Ascendara

The best way to test games before you buy them.

🎮 About

Ascendara simplifies your game management experience by providing a seamless way to discover, organize, and test pre-installed games. No more hassle with extracting, installing, or moving files. The game library is powered by a custom webscraper, currently featuring titles mainly from STEAMRIP with plans to expand to more sources and is available on both Windows and Linux platforms.

🔗 Quick Links

• Join the Discord for discussions and support
• Submit feedback for Ascendara
• Contribute to Ascendara
• Read the latest changelog
• Learn about Ascend
• Check latest releases on Github

✨ Features

• 🚀 Seamless Downloads

  Lightning-fast 2 click download for games that support it. No browser needed at all.

• ☁️ Cloud Backups

  Upload game backup files to a secure Cloudflare storage system for safekeeping.

• 🔌 Game Information

  View game info, including the game's story, soundtrack, and more with Ascendara Xtra.

• 🌐 Browser Integration

  Seamlessly integrate with your browser for one-click game downloads and management.

• 🎨 Theme Customization

  Beautiful, appealing themes to choose from for a truly unique experience.

• 🕑 Local Indexing

  Search for games at crazy speeds and always stay up to date.

• 📱 Encrypted Remote Access

  View download progression from anywhere, all data is end-to-end encrypted.

• 🌍 105 Languages Support

  Full interface support for 105 different languages, making Ascendara accessible worldwide.

See the 12 base languages

These languages come with the app by default:

• English
• Spanish
• French
• German
• Italian
• Chinese
• Arabic
• Hindi
• Bengali
• Portuguese
• Russian
• Japanese

Want to see the full list?

• Afrikaans
• Albanian
• Amharic
• Armenian
• Azerbaijani
• Basque
• Belarusian
• Bulgarian
• Bosnian
• Catalan
• Cebuano
• Chichewa
• Chinese (Traditional)
• Corsican
• Croatian
• Czech
• Danish
• Dutch
• Esperanto
• Estonian
• Filipino
• Finnish
• Frisian
• Galician
• Georgian
• Greek
• Gujarati
• Hausa
• Hawaiian
• Hebrew
• Hmong
• Hungarian
• Icelandic
• Igbo
• Indonesian
• Irish
• Javanese
• Kannada
• Kazakh
• Khmer
• Korean
• Kurdish
• Kyrgyz
• Lao
• Latin
• Latvian
• Lithuanian
• Luxembourgish
• Macedonian
• Malagasy
• Malay
• Malayalam
• Maltese
• Maori
• Marathi
• Mongolian
• Myanmar (Burmese)
• Nepali
• Norwegian
• Pashto
• Persian
• Polish
• Punjabi
• Romanian
• Samoan
• Scottish Gaelic
• Serbian
• Sesotho
• Shona
• Sindhi
• Sinhala
• Slovak
• Slovenian
• Somali
• Sundanese
• Swedish
• Swahili
• Tajik
• Tamil
• Telugu
• Thai
• Turkish
• Ukrainian
• Urdu
• Uzbek
• Vietnamese
• Welsh
• Xhosa
• Yiddish
• Yoruba
• Zulu

🖼️ Preview App Pages

Dropdown all pages

Home Page

Search Page

Download Game

Game Metadata

Library

Play Game

Downloads

Profile

📦 The Ascendara Installer

This installer simply downloads the full setup package from GitHub and goes through the installation. The latest version of Ascendara will always be installed through the tool, but you can download specific versions directly from the releases page. You can view the complete source code of the installer here on GitHub.

Windows

File	SHA-256	VirusTotal Results
AscendaraInstaller.exe	bfe193fea584a97e06a42ee44a7520e6e5036df1172ea6b29e960e392652249b	3/72 Detections

Linux

Run the following command to install Ascendara:

curl -fsSL https://ascendara.app/install.sh | bash

You can view the install script here.

🤝 Contributing

Contributing to Ascendara is the best way to get your desired features, bug fixes, or improvements into the official build! When your contribution is accepted, your changes will be prominently featured in the Ascendara changelogs, giving you recognition for your valuable input to the project. Learn how to contribute to Ascendara here.

📂 Project Structure

The Ascendara project is organized into the following main directories:

src/ - Core application logic and UI implementation

• components/ - Reusable React components for the UI
  • ui/ - shadcn/ui component library for modern UI elements
• context/ - React context providers for global state management (authentication, language, settings, themes, tour)
• hooks/ - Custom React hooks for efficient image loading and caching
• lib/ - Utility libraries and helper functions
• pages/ - Main application pages and screens (Home, Library, Downloads, Settings, etc.)
• public/ - Static assets and public resources
  • sounds/ - UI sound effects
  • guide/ - User guide assets
• services/ - Service modules for external APIs and core functionality (Firebase, game info, downloads, analytics, integrations)
• styles/ - CSS styling files for animations, menu bar, and scrollbars
• translations/ - Internationalization files for 12 base languages (English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Chinese, Arabic, Hindi, Bengali, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese)

binaries/ - Prebuilt Python binaries for core functionality

• AscendaraAchievementWatcher/ - Tracks and monitors game achievements

• AscendaraCrashReporter/ - Automated crash reporting and diagnostics

• AscendaraDownloader/ - Multi-threaded game download manager supporting various file hosts

• AscendaraGameHandler/ - Game execution, process management, and runtime monitoring

• AscendaraLocalRefresh/ - Local game index refresh and update tool

• AscendaraNotificationHelper/ - System notification helper for download events

  ℹ️ INFO: The tools below are additional tools that do not come with the official build of Ascendara. Instead, they utilize Ascendara's tool installation feature to install these supplementary tools as needed.

• AscendaraLanguageTranslation/ - Translation tool used to translate to the additional 93 languages

• AscendaraTorrentHandler/ - Torrent download functionality

electron/ - Electron main process and IPC communication

• modules/ - Modular IPC handlers and backend logic (configuration, Discord RPC, downloads, games, settings, system utilities, updates, window management, and more)

scripts/ - Development and build automation scripts for Windows/Linux builds, translation checking, and code statistics

🛠️ Running from Source

For detailed instructions, check out the Developer Docs.

Prerequisites

Before building, ensure you have all required dependencies. View full requirements.

Quick Start

⚠️ WARNING: Some API features like reporting and analytics services will not work on the public version of the app. Additionally, you will not be able to run games in development mode. Check the Developer Docs for more information.

1. Clone the Repository

   git clone https://github.com/ascendara/ascendara.git

2. Install Node Dependencies

Note: You can use any package manager you prefer, such as npm, yarn, or pnpm.

Using npm:

npm install

Or using yarn:

yarn

3. Configure Firebase (Optional)

   Firebase is optional for development. If you have Firebase credentials, create a .env file:

   cp .env.example .env

   Then edit .env and replace the placeholder values with your actual Firebase project credentials from the Firebase Console.

   Note: Firebase will automatically initialize if credentials are detected. Leave the Firebase fields empty in .env to run in development mode without authentication features. The .env file is gitignored and will not be committed to the repository.

4. Install Python Dependencies

   pip install -r requirements.txt

5. Run the Development App

   Using npm:

   npm run start

   Or using yarn:

   yarn start

To build the source code into an executable, read the Developer Docs.

🗺️ Development Roadmap

Ascendara's development roadmap can be found here.

📝 License & Contact

Licensed under MIT - 2026 tagoWorks

Get in Touch

• Email: santiago@tago.works
• Website: tago.works
• Discord: Join the community

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