GeForce Now and ships a Docker image. It has 327 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 19, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
- Game Servers
- TypeScript
- CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0
- Source-available
- Docker
- Active
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 327
- Forks
- 38
- Open issues
- 14
- Commits, last 12 months
- 132
- Last commit
- Oct 19, 2026
- Latest release
- 17.0.1Sep 1, 2026
- Created
- Jun 30, 2023
- License
- CC BY-NC-SA 4.0Source-available
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 19, 2026, 132 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases5 releases in 12 months
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Oct 19, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 132 |
| Latest release | 17.0.1 (Sep 1, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 5 |
| Releases, all time | 63 |
| Open issues | 14 |
| Open pull requests | 6 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | Jun 30, 2023 |
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About GameVault
Organize, download, and play DRM-free games from your own server, complete with metadata enrichment and user-friendly interface.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/Phalcode/gamevault-backend.
Topics
- gaming
- platform
- self-hosted
- backend
- gamevault
- source-available
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Is GameVault free and open source?
Not by the OSI definition. GameVault is source-available rather than open source: its code is public under the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, which is not an OSI-approved open-source license. Creative Commons NonCommercial licenses do not allow commercial use of the software. Check the license in the repository before using it commercially.
Can I run GameVault with Docker?
Yes. GameVault provides a Docker image, so you can run it on any Linux server with Docker and Docker Compose installed. The project README lists the image name and the environment variables to set.
What are the best alternatives to GameVault?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to GameVault include Sunshine, RomM and Pterodactyl. GameVault itself is a self-hosted alternative to Steam Link / GeForce Now.
Is GameVault actively maintained?
The most recent commit to GameVault was on Oct 19, 2026 with 132 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is 17.0.1, published Sep 1, 2026. It had 14 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.