Compatdata Humanizer

Utility to automatically create human-readable symlinks to Steam compatdata folders.

License

GPL-3.0-only (see LICENSE).

Installation

1. Download the latest release from the Releases page.
2. Copy the downloaded compatdata-humanizer to your preferred install location (~/.local/bin recommended)
3. Make sure the file is executable (chmod +x ~/.local/bin/compatdata-humanizer)

Usage

compatdata-humanizer

Configuration

On first run, a configuration file with comments will be created in your XDG configuration directory, for example ~/.config/compatdata-humanizer/config.toml.

Alternatively, you can use command line arguments, use -h for help.

Configuration precedence (per value): command line arguments > configuration file > defaults

Development

Requirements

• Go 1.26
• Make

Commands

Run:

make run

Build for production:

make build

Build + install:

make install

Uninstall:

make uninstall

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This project was created without the use of AI agents/"vibe coding". Suggested completions provided by JetBrains' local inline completion model were sometimes applied.