Steam account switcher - lightweight program to switch between steam accounts without having to reenter password/2FA.
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Install the latest version from PyPI::
pip install --user steam-acolyte
Alternatively, if you want this application to live independently from other python packages, I recommend using pipx_ rather than pip::
pip install --user pipx
pipx install steam-acolyte
.. _pipx: https://pipxproject.github.io/pipx/
For windows, an all-inclusive .exe file can be created using
PyInstaller_ from the development files as follows::
pip install -U pyinstaller
pyinstaller steam-acolyte.spec
This .exe can also be downloaded from the github releases_ page. Expect
that on the first execution windows shows a warning dialog along the lines of
"Windows Defender SmartScreen prevented an unrecognized app from starting.
Running this app might put your PC at risk". Click "More info" and then "Run
anyway" to acknowledge the warning. This is normal because I didn't buy a code
signing certificate.
.. _pyinstaller: http://www.pyinstaller.org/ .. _github releases: https://github.com/coldfix/steam-acolyte/releases
Simply run steam-acolyte instead of steam.
In order to switch users, exit steam via the "Exit" option, or use acolyte's tray menu.
Optionally, modify your steam launchers to execute steam-acolyte.
acolyte does not inspect or store any password or login tokens at all. It only tells steam which user to login when starting. Steam uses its own mechanism to store login information. This has the following consequences:
.. |Screenshot| image:: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/coldfix/steam-acolyte/master/screenshot.png :target: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/coldfix/steam-acolyte/master/screenshot.png :alt: Screenshot (usernames were changed)
0.10.0
Date: 04.08.2024
- make window scrollable and resizeable
0.9.0
~~~~~
Date: 25.05.2023
- no longer modify/replace config.vdf (see #28)
- remove obsolete "logout" button
- the files in ``steam/acolyte/*/config.vdf`` that were created by
previous versions of the program no longer have any purposes
0.8.1
~~~~~
Date: 09.10.2022
- new build to trigger PyPI/AUR deployment…
It turns out, using ``schedule:`` in a GitHub Actions seems to prevent
it from being run on push (or at least that seems to be the case after
it has been disabled due to inactivity…)
0.8.0
~~~~~
Date: 09.10.2022
- add command line option ``--prefix`` to better support flatpack steam
- try to autodetect whether to use the default, native, or the flatpack
version of steam (unreliable)
0.7.9
~~~~~
Date: 31.05.2022
- new build to trigger deployment after fixing AUR deployment
0.7.8
~~~~~
Date: 31.05.2022
- fix UnicodeDecodeError on systems with a preferred encoding different from
UTF-8 (#13)
0.7.7
~~~~~
Date: 27.04.2021
- fix exception due to case-sensitive handling of steam config files (#10)
0.7.6
~~~~~
Date: 30.01.2021
- add workaround for trayicon not showing in plasma (#8)
- AUR package: fix incorrect usage of Version entry in desktop file
- AUR package: install desktop icon to /usr/share/pixmaps
- AUR package: rename desktop app to "Steam Acolyte"
0.7.5
~~~~~
- package: fix unexpanded version in desktop file in AUR package
0.7.4
~~~~~
- package: fix bug in AUR package
0.7.3
~~~~~
- package: add .desktop entry to AUR package
0.7.2
~~~~~
- bugfix: another deadlock when stopping or restarting steam
0.7.1
~~~~~
- bugfix: exception when clicking "Exit Steam" menu item
- bugfix: possible crash at program exit when closing via menu
0.7.0
~~~~~
- bugfix: failing to restart steam, waiting indefinitely
- add ``--logfile`` option to redirect steam output
- add ``--verbose`` option to print debug messages
- require pyinstaller 3.6
- some internal code improvements
0.6.3
~~~~~
- maintenance release with no code changes: fixup AUR version format
0.6.2
~~~~~
- maintenance release with no code changes: automate AUR package update
0.6.1
~~~~~
- built windows exe against newest pyqt
- migrate builds to github actions
0.6.0
~~~~~
- add menu item for shutting down steam
- add menu items for direct user switching without showing the GUI
0.5.0
~~~~~
- add CLI option --exe for setting steam executable
0.4.5
~~~~~
- fix exception that occurs if loginusers doesn't exist on startup or is empty
0.4.4
~~~~~
- fix tooltips being shown in unreadable colors
- fix exception if loginusers doesn't exist on startup
0.4.3
~~~~~
- use python's builtin importlib.resources if available
0.4.2
~~~~~
- fix FileNotFoundError from acolyte.lock
0.4.1
~~~~~
- align context menu with tray icon
0.4.0
~~~~~
- store current login on program start
- show a tray icon to inform users when acolyte is running
- fix an issue where the mouse hover effects stop working after hiding and
showing the window
- trigger buttons when mouse is released, not already when pressed. This
better emulates normal button behaviour
- highlight button being pressed in a different color
0.3.5
~~~~~
- fix deadlock on windows after running steam
- fix file descriptor leakage on linux after running steam
0.3.4
~~~~~
- fix AttributeError due to missing os.sched_yield on windows
(actually merge the fix intended for the previous release this time;)
0.3.3
~~~~~
- fix AttributeError due to missing os.sched_yield on windows
0.3.2
~~~~~
- fix OSError on startup if a process with the given PID exists but the pipe
is not currently writable (linux)
- address an unlikely race condition during program startup
- call activateWindow only a single time on the first acolyte window, when a
second steam/acolyte is started
0.3.1
~~~~~
- fix broken usage of single-acolyte-instance-lock
0.3.0
~~~~~
- learned to wait in the background for steam to exit when started after steam
- add single instance for acolyte to lock to guard against multiple acolyte
instances waiting in the background at the same time
- more user friendly program exit upon Ctrl+C without showing a traceback
- add limited safeguards against exceptions due to missing keys in steam config
- remove --theme command line argument
- remove steam (original) theme
- remove scanning for steam in so far unencountered locations on linux
0.2.0
~~~~~
- add remove button that removes user from list
- engage in steam's single instance locking mechanism:
- while running, block steam from being started
- avoid actions while steam is running
this prevents a common way of invalidating logins
0.1.1
~~~~~
- fix exception after closing steam
0.1.0
~~~~~
- fix incorrect steam path on ubuntu
- avoid storing config if obviously logged out
- refactor into package
- add version information to windows EXE
- add icon to windows EXE
- use our own acolyte icon theme
0.0.9
~~~~~
- fix broken EXE due to bug in pyinstaller with pyqt 5.12.3
- sort user list by user display name
0.0.8
~~~~~
- fix button appearing as standalone window for brief moment at startup
- fix the autodeployed .exe name to include the version tag
0.0.7
~~~~~
- fix backward incompatible syntax with py3.5
- automatic releases
- provide .exe
0.0.6
~~~~~
- support windows
- allow installing on python>=3.5
0.0.5
~~~~~
- hide "logout" button if action is not available
- update user list after steam exits
- fix mouseover highlighting not working after steam exits
0.0.4
~~~~~
- more modern dark theme
- show username along display name
- show tooltip with user ID
- steal some icons from steam application files
- add button for logging out
- add button to login with new account
- fix exception in except-handler ;)
0.0.3
~~~~~
- fix TypeError due to missing positional argument
- fix TypeError when started via the entry point
- read userinfo from loginusers.vdf
0.0.2
~~~~~
- fix not starting due to reassignment of __name__
- fix KeyError 'SteamID' when chosing user who was not logged in previously
- exit application on exception
FAQs
Lightweight user account switcher/login keeper for steam
We found that steam-acolyte demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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