Steam Runtime
The Steam Runtime is a series of Debian derivatives used to provide Steam games with a predictable library stack. It's an implementation detail of Steam and Proton rather than a product in its own right.
- Status: active (2024-04-22)
Origin story: https://archive.fosdem.org/2020/schedule/event/containers_steam/
Corporate sponsor: Valve
- Funding model: funded by Valve
Privacy policy: https://store.steampowered.com/privacy_agreement/
- Data collection: n/a, Steam has telemetry but the Steam Runtime does not
- Debian derivatives census maintainer: smcv
Debian derivatives census page: Derivatives/Census/SteamRuntime
- Distribution type: container
- Debian derivative model: uses Debian binary packages, modifies some of them and adds new source/binary packages
- Debian archive quantity: overlay
- Based on: Ubuntu 12.04, Debian stable releases since Debian 8, Debian testing
- Interfaces: no UI of its own
- Init systems: none
- Archive tool: Open Build Service (internally), reprepro
Build tools: Open Build Service (internally, for production use); deb-build-snapshot (for developer/CI builds)
- Install tool: Steam or (more rarely) steamcmd
VCS repository: https://gitlab.steamos.cloud/steamrt/ (only a few key packages have a public VCS)
Bug tracker: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-runtime/issues
- Architectures: amd64 i386
- dpkg vendor: SteamRT
apt repositories: https://repo.steampowered.com/steamrt1/apt/, etc.
- apt sources list (source, binary, stablerelease/nextrelease):
# Development releases are not available to the public
# SteamRT 5, provisionally based on Debian 13, will probably be here:
#deb [arch=i386,amd64] https://repo.steampowered.com/steamrt5/apt steamrt5_beta main
#deb-src [arch=i386,amd64] https://repo.steampowered.com/steamrt5/apt steamrt5_beta main
#deb [arch=i386,amd64] https://repo.steampowered.com/steamrt5/apt steamrt5 main
#deb-src [arch=i386,amd64] https://repo.steampowered.com/steamrt5/apt steamrt5 main
# SteamRT 4 'medic', provisionally based on Debian 12, will probably be here:
#deb [arch=i386,amd64] https://repo.steampowered.com/steamrt4/apt medic_beta main
#deb-src [arch=i386,amd64] https://repo.steampowered.com/steamrt4/apt medic_beta main
#deb [arch=i386,amd64] https://repo.steampowered.com/steamrt4/apt medic main
#deb-src [arch=i386,amd64] https://repo.steampowered.com/steamrt4/apt medic main
# Based on Debian 11
deb [arch=i386,amd64] https://repo.steampowered.com/steamrt3/apt sniper_beta main
deb-src [arch=i386,amd64] https://repo.steampowered.com/steamrt3/apt sniper_beta main
deb [arch=i386,amd64] https://repo.steampowered.com/steamrt3/apt sniper main
deb-src [arch=i386,amd64] https://repo.steampowered.com/steamrt3/apt sniper main
# Based on Debian 10
deb [arch=i386,amd64] https://repo.steampowered.com/steamrt2/apt soldier_beta main
deb-src [arch=i386,amd64] https://repo.steampowered.com/steamrt2/apt soldier_beta main
deb [arch=i386,amd64] https://repo.steampowered.com/steamrt2/apt soldier main
deb-src [arch=i386,amd64] https://repo.steampowered.com/steamrt2/apt soldier main
# EOL, was based on Debian 8
#deb [arch=i386,amd64] https://repo.steampowered.com/steamrt1.5/apt heavy_beta main
#deb-src [arch=i386,amd64] https://repo.steampowered.com/steamrt1.5/apt heavy_beta main
#deb [arch=i386,amd64] https://repo.steampowered.com/steamrt1.5/apt heavy main
#deb-src [arch=i386,amd64] https://repo.steampowered.com/steamrt1.5/apt heavy main
# Based on Ubuntu 12.04
deb [arch=i386,amd64] https://repo.steampowered.com/steamrt1/apt scout_beta main
deb-src [arch=i386,amd64] https://repo.steampowered.com/steamrt1/apt scout_beta main
deb [arch=i386,amd64] https://repo.steampowered.com/steamrt1/apt scout main
deb-src [arch=i386,amd64] https://repo.steampowered.com/steamrt1/apt scout main
Last updated 2024-04-22 17:02:56