gamemoded

Optimise Linux system performance on demand

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/gamemoded.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install gamemode
Ubuntu
apt-get install gamemode
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install gamemode
Fedora
dnf install gamemode
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install gamemode
Dockerfile
dockerfile.run/gamemoded

gamemode

Optimise Linux system performance on demand

GameMode is a daemon/lib combo for Linux that allows games to request a set of optimisations be temporarily applied to the host OS. The design has a clear-cut abstraction between the host daemon and library (gamemoded and libgamemode), and the client loaders (libgamemodeauto and gamemode_client.h) that allows for safe use without worrying about whether the daemon is installed or running. This design also means that while the host library currently relies on systemd for exchanging messages with the daemon, it's entirely possible to implement other internals that still work with the same clients. GameMode was designed primarily as a stop-gap solution to problems with the Intel and AMD CPU powersave or ondemand governors, but is intended to be expanded beyond just CPU governor states, as there are a wealth of automation tasks one might want to apply.