How to Install, Configure, and Use MangoHud on Linux

In this video, I guide you through the process of installing, configuring, and using MangoHud on Linux.

https://youtu.be/m-PHWxkdra8

MangoHud is a powerful overlay tool that provides real-time metrics for your system, including frame rate, CPU, GPU, RAM usage, temperatures, and more—similar to MSI Afterburner on Windows.

Step-by-Step Guide:

Step 1: Installing MangoHud
https://github.com/flightlessmango/MangoHud?tab=readme-ov-file#installation---pre-packaged-binaries

Once the installation is complete, MangoHud will be ready to use on your system.

Step 2. Using MangoHud
https://github.com/flightlessmango/MangoHud?tab=readme-ov-file#normal-usage

Step 3. Configuring MangoHud
https://github.com/flightlessmango/MangoHud?tab=readme-ov-file#hud-configuration

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Configuring MangoHud has given me quite a lot of headache.
I had trouble finding the proper config file's location for the proper app.
Most posts said just to install goverlay for simplicity, but installing that on Ubuntu based systems was a lot harder than just doing it manually. Mostly because I am a newbie Linux user and I got lost in this guide for the required package https://github.com/davidbannon/libqt6pas
So I thought I post this to help others.

Installing MangoHud:
If you are a Mint user like myself, both flatpak and system package can cause a headache, mostly because configuring the flatpak, I still am not sure how to do, and the system package is so old that it doesn't support basic configs like horizontal.
So I'd recomment just downloading the latest to your home folder from
https://github.com/flightlessmango/MangoHud/releases
Exctract it,
cd $HOME/MangoHud/
./mangohud-setup.sh install

This way your config will be located here(you will need to create it):
$HOME/.config/MangoHud/MangoHud.conf
Here's a nice simple one I use:

background_alpha=0
font_size=18
alpha=1
horizontal
hud_compact

gpu_stats=1
gpu_temp=1
fps=1
cpu_stats=1
cpu_temp=1
frame_timing=0
ram
vram

Now, you just add 'mangohud' without the quotation marks in Steam to the Launch options.

But Bottles will not use this one, and It will ask you to install the flatpak MangoHud and it will tell you which version:

flatpak install org.freedesktop.Platform.VulkanLazer.MangoHud//23.08

And this one will not use the same config file, the proper location for this config is lacated here:
$HOME/.var/app/com.usebottles.bottles/config/MangoHud/MangoHud.conf
You can run this to copy the Steam one over:
cp $HOME/.config/MangoHud/MangoHud.conf $HOME/.var/app/com.usebottles.bottles/config/MangoHud/MangoHud.conf

Now you just need to toggle the 'Monitor Performance' on

Hi everyone.

Since MangoHUD appears to be all the range at the moment.

https://github.com/flightlessmango/MangoHud

I thought I would create a short video on how to install it and use it with games launched through Steam and Lutris.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97p2Ja5D1go&t=1s

As usual for people who prefer a written tutorial, see below:

INSTALLATION

Terminal commands:

git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/flightlessmango/Ma...

cd MangoHud

./build.sh build

./build.sh package

./build.sh install

USING MANGOHUD WITH STEAM

Right click on a game, choose Properties, click on SET LAUNCH OPTIONS and type in:

MANGOHUD=1 %command%

USING MANGOHUD WITH LUTRIS

Right click on the game, click Configure, navigate to System preferences / System options / Environmental variables and use the following:

Key – MANGOHUD

Value – 1

Click Save.

CUSTOMISING MANGOHUD

Either use parameters listed on the github page or alternatively with a GUI tool called Goverlay.

https://github.com/benjamimgois/goverlay

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Thanks

Ryan

Mint seems to be one of the easier distros to use, but I always struggle setting up mango hud.

MangoHUD doesn't work in Geometry Dash or Terraria
If I try to run ''sudo apt install mangohud:i386'' it says ''E: Unable to locate package mangohud:i386''