Friday, January 23rd 2026 Nexus Mods Vortex App Will Get Linux Support in 2026, Thanks to Steam Deck and Steam Machine by Cpt.Jank Today, 22:14 Discuss (0 ) Nexus Mods is one of the more prolific mod sites on the internet, housing mods for everything from Skyrim and Fallout New Vegas to Stardew Valley and Subnautica. While the mod platform has a native Windows application, called Vortex, the development team behind Nexus Mods recently confirmed in a 2026 development roster that, as part of an effort to modernize Vortex, the mod application, it will get support for the Valve Steam Deck and Steam Machine in 2026. The blog post announcing future Linux support explicitly states that Nexus Mods will only be focusing on vanilla Steam hardware, and that it will not be officially supporting any other Linux distributions. Currently, Linux users have to download and manually install mods, the traditional way, usually by moving the mod files into the correct game library folders. Official Linux support in Vortex would not only make mods easier to install, but it may streamline the modding experience altogether and make mods easier to maintain on Linux or SteamOS. While Vortex will not officially support any other Linux distributions, the development team notes that Vortex is open-source and invites Linux developers and gamers to add support for their distribution of choice. According to Nexus Mods, Vortex is used by over 1.4 million users every month, so there is likely to be at least one passionate developer who will add support for other major distributions. Other priorities for 2026 also include improving malware protections, specifically scanning files before they are downloaded onto user PCs and have a chance to do harm; reducing friction for creators on the platform, including streamlining the mod upload form and developing a new mod upload API. Vortex will also get a new UI, with the aim of streamlining navigation, simplifying game management, and introducing more intuitive controls for load orders. As we move into 2026, Vortex is shifting back to the centre of our development roadmap. While we have spent the last couple of years exploring new territory with the Nexus Mods App, we have decided to consolidate our efforts and bring all that innovation directly into Vortex. Over 1.4 million modders use Vortex every month to mod their games, and we're committed to improving their modding experience. Our plans for the year include a steady, iterative modernisation of the Vortex user experience. We'll be investing in the developer experience, which will allow us to focus on quality-of-life improvements, specifically streamlining navigation, simplifying game management, and introducing more intuitive controls for load orders. You can expect the interface to become cleaner and more responsive as we integrate the design lessons learned from our recent projects. Our goal is to make modding more accessible and reliable without disrupting the workflows that long-time Vortex users have come to rely on. We're also committing to supporting Vortex on SteamOS. We'll be targeting vanilla Steam hardware like the Steam Deck and Steam Machine. We won't be officially supporting any other configurations, but as Vortex is an open source project community developers will be free to extend support for their preferred Linux distros as they please. Source: Nexus Mods Related News Tags: API development distribution improvements Linux management Mod open-source PC quality-of-life Steam Steam Deck Steam Machine SteamOS Vortex Windows Aug 18th 2025 Microsoft Windows 11 24H2 Update May Cause SSD Failures (278) Oct 17th 2025 Microsoft Breaks Localhost with Windows 11 October Update, Users Forced to Revert (105) Dec 14th 2025 Microsoft Copilot AI Comes to LG TVs, and Can't Be Deleted (140) Nov 28th 2025 Valve Steam Machine May Cost Less Than Anticipated (118) Dec 8th 2025 Valve Trying to Unblock Open-Source HDMI 2.1 Support on Steam Machine (37) Nov 17th 2025 Valve Claims Steam Machine Outperforms 70% of Current Gaming PCs (133) Nov 12th 2025 Valve Announces Steam Machine, Steam Frame, and Steam Controller (186) Oct 14th 2025 End of an Era: Windows 10 Officially Reaches End of Life (100) Oct 3rd 2025 AMD Gains CPU Share as Intel Hits Record Low on Steam September Hardware Survey (94) Sep 4th 2025 Steam Frame Could Be Valve's Next-Generation Gaming Console (42) Add your own on Nexus Mods Vortex App Will Get Linux Support in 2026, Thanks to Steam Deck and Steam Machine There are no yet.
