Install GOverlay on CachyOS

What should I do after installing GOverlay?

1. Open GOverlay from your app menu.
2. Or run goverlay in a terminal.
3. Run pacman -Qi goverlay-git to see the installed version and the optional dependencies.

How do I update or remove GOverlay?

Update:

Remove:

What is GOverlay?

Goverlay is an easy graphical interface to configure linux gaming applications.

Package description: A GUI to help manage Vulkan/OpenGL overlays

Reviews of GOverlay on CachyOS

From GitHub

benjamimgois/goverlay · ★ 1,578 stars · last commit Nov 1, 2026 · latest release Oct 10, 2026

Real issues opened by users on the project's GitHub, shown as written with a link to each one. 10 most reacted issues opened in the last two years plus the 5 newest issues, bots, pull requests, non English and political posts skipped, capped at 15 per repo. Fetched Nov 1, 2026.

1. [Feature]: VKShade SupportOpen

   VKShade is a written from scratch and more recently maintained alternative to vkbasalt's reshade support VKShade seems to work better than vkbasalt from my experience and it looks more likely to get newer feature updates. VKshade should be a tab alongside vkbasalt and vkSumi as I…

   @DekoDX · Jun 5, 2026 · 8 reactions · 2 comments · View on GitHub

2. [Feature Request] Add option to choose custom OptiScaler installation directoryClosed

   Maybe it is possible already, but I didn't find an option to choose a custom installation directory for OptiScaler. It is always put in /fgmod. I think an option to choose an alternative directory instead would be great. I for example would like to change it to /.fgmod, as to not…

   @arschfidel0815 · Jan 5, 2026 · 3 reactions · 5 comments · View on GitHub

3. [Bug]: can't boot goverlayClosed

   Linux Mint 24.04 have tried all version available The farthest i got was with appimage: i boot it and it freezes and stop responding, not really sure how to fix this it should have booted properlu\y download appimage latest version (tried flatpack as well but it wont even load…

   @muccaretroattiva · Jul 18, 2026 · 3 reactions · 12 comments · View on GitHub

4. cannot switch back from histogram / proc mem colour does not changeOpen

   possibly other issues but i havent had time to test.

   @LethalManBoob · Dec 3, 2024 · 2 reactions · 0 comments · View on GitHub

5. [Bug]: The "Global Config" is confusingClosed

   As I understand it (if I even understand correctly), the "Global Config" is just the config that is active when not starting bgmod from a game-specific directory. But why do game-specific configs have ON/OFF toggles for each of the components, but the global config does not? Does…

   @combs-spacier · Jul 11, 2026 · 2 reactions · 5 comments · View on GitHub

6. [Feature]: a gamescope configurator to apply settings to every games in gamescope mode.Open

   Goverlay can apply configurations to every games by default. So for desktop mode a gamescope configurator would be nice so it apply settings globally. Or at least a way to add your own command lines globally. Currently in desktop mode gamescope it hard and tedious to configure by…

   @tails101 · Jan 25, 2026 · 2 reactions · 2 comments · View on GitHub

7. [Feature]: Allow user to choose whether they want to install additional packages like OptiScaler instead of installing being the default behaviorOpen

   Make a list of optional dependencies to choose from on the first time of launching the application and/or on the settings menu. (Stuff like MAKO, LSFG and OptiScaler) This would fix the issue of the app feeling bloated as it does for me right now. Goverlay currently always…

   @Mineatom · Oct 24, 2026 · 2 reactions · 3 comments · View on GitHub

8. Goverlay UI not styled properlyClosed

   Im on Fedora 41 with Gnome and Wayland and goverlay pretty much always looked like this: even though I have dark mode set in gnome the app is still in light mode and also the top header text is not readable. with --style windows it is a little better

   @jackra1n · Feb 21, 2025 · 1 reactions · 10 comments · View on GitHub

9. Values from dropdowns reset when saving the configuration again in a new sessionClosed

   This is one thing I noticed when testing the fonts feature. I think this also applies to the network interface as well. It doesn't feel like the application should work this way. There might be an easy way to workaround this by having the default dropdown item not change the…

   @RoGreat · Jul 16, 2025 · 1 reactions · 2 comments · View on GitHub

10. cant run the appimage on ubuntu 24.04Closed

    version: 1.3-3 (fix-update) os: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS logs with appimagelauncer logs without appimagelauncher

    @holiq · Apr 3, 2025 · 1 reactions · 3 comments · View on GitHub

11. [Bug]: Reshade does not work in Resident Evil RevelationsOpen

    I don't even know where to start with the explanation. Here is how I enabled it for the game profile. I use the bgmod launch command as needed in Steam and nothing happens in game. I should clarify that reshade works if I install it manually. Enable Reshade in a game profile…

    @Alxdu · Oct 27, 2026 · 1 comments · View on GitHub

12. [Bug]: MAKO and lsfg-vk asking for install and updateOpen

    In the "Upscalers" tab, under "Frame Interpolation" near the bottom, there is a "Software Status" section. I own LSFG-VK on Steam and I do have it installed and MAKO comes bundled with GOverlay when you download it. However, in "Software Status," the status for MAKO keeps…

    @HenriqueMine · Oct 24, 2026 · 2 comments · View on GitHub

13. [Bug]: bgmod picks a shared library (.so) as the native game binary for .sh-launched games, so the lsfg-vk profile never matchesClosed

    For native Linux games that Steam launches through a .sh script, bgmod writes an lsfg-vk profile whose activein list does not contain the real game process. lsfg-vk loads but never activates, so Lossless Scaling frame generation does nothing. Example: Transport Fever 3 (native…

    @xeneon · Oct 24, 2026 · 0 comments · View on GitHub

14. [Bug]: vkbasalt and vksumi not detected?Open

    I’m trying to figure out whether vkBasalt and vkSumi are bundled with GOverlay or need to be installed separately. I use CachyOS and I try to avoid installing packages from AUR for my safety. When I first downloaded GOverlay yesterday, neither was detected, so I couldn’t enable…

    @HenriqueMine · Oct 24, 2026 · 2 comments · View on GitHub

15. [Bug]: lsfg-vk, MAKO and afmf-linux Vulkan layers appeared in ~/.local after opening goverlay 1.9.4, causing lag in non-game appsOpen

    On Oct 19 at about 18:15 I opened goverlay only to check that it had updated to 1.9.4. In the same two minutes these files appeared under /.local: lsfg-vk 2.0.0 (lsfg-vk-cli, lsfg-vk-ui, layer libraries, manifests) and a new /.config/lsfg-vk/conf.toml MAKO (layers, mako-cli,…

    @agonthier2012 · Oct 24, 2026 · 1 comments · View on GitHub