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Version 2.0.1 -  From Launchbox 13.19 to the latest.
Version 1.0.1  - Until Launchbox 13.18
 
So, basically what this does is expose some of the information to a MQTT Topic, or multiple really, this way you can add the Information on your Homeassistant instance or whatever consumer of that topic is.
 
Requirements:
 MQTT Server Installation
Extract to the plugins folder Setup
Open the Launchbox Menu --> Tools --> MQTT Settings Fill the information about your MQTT  
Topics:
launchbox/systeminfo
Info:
{ "TotalGames": 14, "TotalPlatforms": 2, "BigBoxRunning": false, "IsBigBoxInAttractMode": false, "IsBigBoxLocked": false, "IsPremium": true, "BigBoxCurrentTheme": null } launchbox/nowplaying
info:
{ "Title": "Donkey Kong Country", "Platform": "Super Nintendo Entertainment System", "Developer": "Rare", "Publisher": "Nintendo", "ReleaseDate": "1994-11-24T06:00:00-02:00", "Rating": "E - Everyone", "LastPlayedDate": "2025-02-04T14:57:47.1845482-03:00", "Genres": [ "Platform" ], "Favorite": false, "PlayCount": 12, "Status": "Playing" }  
launchbox/retroachievments (I have no idea why this doesnt work, I personally dont use it so Dont know)
info:
{ "GetGameInfoWithProgress": {}, "TotalPoints": [ {} ], "TotalAchievements": {}, "LastGamePlayed": {} }  
Homeassistant
Create the sensors in configuration.yml:
 
mqtt: - sensor: - name: "LaunchBox Total Games" state_topic: "launchbox/systeminfo" value_template: "{{ value_json.TotalGames }}" icon: mdi:gamepad-variant - name: "LaunchBox Total Platforms" state_topic: "launchbox/systeminfo" value_template: "{{ value_json.TotalPlatforms }}" icon: mdi:gamepad-classic - name: "LaunchBox Now Playing Title" state_topic: "launchbox/nowplaying" value_template: "{{ value_json.Title }}" icon: mdi:gamepad - name: "LaunchBox Now Playing Platform" state_topic: "launchbox/nowplaying" value_template: "{{ value_json.Platform }}" icon: mdi:microsoft - name: "LaunchBox Now Playing Developer" state_topic: "launchbox/nowplaying" value_template: "{{ value_json.Developer }}" icon: mdi:human - name: "LaunchBox Now Playing Publisher" state_topic: "launchbox/nowplaying" value_template: "{{ value_json.Publisher }}" icon: mdi:office-building - name: "LaunchBox Now Playing Rating" state_topic: "launchbox/nowplaying" value_template: "{{ value_json.Rating }}" icon: mdi:star - name: "LaunchBox Now Playing PlayCount" state_topic: "launchbox/nowplaying" value_template: "{{ value_json.PlayCount }}" icon: mdi:counter - name: "LaunchBox Now Playing Status" state_topic: "launchbox/nowplaying" value_template: "{{ value_json.Status }}" icon: mdi:gamepad-circle - name: "LaunchBox BigBox Running" state_topic: "launchbox/systeminfo" value_template: "{{ value_json.BigBoxRunning }}" icon: mdi:play-box-outline - name: "LaunchBox Attract Mode" state_topic: "launchbox/systeminfo" value_template: "{{ value_json.IsBigBoxInAttractMode }}" icon: mdi:motion-play-outline - name: "LaunchBox BigBox Locked" state_topic: "launchbox/systeminfo" value_template: "{{ value_json.IsBigBoxLocked }}" icon: mdi:lock-outline - name: "LaunchBox Premium Status" state_topic: "launchbox/systeminfo" value_template: "{{ 'Premium' if value_json.IsPremium else 'Free' }}" icon: mdi:crown - name: "LaunchBox Current Theme" state_topic: "launchbox/systeminfo" value_template: "{{ value_json.BigBoxCurrentTheme if value_json.BigBoxCurrentTheme else 'None' }}" icon: mdi:theme-light-dark  
An example of simple dashboard (i'm horrible designing these):
 

