Is Steam Game Idler a better alternative to ArchiSteamFarm and Steam Achievement Manager?

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So I found this Steam Game Idler on reddit https://github.com/probablyraging/steam-game-idler

Have been using it for a couple of weeks and can confirm it is a great alternative ArchiSteamFarm which is overly complex to set up. And a great alternative to Steam Achievement Manager which is just outdated and has a bad UI

Steam Game Idler (SGI) has a more modern GUI, and has both trading card farming and achievement manager features built in to a single app.

It's also completely open source on GitHub

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Originally posted by Feiqizi:

i have one that works and is safe to use if you are interested

Appreciate it. I've used other popular idlers but this has a nice UI (plus linux server support) so I'd like to use it if someone can confirm it's safe to do so

[NoticedAlarm]

Might be a dumb question but, what is a game idler?

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Originally posted by NoticedAlarm:

Might be a dumb question but, what is a game idler?

I'm going to assume it's software that allows you to appear as running the game from the steam client's perspective, without actually running the game.
People usually do this to extract their steam card drops from games they don't actually want to install and play.

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Also no, those types of software can get you banned.

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Compile it then run it through virustotal.com .

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Originally posted by Nargo:

Also no, those types of software can get you banned.

I've been usinga bunch of different idlers for years with no issue, I don't think steam really cares TBH

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Originally posted by SnakeFist:

Compile it then run it through virustotal.com .

Thanks, I just did that and it didn't flag it as a virus or anything, so should I be right to use it you think?