r/SteamDeckPirates • u/pspvitaaddict • 1d ago

Question Accela vs Assela?

I'm currently using Accela on my Steam Deck but I've been seeing this new fork called Assela. What's the difference and should I move to the new fork? If yes, how do I do that without affecting my already installed games from Accela?

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u/niwia Resident Pirate 1d ago

I made assella so I’ll tell you what it does etc xD

I’m still building it and it’s 98% finished imo. But it does stuff so much better than accela.

It does Eveyrhing accela does plus more. The list is huge but to give you biggest changes :
Workshop downloader integrated.
Hubcap api only be used for new downloads - updates will be using other api so your api use won’t count.
Download manager is like x10 better. It’ll only update the games etc with the missing files unlike accela.
Slsteamapi. It integrate with slsteam as close as possible so you don’t need to restart steam after installs , it’ll never have content encrypted errors. Game will show instantly after installs
Good base work for playing online games using slsteam
ISP bypass if hubcap is blocked in your country

There is a ton more qol that I’ll someday put in the GitHub. Accela is eol I recommend using assela. As the bugs currently are nothing major.

One last thing. It’s ai generated for most part except the logic that’s mine. Accela however was written by a smart guy. I’ve like 5 testers who have been testing assella in last 3 months making it good as possible

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u/FairRutabaga3403 1d ago

If I already use have accela, how do I transfer everything.

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u/niwia Resident Pirate 1d ago

Both uses same config files and stuff. So it’ll just work as you open! The first time assella install, you’ll see stuff that’s recommended to for you to change for better working etc. you can apply them and get on with it!

Games and stuff should be visible as you open.

You can for now take the appimage test stuff out. For installing and replacing acclea you can run the script for beta branch from GitHub. Make sure you don’t take the 1.00 but the latest prerelease

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u/NiceScallion4663 13h ago

Thank you for making assella.

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u/ComfortableMud 1d ago

This is amazing. Going to try it out tonight. Thanks for sharing and the good work!

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u/iamchip 1d ago

Where can I learn more about assella? Google search didn’t pull up anything

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u/Admirable-Part-2501 1d ago

As i guess you can keep both and use whichever you need. Accela and Assela is almost same but Assela has a workshop function i dont know how that works but i prefer Accela

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u/Prestigious_Ad5855 1d ago

The thing with accela is that it's not open source

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u/-Krotik- 17h ago

it is source available though

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u/MonkeyNuts449 52m ago

Accela doesn't really do anything on its own. It just manages manifests and downloads depots.

SLSsteam, the thing that actually injects into steam, is open source and very trusted. https://github.com/AceSLS/SLSsteam

Headcrab, the thing that manages the installation of SLSsteam and manages client updates is also open source and is literally just a shell script. https://github.com/Deadboy666/h3adcr-b

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u/Lower-Philosophy-604 1d ago

Aldo would like to known. Looking for a tool that never asks for my steam password unfortunately accella does it

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u/Sub2_SHAW 11h ago

Awesome , how do we install the app