 
Code for card:
 
type: vertical-stack cards: - type: custom:mushroom-title-card title: 🎮 LaunchBox Status - type: custom:mushroom-template-card primary: "Total Games: {{ states('sensor.launchbox_total_games') }}" secondary: "Total Platforms: {{ states('sensor.launchbox_total_platforms') }}" icon: mdi:gamepad-variant layout: horizontal fill_container: true - type: custom:mushroom-template-card primary: "BigBox Running: {{ states('sensor.launchbox_bigbox_running') }}" secondary: "Attract Mode: {{ states('sensor.launchbox_attract_mode') }}" icon: mdi:play-box-outline layout: horizontal fill_container: true multiline_secondary: true - type: custom:mushroom-template-card primary: "BigBox Locked: {{ states('sensor.launchbox_bigbox_locked') }}" secondary: "Premium Status: {{ states('sensor.launchbox_premium_status') }}" icon: mdi:lock-outline layout: horizontal fill_container: true - type: custom:mushroom-template-card primary: "Current Theme: {{ states('sensor.launchbox_current_theme') }}" icon: mdi:theme-light-dark layout: horizontal fill_container: true - type: conditional conditions: - entity: sensor.launchbox_now_playing_status state_not: Idle card: type: custom:mushroom-template-card primary: "Now Playing: {{ states('sensor.launchbox_now_playing_title') }}" secondary: "Platform: {{ states('sensor.launchbox_now_playing_platform') }}" icon: mdi:gamepad layout: horizontal fill_container: true multiline_secondary: true - type: conditional conditions: - entity: sensor.launchbox_now_playing_status state: Playing card: type: custom:mushroom-chips-card chips: - type: entity entity: sensor.launchbox_now_playing_developer icon: mdi:human - type: entity entity: sensor.launchbox_now_playing_publisher icon: mdi:office-building - type: entity entity: sensor.launchbox_now_playing_rating icon: mdi:star - type: entity entity: sensor.launchbox_now_playing_playcount icon: mdi:counter  
 
 
OBS: This has super limited support, I made this out of curiosity only, I tested it literally 30min so expect bugs or things dont working fully.
 
 

Plugin that scrapes Steam Information, banner, screenshots and video to a selected game.
 
Requirements: Launchbox 8.8+
Install: Extract the content of zip file to : Launchbox/plugins/SteamScraper
Source code: Github (feel free to make a pull request )
Thanks to:
 @fawkesyeah for the extensive testing
@CriticalCid for Ideas.
EDIT
If you have trouble running the plugin and crashing due CAS error, please right click on the DLL's , properties and then unblock.
 

 
Usage:
 
Just paste the Steam URL from the game that you need to scrape information.
 
Video Tutorial:
 
 
If you want to add Additional Custom fields and Tags please edit the properties.json :
Note: This will generate a LOT of tags, I advise to hide it if you are going to use it. (Legacy Settings -> Game Details -> Disable Custom Fields)

 
Also if you have the SteamDB or SteamSpy Link only you can use it to get the Steam metadata as well, the regex works just remind to put the / on the final url just like this:

 
BUT THIS WONT GET INFO FROM THE RESPECTIVELY WEBSITES, IT WILL GO TO STEAM ANYWAYS.

Simple Plugin to automate download videos from youtube.
 
Requirements: Launchbox 8.2+
Install: Extract the content of zip file to : Launchbox/plugins/YoutubeScraper
Source code: Github (feel free to make a pull request )
EDIT
If you have trouble running the plugin and crashing due CAS error, please right click on the DLL's , properties and then unblock.
 

 
There's two options:
URL Scraper: Just paste entire youtube URL from the desired video

 
One-click downloader: It will search automatically and download the first entry from youtube. Bulk Download supported!
 

Hi Guys,
I did a simple plugin to help anyone that streams and is using Launchbox, basically I write the current playing game information to a folder (Launchbox main folder + obs). So using OBS software you can put the information on display to stream it.
It has two types of files:
TXT Files - Plain text, so you can put it on stream as text. Json File -  Has every Information for that game, you can build a HTML website and display it easily with some front-end knowledge. Also this is a way to test the new Interface that @Jason Carr did for us
 
Requirements: Launchbox 9.2+
Install: Extract the content of zip file to : Launchbox/plugins/OBS
Source code: https://github.com/rodrigosiviero/launchbox_obsgameinfo (feel free to contribute)
 
If you have trouble running the plugin and crashing due CAS error, please right click on the DLL's , properties and then unblock.
 

 
Usage:
This time I did a video for the usage, enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_7BkhGC7Jk&feature=youtu.be