Crackpipe | Crackpipe
crackpipe.de
A decentralized gaming platform for alternatively obtained games

Hey folks,

our team has worked tirelessly for a year to bring you Crackpipe, the open-source, decentralized, and liberal alternative to conventional cloud-based game platforms like Steam and Origin. We’re thrilled to announce that Crackpipe is now available for everyone, and we’re delighted to share it with the community as an open-source project.

With Crackpipe, you and your friends can enjoy playing and tracking games on a shared file server, free from the restrictions of traditional platforms. Embracing “alternatively obtained” games, including DRM-free titles, Crackpipe offers a flexible and open approach to gaming - think Jellyfin, but for Videogames.

Take full control of your gaming experience with Crackpipe’s self-hosted approach. Explore your server’s game collection, securely download, launch, and play games, and monitor your playtimes and progress - all even when the server is offline. Compare stats and play states with other users on the server for added fun.

Our server features include automatic indexing of games, metadata enrichment with RAWG API, multi-user authentication, configurable logging, health monitoring, full-text search, filters, sorting, pagination, and a fully documented API. Crackpipe’s high configurability ensures it fits your specific needs.

Join us on this journey to embrace a more open, flexible, and enjoyable gaming experience for all. Try Crackpipe today and share your contributions, feedback, bug reports, and feature requests.

Link: https://crackpipe.de

You can also check out our launch at producthunt: https://www.producthunt.com/posts/crackpipe

UPDATE: here

  • TragicNotCute@lemmy.worldEnglish
    567·
    1 year ago

    Agreed. As an American, cool concept, rough name. There is no way I’m recommending a software called crackpipe at work.

    And let’s say I wanted to use it, I’m going to install this and instruct my kids how to use crackpipe? I’m sure that will go over great with little Timmy’s school when he tells his teacher and friends.

    I’d strongly consider changing it.

    • LegendofDragoon@kbin.social
      272·
      1 year ago

      And it’s not like you can even abbreviate it since cp has its own problematic connotations when it comes to the Internet

    • charles@lemmy.caEnglish
      191·
      1 year ago

      And when we are troubleshooting, we’ll be searching “crackpipe _____”… I can definitely think of a few scenarios where that’ll return very different results than expected.

    • aski3252@lemmy.worldEnglish
      91·
      1 year ago

      And let’s say I wanted to use it, I’m going to install this and instruct my kids how to use crackpipe?

      I mean I get your point, but if you instruct your kids how to use a tool for managing pirated games, they are probably going to see a lot harsher stuff than the word “crack pipe”…

    • MonkCanatella@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      61·
      1 year ago

      It’s actually more racist to be afraid to bring up crack pipes when Breaking Bad counts as totally tame watercooler talk.

    • PeachMan@lemmy.oneEnglish
      51·
      1 year ago

      This is a tool for hosting pirated games. It’s not meant to be safe for work or kids.

      I get that the name is offensive, but it doesn’t really matter. They’re not going to hire a marketing team and do an IPO.

      Also, the name makes sense. It’s a pipe to transport cracked games.