An app to download patches and launch Jackbox games
Jackbox Utility is an application designed to streamline the experience of playing Jackbox games by providing tools for downloading patches and launching games efficiently. The app supports multiple language servers, including English, French, German, Spanish, Ukrainian, Catalan, Belarusian, Russian, and Turkish.
Key features include automatic detection of installed games, allowing users to download and install translation patches. Players can launch specific games directly from the app, bypassing intros and menus. Additional functionalities encompass searching games via tags, setting ratings (1-5 stars), filtering by criteria such as number of players and family-friendly settings, sorting the game list in various ways, hiding unwanted games, and discovering new titles through a random selection feature.
Ideal for Jackbox gamers seeking an organized approach to managing their collection, accessing translations, and quickly launching favorite games, Jackbox Utility enhances discoverability with its random game option. The app can be installed via winget, offering a seamless setup process.
README
With this app, you will be able to download translation patches for your Jackbox games. You also have the ability to launch your Jackbox games, where all your Jackbox games are listed.
Features
Includes English,
French,
German,
Spanish,
Ukrainian,
Catalan,
Belarusian,
Russian and
Turkish servers
Detect your installed games automatically
Download and install translation patches for your games
Launch specific games directly, skipping the intros and menus entirely
Search your games using different tags
Set ratings to your favorite games, from 1-5 stars
Filter the games in many ways, like by number of players, family friendly, moderation and many more!
All the game tabs are packed with all the info you need
Sort the game list in many ways
Hide games you don't want to see in the launcher
Don't know what to play? Hit the Random tab!
And many more!
Installation
β If you want your app to always be the latest version, you should download the auto-updater from here.
After downloading the auto-updater or any release of the application, all you need to do is unzip the downloaded .zip file and run the JackboxUtility (or jackbox_patcher).
Tutorial
Privacy
The app is collecting anonymous data to improve the app. This can be disable in the settings. You can find what data we are collecting and how they are used in the Privacy informations page.
Translations
We are using Weblate to translate the app. You can help us translate it by going on this link:
Contribution
Requirements
Flutter version 3.24
Dart (bundled with Flutter)
C++ build tools
Clone the repo and navigate into the jackbox_patcher folder:
git clone https://github.com/JackboxUtility/JackboxUtility.git
cd jackbox_patcher/