Hydra
v1.3.0 · Play Streaks & Activity Heatmap

A community fork of Hydra.
Built for people who play.

Dual cloud backups, a real statistics dashboard, drag-and-drop sidebar, storage management, and social activity on the home screen. Achievements and stats — free for everyone.

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02 / Features

What this fork adds on top of upstream.

01

Dual backups

Google Drive with OAuth2 + tar compression, or local directory. Cross-platform restore handles Wine prefix paths.

02

Statistics dashboard

Playtime percentile, achievement completion, karma, top-5 most-played with proportional bars. Free for everyone.

03

Storage management

Per-game disk visualization with colored segments. Selective deletion: installer only, or the whole game.

04

Social activity

Live activity feed, online-friend avatars in the header, hover cards with current game and session duration.

05

Sidebar reborn

Drag-and-drop reordering with persistent custom order, dedicated now-playing section, one-click Steam import.

06

Library & downloads

Fuzzy search, list / grid views, per-game pins, executable selector after download, password-protected support.

03 / Download

Get v1.3.0.

Windows
.exeNSIS installer · 184 MB
x64
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macOS
.dmgUniversal · 192 MB
arm64 · x64
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Linux
.AppImagealso .deb & .rpm · 168 MB
x64
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All assets on github.com/abrahampo1/hydra/releases · MIT licensed.

04 / Changelog

Every release, on the record.

1.3.0 Latest May 3, 2026

Play Streaks & Activity Heatmap

  • Daily playtime tracker with reward milestones.
  • Activity heatmap on profile, GitHub-contribution-style.
  • Friend hover cards now show last 3 sessions.
  • Faster activity feed — 40% fewer requests.
  • Fix: Wine prefix detection on Steam Deck.
  • Fix: drag-and-drop persistence on cold start.
1.2.0 April 12, 2026

Storage

  • Storage tab in Settings with per-game visualization.
  • Selective deletion — installer only, or full game.
  • Top-5 space-consumer legend with colored segments.
  • Fix: progress bar drift on multi-disk setups.
1.1.0 March 1, 2026

Stats

  • Statistics tab: percentile, completion rate, karma.
  • Most-played-games box with proportional bars.
  • Library list view with playtime & achievement progress.
  • Pin / unpin per game with persistent ordering.
  • Breaking: UserGame gains isPinned.
1.0.0 Jan 18, 2026

Drive Day

  • Google Drive backup with OAuth2 + token refresh.
  • Local backup with configurable path and metadata.
  • Cross-platform restore for Wine / Windows paths.
  • New Backups tab in Settings.
  • Breaking: UserPreferences gains backupProvider.
0.9.0 Nov 22, 2025

Social

  • Activity feed on Home with friend sessions & reviews.
  • Online-friends avatars in header (max 3 + N badge).
  • Friend hover cards with current game and duration.
  • Unfriend / block actions on profile pages.
0.8.0 Oct 4, 2025

No Gates

  • Subscription gates removed: achievements & stats free for all.
  • Beta-features tab for experimental flags.
  • Executable selector after download.
  • Password-protected download support.
0.7.0 Aug 30, 2025

Sidebar Reborn

  • Drag-and-drop reordering for sidebar games.
  • Now-playing section with cover art & session timer.
  • One-click Steam library import.
0.1 → 0.6 Earlier

Foundations

  • Initial fork from hydralauncher/hydra.
  • Build pipeline + CI parity with upstream.
  • Redesigned game-options modal.
  • Bottom panel polish, SCSS refinements.

Full history → github.com/abrahampo1/hydra/releases