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Maxima is an open-source replacement for the EA Desktop/Origin game launcher, running natively on Linux and Windows (github.com)
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[–] darcmage@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Heroic FAQ:

In order to add support for another store, we would first need for a CLI too for the given store to already exist that could manage the basic features we expect: login, fetching data, installation, etc.

Looks promising.

[–] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 14 points 1 month ago

Yup. Hence my speculation. Heroic is a frontend for existing cli-based launchers.