$ show GameServerManagers/LinuxGSM
LinuxGSM is a command-line tool written in Bash for deploying, managing, monitoring, and updating dedicated game servers on Linux. It supports over 150 games, primarily through SteamCMD integration, and provides a modular architecture with commands for install, start, stop, update, validate, backup, console access, and alerting. The system uses tmux for session management, configurable per-game default configurations, and a plugin-style alert system supporting Discord, Email, Slack, Telegram, and more. The codebase is heavily modular with consistent logging and error handling, but suffers from significant duplication in per-game config files and a monolithic game info parsing module. It is actively maintained with extensive CI/CD workflows for validation and issue triage.
The LLM identified 4 files worth highlighting for reuse:
Central alert dispatcher that loads individual alert modules (Discord, Email, Slack, Telegram, etc.) based on configuration. Each alert module follows a consistent interface (fn_alert_*), making it easy to add new notification channels. The pattern is self-contained and could be extracted for any event-driven notification system.
Framework for installing, removing, and updating game mods (e.g., SourceMod, Metamod). It downloads mod archives from GitHub releases, extracts them, and manages versioning. The pattern is reusable for any software that needs a plugin/mod lifecycle with remote sources.
Generic download and extraction functions (fn_fetch_file, fn_dl_extract) with support for multiple archive formats (tar.gz, bz2, zip, xz), hash verification, and fallback URLs. These functions are self-contained and could be reused in any Bash project requiring robust file retrieval.
Provides a consistent set of logging and user interface functions (fn_script_log*, fn_print_*) with ANSI color support, status indicators, and prompt helpers. While tightly coupled to LinuxGSM's variable naming, the pattern of centralized output formatting is a good example of UI abstraction in shell scripts.