Goverlay helps Linux gamers get the most out of their systems by providing an easy-to-use graphical interface to configure MangoHud, vkBasalt, and OptiScaler.
Whether you’re looking for performance monitoring, visual enhancements, or smarter upscaling, Goverlay makes everything accessible in just a few clicks.
This project exists thanks to the amazing work of the original maintainers and contributors behind the core tools.
I’m just a network engineer who loves Linux and gaming — this is my way of giving something back to the community.
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mangohud— Performance overlay / monitoringvkBasalt— Vulkan post-processing effectsmesa-demos— OpenGL demo toolsvulkan-tools— Vulkan demo toolsgit— Used to clone repositories (e.g., ReShade)qt6pas— Qt6 bindings for Free Pascal / Lazarus
zenergy— Displays AMD CPU power metricspascube— Simple OpenGL spinning cube used for configuration previews
Since the flatpak file isn't in flathub yet, you can Download the file from the Releases page and install it.
flatpak install goverlay_1.6.4_stable.flatpak Download the AppImage from the and make it executable:
chmod +x Goverlay_1_3.AppImage
./Goverlay_1_3.AppImageOption 1 – Official Repository
sudo pacman -S goverlayOption 2 – AUR
yay -S goverlay-git
sudo zypper install goverlaysudo eopkg it goverlayThese distributions currently ship very old versions of Goverlay in their repositories, so it is strongly recommended to use one of the universal installation methods instead.
The libqt6pas package is not available in some distributions official repositories.
You can get it from David Bannon’s repository:
Ubuntu example:
bash
sudo apt-get update
wget https://github.com/davidbannon/libqt6pas/releases/download/v6.2.8/libqt6pas6_6.2.8-1_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i libqt6pas6_6.2.8-1_amd64.deb
tar -zxvf Goverlay*.tar.gz
./Goverlay
- Download the latest tarball from the Releases page.
- Extract it:
tar -xvf Goverlay*.tar.xz - Run the binary:
./Goverlay
Note: Since version 0.6.4, MangoHud must be installed to run Goverlay.
git clone https://github.com/benjamimgois/Goverlay.git
cd Goverlay
make./Goverlaysudo make installThis installs the startup script to /usr/local/bin/Goverlay, allowing you to launch it directly via:
GoverlayHuge thanks to FlightlessMango, creator and maintainer of MangoHud — the foundation that made Goverlay possible.
- https://flightlessmango.com
- https://github.com/flightlessmango/MangoHud
- https://discord.com/invite/Gj5YmBb"
Special thanks to DadSchoorse, creator of vkBasalt, which adds post-processing effects to Vulkan.
Goverlay integrates several components from the OptiScaler ecosystem and community-driven projects that enable upscaling, frame generation and NVIDIA APIs on Linux.
OptiScaler
Core upscaling and frame-generation project for Linux.
https://github.com/optiscaler/OptiScaler
fakenvapi
User-space implementation of NVAPI used by OptiScaler and other tools.
https://github.com/optiscaler/fakenvapi
Decky-Framegen (xXJSONDeruloXx)
Pioneer project that inspired much of the OptiScaler installation logic.
https://github.com/xXJSONDeruloXx/Decky-Framegen
fgmod (FakeMichau)
Another important reference implementation for frame-generation utilities on Linux.
https://github.com/FakeMichau/fgmod
DLSS-Enabler (Artur Graniszewski)
Tooling that expands compatibility layers for DLSS and NVAPI-based features.
https://github.com/artur-graniszewski/DLSS-Enabler
This project was built using the Lazarus IDE.
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