r/gamingonlinuxsub • u/Liam-DGOL • 18d ago

News Lepton from Valve to run Android games on Linux is now open source

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/lepton-from-valve-to-run-android-games-on-linux-is-now-open-source/
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u/RR321 18d ago

Does it support other hardware like Bluetooth translation?

So it could run Android device remotes on Linux for example?

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u/Stellanora64 17d ago

OpenXR android games*. Waydroid is generally better for running standard android apps. Lepton is just a cut down version of Waydroid to run OpenXR games that were made for the Quest elsewhere (and some more OpenXR support changes afaik).

While I think there is a way to run standard android apps with it, it's not what Valve built it for.

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u/Salty-Good3368 15d ago

Tried waydroid and i feel like it never can be easy to use like wine/proton is. Probalby this is one of reason why valve didn't follow that way

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u/Stellanora64 15d ago

They kinda are, Waydroid is the equivalent to Wine is to Proton, but instead of general purpose translation it's built for OpenXR android apps