madoiscool / LuaTools

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Windows WPF desktop client for managing Steam manifest and stplug-in lua configurations, depot pinning, and unlocker modes.

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Gives Windows users a GUI to browse manifest sources, edit stplug-in lua files with per-depot enable/disable, and inject a companion plugin into Steam store pages. Ships translated in 29 languages and auto-updates via Velopack.

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LanguageC#

LicenseMIT

Created2025-08-12 (1y ago)

Last push27d ago

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GitHub: github.com/madoiscool/LuaTools
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README excerpt

# LuaTools
 Discord • Website • Git Mirror
 A Windows desktop client for managing Steam manifest/lua configurations, built with WPF on .NET 8.
 LuaTools browses and installs manifest sources, edits `stplug-in` lua files (depot pinning,
 per-depot enable/disable), manages unlocker modes, and injects a companion plugin into Steam's
 store pages.
 It ships fully translated in 29 languages and auto-updates via Velopack.
 Found a translation error? Tell us about it over on Discord 
## Statistics
## Requirements
- Windows 10/11
- .NET 8 SDK (the released installer bundles a
 check for the .NET 8 **Desktop Runtime** and installs it if missing; building from source needs
 the full SDK
## Installation
You can find release builds on the luatools website or in the releases tab. 
## Credits / Adjacent software
- Millennium: the Steam plugin framework whose injection API this app
 polyfills when Millennium isn't installed
- Velopack: installer and auto-update framework
- DepotDownloaderMod: downloads depot content
 from Steam's CDN, powering the Depots page's Download action. A fork of
 DepotDownloader, fetched and run as a standalone tool
- SteamAutoCrack: fetched and launched from the
 Downloads page
- Steamless: removes SteamStub from game executables
- CloudRedirect: Steam Cloud revival project, can be turned on via the mode page
## Licence
MIT. See LICENSE.