# lgogdownloader mit Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, Nix installieren

Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für lgogdownloader in AI-Agent-Workflows.

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:lgogdownloader
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install lgogdownloader
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add lgogdownloader
```

  Evidenz: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: lgogdownloader from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install lgogdownloader
```

  Evidenz: Debian stable package indexes: lgogdownloader from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install lgogdownloader
```

  Evidenz: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: lgogdownloader from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#lgogdownloader
```

  Evidenz: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/lg/lgogdownloader/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:lgogdownloader
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 3.18
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Unofficial downloader for GOG.com games
- **Homepage:** <https://sites.google.com/site/gogdownloader/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/Sude-/lgogdownloader>
- **Zuletzt aktualisiert:** 2026-06-25T13:37:48+02:00
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- lgogdownloader (Alias)

## Installationsverhalten

- Bottle: nicht verfügbar

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-08-03
- Manager-Version: 3.18
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

LGOGDownloader is an unofficial open-source command-line downloader for GOG.com games. It exists for users who want scriptable access to purchased installers, extras, repair operations, and Galaxy API build metadata from Unix-like environments.

### Projektgeschichte

The project README describes LGOGDownloader as an unofficial downloader for GOG.com that uses the same API as GOG Galaxy. Its command set grew around practical ownership-library tasks: login, list games, filter by game/platform/language, download installers and extras, repair files, and inspect or install Galaxy builds.

The tagged release line visible in the project repository runs from 2.x through 3.x, with GitHub releases documenting continued maintenance through the 2020s. The 3.x series reflects the ongoing need to track service-side changes in GOG/Galaxy while keeping a CLI workflow available.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

LGOGDownloader is packaged by Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora/DNF, Alpine, Nix, and related distro ecosystems. That adoption follows a clear Linux desktop niche: users with GOG libraries needed a non-Galaxy, non-browser way to list, download, verify, and archive purchased game files.

### Wie es verwendet wird

Typical usage starts with `lgogdownloader --login`, then `--list`, `--download`, `--download-file`, `--repair`, or Galaxy build commands. Its config and credential state live under the XDG config directory, which makes it fit batch download and backup scripts.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

LGOGDownloader is significant because it turns a commercial game library into a package-like archive workflow: list metadata, select platforms/languages, fetch artifacts, verify or repair them, and keep them under user control. It is especially attractive to Linux users and preservation-minded game collectors.

### Zeitleiste

- Version 2.2: The repository contains tagged 2.x releases by this point in the public tag history.
- 2021-08-25: LGOGDownloader 3.8 was published as a GitHub release.
- 2023-10-23: LGOGDownloader 3.12 was published as a GitHub release.
- 2024-12-22: LGOGDownloader 3.16 was published as a GitHub release.
- 2025-11-03: LGOGDownloader 3.18 was published as a GitHub release.

### Related projects

- LGOGDownloader is related to GOG.com, GOG Galaxy, libcurl, jsoncpp, librhash, tidy, tinyxml2, Boost, zlib, Qt WebEngine builds, and distro packages that expose game-library management tools.

### Quellen

- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/lgogdownloader>
- <https://github.com/Sude-/lgogdownloader>
- <https://github.com/Sude-/lgogdownloader/releases>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Sude-/lgogdownloader/master/README.md>
- <https://sites.google.com/site/gogdownloader>


## Sicherheitshinweise

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

- **Geiger-Risiko:** blue / mittel
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal


## Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.


## Configuration files

- Unix: $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/lgogdownloader/, ~/.config/lgogdownloader/, $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/lgogdownloader/blacklist.txt, $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/lgogdownloader/ignorelist.txt, $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/lgogdownloader/gamespecific/gamename.conf, $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/lgogdownloader/transformations.json

## Credential files

- Unix: $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/lgogdownloader/, ~/.config/lgogdownloader/
## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

- Debian apt - lgogdownloader - 3.17-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: lgogdownloader from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | downloader for GOG.com files | https://sites.google.com/site/gogdownloader/
- Nix - lgogdownloader: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/lg/lgogdownloader/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - lgogdownloader - 3.12-1ubuntu4: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: lgogdownloader from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | downloader for GOG.com files | https://sites.google.com/site/gogdownloader/
- apk - lgogdownloader - 3.18-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: lgogdownloader from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Open source downloader for GOG.com games | https://github.com/Sude-/lgogdownloader
- apk - lgogdownloader-doc - 3.18-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: lgogdownloader-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Open source downloader for GOG.com games (documentation) | https://github.com/Sude-/lgogdownloader
- dnf - lgogdownloader - 3.16-10.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: lgogdownloader from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | GOG.com download client | https://github.com/Sude-/lgogdownloader


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/lgogdownloader.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/lgogdownloader.yml)


## Quellen

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph