# domsvoboda/xodus-nexus > Open-source Xbox-inspired desktop launcher for Linux that lets you browse the Microsoft Store, install owned PC games, and play them through a shared runtime with Xbox sign-in and cloud saves. - Magnitude: 2.4 out of 10 — Early signal - Stars: 131 total · +11 stars measured 2026-10-18, 00:24–11:49 UTC, ≈ 21 by evening - Star trust: star growth looks organic - Category: Apps · Language: TypeScript · License: MIT · Created: 2026-10-11 · Last push: 2026-10-18 - GitHub: https://github.com/domsvoboda/xodus-nexus · Page: https://gitnova.dev/en/r/domsvoboda/xodus-nexus ## Useful for - Install and play owned Microsoft Store games on Linux via the AppImage. - Add Nexus games to Steam as Non-Steam shortcuts with artwork for Game Mode. - Manage the install queue and pause or resume downloads, including after restart. ## Why it’s here - Star-counter measurements on 2026-10-18 (UTC), 00:24–11:49: 120 → 131 stars (+11). This is the change over that interval. - Estimated end-of-day forecast: about +21 stars, using observed gains and the previous day. - The repository is 7 days old and already has 131 stars. With less than two weeks of history, there's no usual pace to compare the spike against yet. ## Star trust Star growth looks organic. Star-trust labels are heuristics based on the repository’s behavior, not a check of every stargazer. ## Numbers - Forks: 2 - Issues and pull requests: 141 - Watchers: 1 - Average over the last week: 21 per day - Usual pace: too little history (under two weeks) - Stars in the last hour (measured): 4 - Latest release: v0.3.5 (2026-10-17) ## Stars per day, last 8 days (oldest → newest, today is partial) 2026-10-11 … 2026-10-18: 0, 3, 42, 1, 37, 25, 18, 11 ## Magnitude by day, last 3 days 10-16 2.5, 10-17 2.7, 10-18 2.4 ## Similar by description 1. **leolobato/playden-ps5** — 2.4 · Cooling · Games & graphics · C++ · +5 stars measured 2026-10-18, 00:24–11:49 UTC, ≈ 13 by evening A launcher for jailbroken PS5 that runs Windows games from your Steam library via a Wine port (prospero-win), downloading them and giving each game its own environment and Home screen tile. Full card: https://gitnova.dev/en/r/leolobato/playden-ps5.md 2. **Teraflopping/xrevive** — 3.2 · Early signal · Games & graphics · +21 stars measured 2026-10-18, 00:23–11:47 UTC, ≈ 43 by evening Desktop launcher for original Xbox games recompiled with Xrecomp, with online services from the Xbox Live revival at xb.live. Lets you add your own ISOs or game folders, download executables, and manage installed games. Full card: https://gitnova.dev/en/r/Teraflopping/xrevive.md --- Magnitude (0–10) measures how fast and how unusually interest in a repository is growing right now. It is not a quality score. Days are UTC. “So far today” is a fact; “expected by the end of the day” is a forecast. Summaries and use cases are written by an LLM (DeepSeek V4.1 Flash) from the README and may be inaccurate: verify specific claims (benchmarks, speed, hardware) in the repository itself. Data as of 2026-10-18 11:55 UTC, updated every 30 minutes.