How a game respawns
SkyrimSE.exe
Skyrim Special Edition
Found in ~/Downloads
Choose a runtime
First it’s found.
Find games scans your folders for Windows games. Nothing is copied or changed.
Windows games, at home on Linux.
Run, play and configure your Windows games and their mods the way you would on Windows. Each game gets its own Proton room, and any mod manager or trainer can join it. Coming soon as v0.1.0 Beta.
Watch on GitHub Free and open source · MIT
Skyrim Special Edition
Windows game · Proton · GE-Proton11-11
In this roomOne shared container
- RunningSkyrim via SKSE64Script extender · skse64_loader.exe
- RunningTrainerSees SkyrimSE.exe as process 400
- OpenMod managerMod Organizer 2, Vortex or another
DisplayFullscreen · 1920×1080
Why it exists
Proton made Windows games run on Linux. The hard part is everything you do around them on Windows: mod managers like Mod Organizer 2 or Vortex, script extenders and trainers all need the game’s exact environment, and every launcher treats them as strangers.
Today, on Linux
- Every game needs its own Wine prefix, made and kept by hand.
- A trainer started from its own launcher can’t see the game’s process.
- Mod managers run in a different environment and lose track of the game.
- Crash logs get overwritten the moment the next app starts.
With Respawn+
- Each game gets its own prefix and runner automatically.
- Trainers join the game’s container and find it: process 400, found.
- Any mod manager or script extender shares the game’s runner and prefix.
- Every app writes its own launch log, so a crash leaves evidence.
SkyrimSE.exe
Skyrim Special Edition
GE-Proton11-11 · prefix game-2
Ready to play
Then it gets a room.
Its own Wine prefix and runner, kept apart from every other game.
Companion apps
- Your mod managerMO2, Vortex…
- Script extenderSKSE…
- TrainerWeMod…
Then its mods move in.
Add any mod manager, script extender or trainer. Each one shares the game’s runner and prefix.
Skyrim Special EditionRunning
- SKSE64Running
- TrainerRunning
SkyrimSE.exe · process 400
Then they play together.
One shared container, so every companion app finds the game, just as on Windows.
What it does
Pick or borderless for each game before it starts. Every session is timed and your mod manager works inside the game’s own environment, as it does on Windows.
Display modes work for Skyrim Special Edition and Fallout 4 today; playtime and sessions cover every game.
Read the docsEverything in the Beta
- Finds your gamesScans folders for Windows games or imports any .exe. Nothing is copied or changed.
- One room per gameAn isolated Wine prefix with Proton through UMU, plain Wine, or a runner you pick.
- Any mod manager or trainerMod Organizer 2, Vortex, WeMod or a standalone trainer: add it and it runs alongside the game.
- Display modesFullscreen, borderless or windowed at your resolution, set before launch for Skyrim SE and Fallout 4.
- Playtime and sessionsEvery session timed, daily totals for two weeks, and when you last played.
- Launch logsA separate log for every game and app launch, readable from the launcher.
- Finds your runtimesUMU, system Wine, Steam and Flatpak Proton, Lutris Wine and your own folders.
- Local and openYour library stays in a local SQLite file. Rust, Tauri and MIT licensed.
- Play through any managerPlay can start the game through any companion app, such as Mod Organizer 2 or Vortex, while trainers and tools run alongside.
- Next: one-click mod setupSetup helpers that install and configure common mod managers for a game.
Real screens from the Beta
Playtime is counted per day from every session, including the ones a script extender starts. Light and dark themes follow your desktop.
Skyrim Special Edition
RunningGame · SkyrimSE.exe
- RunnerGE-Proton11-11
- Prefixprefixes/game-2
- RoomShared with the game
SKSE64
RunningScript extender · skse64_loader.exe
- RunnerGE-Proton11-11
- Prefixprefixes/game-2
- RoomShared with the game
Mod Organizer 2
ReadyMod manager · ModOrganizer.exe
- RunnerGE-Proton11-11
- Prefixprefixes/game-2
- RoomShared with the game
A trainer
RunningTrainer · Any trainer .exe
- RunnerGE-Proton11-11
- Prefixprefixes/game-2
- RoomShared with the game
Tested so far
Version 1.7.104 reached the menu and a new game under GE-Proton 11, in fullscreen set from Respawn+.
Get notified
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tell me when it respawns.
Opens the project’s releases on GitHub; choose Watch, then Releases, to hear when v0.1.0 lands. Fedora is where Respawn+ is tested first, as an RPM package.