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Ok, v0.9.0 is done. Now it's much closer in term of features to vanilla launchbox. The one big thing missing is the wizard to import game, that will be my next focus to have achieve complete feature parity with launchbox. LiteBox-Setup-0.9.0.exe

Thanks. Unfortunatly, the extendb plugin is on hiatus. I need to do some really hacky thing to make it work and since until now i was the only user, i though i might as well backport extenddb features (including bigboxweb) into my other project, litebox. (a full launchbox rewrite that sit alongside launchbox)

Parental Control Plugin View File Ok, so i made a parental control feature on litebox, my launchbox rewrite that sit alongside lb and focus on speed and less ram usage. But, that does not make sense if kids can just use vanilla launchbox & bigbox and bypass it, so i had to prepare a plugin that also work on vanilla launchbox/bigbox. Here come my parental control plugin. It use the Bigbox pin code (if you don't have a premium licence, it's not big deal, you can configure it from the plugin itself) Install is simple, click on the exe, you get that, select Launchbox, click install and you are done. Select the launchbox.exe, click install and done. To uninstall you will need to use your bigbox pin. A Data backup will be created on install. The parental control unsintall disable automatic rom import, to make the whole thing work, i have to do some weird stuff and automatic import will probably crush all that (or not, i didn't bother to test actually) As for how it work internaly : The plugin basically hook the xml read to filter out game, and reload the whole thing when you unlock. While locked it prevent write to the xml. That block basic game edition, but adding, renaming stuff could still be an issue, so there is a second layer that also block all menu and window that allow editing, moving, deleting stuff Submitter Nixx Submitted 08/12/2026 Category Third-party Apps and Plugins  

https://streamable.com/95r844 Sneek preview of the next update including 3D models & videos.

I'm not sure, i'm not an expert, maybe with translategemma

Can you setup it to use local models like with ollama ?

It's great. I will def try it when i have the time. Thanks.

v0.8.5 Progress on the edit games, support bulk edit, lot of work around the start/stop/pause menu. Image edit not supported (yet) LiteBox-Setup-0.8.5.exe

Multiple options : A- You could group roms into one using "versions". B- You can make an archive like 7z file containing multiple version of the game and use plugin on external tool to handle that. For the B, you have multiple choice. You can use the Archive Cache Manager plugin, i read that some folk still updating it. - You can use my old bigbox profile third party tool, but it's currently not updated, maybe i will come back on it one day. But since it's a third party, it should still work regardless. - You can give a try to my alpha of extenddb where in included an rom extraction module, just disable the other module you dont need. But it's still in early alpha.

I've put a fair bit of work into LiteBox since 0.7.6, so here's a rundown of what's new and what got fixed. Now, there is only one installer that works for both 13.28 and 13.27. The big stuff You can now install emulators straight from LiteBox. Add an emulator, hit Download, and it grabs it and sets it up for you (RetroArch, Dolphin, PCSX2, MAME, ScummVM, BigPEmu, Xemu), same as LaunchBox does. RetroAchievements works now. LiteBox logs you in automatically when you start a game, so your achievements count while you play. There's a Game Saves page to back up and restore your saves, per game. Edit Game lets you change a game's info, notes and custom fields, with multi-select and a revert button. The whole interface got a big pass: proper 4K / high-DPI scaling, a zoomable game list, custom colours, and a one-click installer. Plenty of stability and display fixes on top, including one that could quietly lose your edits. Version by version 0.8.3 Fixed a case where the game list (or grid) went blank. If you scrolled down a platform with lots of games and then clicked one with fewer, you'd see nothing. That's sorted now, the games always show. 0.8.2 Fixed a bad one: if a file couldn't be saved, your edits could get dropped without any warning. They're kept and retried now, never lost. Steam achievements sometimes only showed the first one. The full list shows now. Cleaned up garbled characters (dashes, arrows) in the debug console. 0.8.1 Added installing emulators from LiteBox (see above). Added automatic RetroAchievements login when you launch a game. Fixed a bug that could mess up some emulators' launch command. Works with the latest LaunchBox (13.28) now, as well as 13.27. 0.8.0 Better game list: smarter column sizing, a zoom for the middle list (bigger rows on two lines), Ctrl+A to select all, and column widths that stick. Custom colours and a matching Edit Game window. Titles now sort ignoring a leading "The" or "A" by default. Fixed a crash in the game list. 0.7.9 Added the Game Saves page (back up and restore saves). Big interface rework with proper 4K / high-DPI scaling. Added a one-click installer: just double click to drop LiteBox into LaunchBox. 0.7.8 Fixed a crash on startup. 0.7.7 Added the Edit Game window: edit a game's info, notes and custom fields, with multi-select, changed fields highlighted, and a revert button. Opens quicker too. Added LEDBlinky support for arcade lighting. LiteBox-Setup-0.8.3.exe

V0.7.6. Better file organisation, proper uninstall in settings, more sort option on the right panel. Two version depending of your version of launchbox. LiteBox-13.28.exe LiteBox-13.27.exe

Minor release, add achievement support for steam & gog. LiteBox.exe

Progressing but too lazy to make a changelog. Basically, each feature are now a module and can be enabled/desactived, it make the plugin more user friendly. ExtendDB-release.zip

https://github.com/nixxou/Litebox Ok, so basically, it's a shot at rewriting launchbox to get something that use less ram. Should be compatible with most plugins as i tried to replicate the lb api. Also it will play fine with my extenddb plugin with a deeper integration. Obviously, you will not be able to add games with Litebox and lot of features from launchbox are missing, but it's a work in progress. It should support basic game launch, store game launch support, retroachievement. Poster/Image cache is using a feature taken from my ExtendDB plugin, so if you want decent perf, you should install Everything https://www.voidtools.com/downloads/ Before use, click on the "Generate image cache" button is hightly advised. I had a simmilar project in the past called Quickbox, but it was a launchbox plugin, this time my idea was to do stuff from scratch. Just just try, one click, you select your launchbox executable and it launch. There is an uninstall.bat alongside to remove it. LiteBox.exe