ValveSoftware/Proton

Compatibility tool for Steam Play based on Wine and additional components

Games & graphicsC++#proton

1.4 Steady Magnitude out of 10. Star growth looks organic. Data as of September 21, 2026.

About the project

Proton is a compatibility tool for Steam Play based on Wine that allows Windows-exclusive games to run on Linux. Source code is provided for advanced users to alter Proton or use a different Wine version.

Useful for

Build Proton from source using make install to install into Steam
Modify Wine version in wine/ directory and rebuild Proton
Create a custom Proton build using make redist for distribution

README summarized by DeepSeek V4.1 Flash. Details may be inaccurate.

Why it’s trending

0 stars so far today, about 3 expected by the end of the day.
GitHub Trending C++ today: #11, +11 stars.

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Numbers

Total stars: 32,851
Stars in a day: 3
Forks: 1,622
Issues and pull requests: 9,869
Watchers: 395
Language: C++
Latest release: proton-11.0-2 · August 21, 2026
Created: March 13, 2018
Last push: September 21, 2026

Star trust

Growth looks organic: forks and discussion are in line with active projects, and stars arrive unevenly, the way people give them.

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September 21, 2026GitHub Trending C++ today: #11, +11 stars

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