# lgogdownloader

5 Hacker News commenters recommended lgogdownloader and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Free, open-source tool that people use to back up GOG game installers to a local drive, with maintainers who can be contacted directly.

## Why people recommend it

- Used for local GOG installer backups (2 comments): "GOG has allowed third party backup software like https://github.com/Sude-/lgogdownloader to exist." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46316149)) "I still do regular backups of GOG installers to a local hard drive with lgogdownloader" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46835456))
- Open source with reachable developers (1 comments): "And they are open source, I can go and talk to the people making these clients directly" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46423614))
- Listed among Linux game-download options (1 comments): "there are plenty of options, including projects like Lutris and lgogdownloader" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46423527))

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "lgogdownloader", https://hackerapproved.com/p/lgogdownloader/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).