# Steam Rom Manager (open-source gaming app)

> Steam Rom Manager is a free, open-source gaming app for Windows, macOS and Linux. The bulk game importer and artwork manager for Steam. It has 2,575 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0 license. Its source code is on GitHub at SteamGridDB/steam-rom-manager.

Steam ROM Manager (SRM) is a super flexible tool for adding non-Steam games to Steam in bulk and managing their artwork assets and controller templates. Added games could be ROMs for emulators, games from other stores such as Epic or GOG, or even not games at all. Have you always wanted your notes from junior year as a category in steam? If so that's pretty weird! But now it's possible.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/SteamGridDB/steam-rom-manager |
| Platforms | Linux, macOS, Windows |
| Interface | desktop GUI |
| GitHub stars | 2,575 |
| License | GPL-3.0 (open source) |
| Replaces | n/a |
| Language | TypeScript |
| Website | https://steamgriddb.github.io/steam-rom-manager/ |
| Official | yes (published by the project behind the app) |
| Category | Gaming & emulation |
| Latest release | v2.5.44 (Aug 6, 2026) |
| Last commit | Aug 27, 2026 |

## Install

### Flathub (Linux)

```sh
flatpak install flathub com.steamgriddb.steam-rom-manager
```

Package page: https://flathub.org/apps/com.steamgriddb.steam-rom-manager

### Chocolatey (Windows)

```sh
choco install steam-rom-manager
```

Package page: https://community.chocolatey.org/packages/steam-rom-manager

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