# Goverlay (open-source gaming app)

> Goverlay is a free, open-source gaming app for Linux. Goverlay is an easy graphical interface to configure linux gaming applications. It has 1,523 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0 license. Its source code is on GitHub at benjamimgois/goverlay.

Goverlay is a modern Qt6 GUI application for Linux gamers that puts powerful performance and visual tools behind an easy-to-use interface. It configures MangoHud, vkBasalt, vkSumi, OptiScaler, and Proton environment tweaks through a visual, card-based layout — generating the config files and launch commands you drop into Steam or Lutris.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/benjamimgois/goverlay |
| Platforms | Linux |
| Interface | desktop GUI |
| GitHub stars | 1,523 |
| License | GPL-3.0 (open source) |
| Replaces | n/a |
| Language | Pascal |
| Website | none listed |
| Official | no |
| Category | Gaming & emulation |
| Latest release | 1.9.3 (Sep 25, 2026) |
| Last commit | Oct 8, 2026 |

## Install

### Flathub (Linux)

```sh
flatpak install flathub io.github.benjamimgois.goverlay
```

Package page: https://flathub.org/apps/io.github.benjamimgois.goverlay

### AUR (Arch Linux)

Package page: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/goverlay-git

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