CheatDeck vs Game Trainer Manager

CheatDeck is a free, GPL-3.0 Decky Loader plugin for Steam Deck that launches sidecar programs and manages game launch options. It can start a selected .exe or .bat alongside a game in the same Proton or Wine environment, then stop it when the game exits. Its Language setting assigns one locale code to both LANG and HOST_LC_ALL. Advanced controls cover desktop behavior, FSYNC, WineD3D, compatibility-data redirection, and audio latency. Custom Options accept environment assignments, prefix commands, and arguments before or after %command%. Unsupported shell syntax or unclear launch options make a document read-only to prevent unsafe partial edits. Optional Lossless Scaling and OptiScaler presets require their corresponding Decky plugins. Installation uses Decky Loader Developer Mode and CheatDeck.zip from a release or nightly build. Some sidecars need runtime dependencies installed with protontricks.

Game Trainer Manager is a free, standalone Windows desktop app for organizing .exe game trainer files. It imports individual executables and .zip or .rar packages, then lets you search, pin, delete, and open trainers. A selected download folder can be monitored so matching files are imported automatically. The app also lists trainers from the FLiNG Trainer catalog and opens download links in your default browser. Local and online fuzzy search covers abbreviations and Chinese-to-English lookup. The interface is available in Simplified Chinese and English. Other tools include batch filename translation, one-click Steam launching, light and dark themes, and a debug log panel. Trainer catalog and game-name data update at startup after more than two days, or manually. The project offers a Windows installer or Python-source instructions, uses configurable GitHub mirrors, and is licensed GPL-3.0. It is free and open source, but marked not for commercial use.