Linux Client - Beta

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  1. edited Aug 2026 #1
    matt Facepunch 2,045
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    The Linux client and editor are now available on sbox-public. We'll let you smart guys play with it on the open source repo first, and then when it's proven stable we'll push it to Steam.

    Clean your repo and bootstrap it with

    #!/usr/bin/env bash

dotnet run --project ./engine/Tools/SboxBuild/SboxBuild.csproj -- build --config Developer

    I've been developing it on Fedora Linux 43 w/ KDE and Wayland. So I'm sure there's going to be issues on other distros.

    Known issues:
    • need libxml2 dependency to launch editor
    • editor viewport does not get input (needs SDL<-> Qt bridge)
    • having duplicate base/code folders fucks it up
    • libharfbuzz2 sometimes uses the system libraries when it shouldn't
  2. #2
    zxcdulsed 1,445
    Wow
  3. #3
    G+ 3,100
    never thought this day would actually come !!!
  4. #4
    greek gangster 47 3,629
    native freebsd next 
  5. #5
    Kaydax 2,439
    Linux
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    Ambi 80
  7. #7
    J0e 310
    holy shit thank you so much
  8. #8
    nt 1,625
    oh wow, i didn’t expect this day to come. big respect o7
  9. #9
    banana bread 1,220
    s&box on linux before gta 6
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    Richard 23,090
    Matt the Savior 
  11. #11
    DEX 355
    W
  12. #12
    LaVita 690
    Yay!
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    Radnai Márk
    Lois I can't believe this.
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    Trundler 996
    Wow... epic
  15. #15
    Vinchita 20
    Cool!
  16. #16
    phomes 5
    In the open source gpu driver for nvidia (NVK) we have been using the s&box benchmark to debug a performance issue we noticed with the foliage benchmark. It is one of the later tests and waiting trough all the others is a bit inefficient when we test changes in the driver. Does this client include the benchmark mode so that I could modify it to only do the foliage benchmark?
  17. edited 19 days ago #17
    frap 815
  18. #18
    matt Facepunch Started this 2,045
    well, it's very stable. it will replace the proton version in the next update.
  19. #19
    Who who? 1,280
    Will you update s&box editor in the Steam for linux? It doesn't work on Kubuntu at the moment .
  20. #20
    matt Facepunch Started this 2,045
    I will update the editor shortcut to work with Steam Runtime.

    In the meantime time you can run sbox-dev manually through steam
  21. #21
    milk 465
    Yeah cool thanks more beta builds great