Project structure - lodle/Desurium GitHub Wiki

Executables

Bootloader

This is the main executable used to launch Desura. It is responsible for downloading the initial install and making sure all files are present for launching the ui. It also handles installing updates with the help of the service on windows.

Browser Host

This hosts an instance of the Cef browser to improve performance and protect against the browser crashing the client.

Service

This is Windows only and handles all the tasks that a normal user cant do such as installing content and setting registry keys.

Toolhelper

This is Windows only and is a special process that needs UAC approval to install tools such as DirectX

Utility

This is used for any thing not covered by the other exe's such as uninstalling and special cases.

Static / Shared

Compiles in to a static or shared library, for use with other parts of the application.

Libraries

MCFCore

Handles MCF archive files including creating, extracting, merging and downloading.

UICore

Main client UI. Currently based on wxWidgets but designed to be able to be swapped out with any UI framework.

UserCore

Logic behind a "logged in" user that allows for installing, downloading and updating of games plus launching , shortcuts and tools.

WebCore

Handles all communications to the Desura API servers.

ScriptCore

Allows running of JavaScript files plus provides a standard API to access things such as file system.

ServiceCore

Handles installing of content and other tasks that require administration rights.

UtilCore

Handles misc tasks such as unistalling.

CrashUploader

Uploads crash dumps to the Desura servers.