Linux Alternatives for Livesplit & Nohboard (Timer & Input Display)
4 months ago
United States
ThatBox
He/Him, They/Them
4 months ago

Trying to locate some for Linux (specifically running Linux Mint)

In short, I appreciate both of those on Windows, but as I'm stepping away from Windows ideally for now, I want to figure out alternatives to those two.

They do run on Linux, but Global Hotkeys don't seem to operate properly for either.

Austria

Hi ThatBox & fellow Linux-runner!

There are a couple of timers you can try. You'd have to see for yourself what suits you:

  • molok <- That's the one I use currently. Works great & nice to have advanced statistics. Doesn't have a built-in editor, so you need to provide a lss-file (download from split.io or therun.gg).
  • Livesplit one (browser): Does work, but needs the window active to register splits. I needed a workaround to capture it...
  • Livesplit via wine: Installation is a hassle. Might work for you, for me it didn't.
  • Llanfair <- has it's fair share of issues (pun intended!). Especially when resizing or doing large edits. Still I used that quite a lot before I changed to molok.
  • Urn <- hasn't been updated in years. The interesting part is that you it is required for LibreSplit, an Linux autosplitter
  • https://github.com/slashinfty/chronode <- never tried this one, no idea how good it works
  • https://github.com/Toasterbirb/SeedSplit <- never tried this one, no idea how good it works

As for input display: do you need keyboard, gamepads?

Have fun speedrunning on Linux!