steam-path-finder

Lightweight Steam Path Finder

This is a library to find the Steam installation path and read the libraryfolders.vdf file to get the paths and basic info of installed Steam applications.

Supports:

• Windows (by registry)
• Linux (most package managers, flatpack, snap)
• FreeBSD
• macOS (default path)

Installation

npm install steam-path-finder

Usage

import { findSteamRootPath, getSteamInstallation } from 'steam-path-finder';

const steamPath = await findSteamRootPath();
console.log(`Steam is installed at: ${steamPath}`);
const installation = await getSteamInstallation();
const installedApps = installation.getAppIds();
console.log('Installed Steam Apps:', installedApps);
const CS2Info = installation.getAppInfo('730');
console.log(`CS2 is installed at: ${CS2Info?.path}`);

API

• findSteamRootPath(): Promise<string | undefined> - Returns a promise that resolves to the Steam installation path or undefined if not found.
• getSteamInstallation(): Promise<SteamInstallation | { error: string }> - Returns a promise that resolves to an instance of SteamInstallation which can be used to get library paths and installed apps, or an error object.
• SteamInstallation.getLibraryPaths(): string[] - Returns an array of all Steam library paths.
• SteamInstallation.getAppIds(): string[] - Returns an array of installed app IDs.
• SteamInstallation.getInstallationPath(appId: string): string | undefined - Returns the installation path for a specific app ID or undefined if not installed.
• SteamInstallation.getAppInfo(appId: string): AppInfo | undefined - Returns detailed information about a specific app ID or undefined if not installed.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

About

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