Frequently Asked Questions

Is TuxBlox free?

Yes, and it always will be. TuxBlox is free and open source. There is nothing to buy, no account to make, and no paid tier.

Does Roblox Studio work?

Yes. Studio is the part of TuxBlox that works today, and it is what most of the project's users run.

Does Roblox Player work?

Not yet.

Roblox's anti-tamper blocks Roblox Player from starting under every Wine based compatibility layer, including TuxBlox. This is the project's largest ongoing piece of work and there is real progress, but there is no date.

Studio is not affected. See Known Issues for where things stand.

Can I run two Roblox Player sessions at once?

No. Roblox runs one Player session at a time, and TuxBlox follows that rule rather than working around it.

The Player card's launch button is switched off while Player support is still being worked on, so this is not something a normal install can reach today. The rule below is how it behaves, and it already applies if you have turned the button on by hand with enable_player_button.

Starting the Player while a session is already open closes the open one and starts the new session in its place. On the Home screen you do this in two presses, because while a session is open that card's button says Stop instead of Launch; a desktop shortcut or a Roblox link replaces the running session directly.

Roblox Studio is different — it is built to have several sessions open together, and TuxBlox opens as many as you ask for. Its Home card keeps its Launch button for that reason.

Will I get banned for using TuxBlox?

Nobody outside Roblox can answer that, and we will not pretend otherwise. Enforcement is Roblox Corporation's decision alone. TuxBlox has no say in it, no agreement with them, and cannot protect your account.

What we can tell you is what TuxBlox does. It runs the official, unmodified client. It does not modify Roblox, inject anything into it, or give you any ability a Windows player does not have.

And what it deliberately refuses to do: anything that hides cheating, automates input, edits game memory, or grants a capability the Windows client does not have. None of that will ever be accepted into this project.

Is TuxBlox affiliated with Roblox?

No. TuxBlox is an independent project with no affiliation with, endorsement from, or connection to Roblox Corporation.

How is this different from Sober or Vinegar?

Sober runs the Android version of Roblox on Linux. TuxBlox runs the Windows version. Different client, different tradeoffs.

The short comparison: Sober gets you playing games today, and TuxBlox gets you Studio and, eventually, the full desktop client.

Do I need to install Wine or Proton first?

No. TuxBlox ships its own, and it does not use or interfere with any Wine or Proton you already have installed. Steam's Proton is untouched.

Can I use the compatibility layer for other Windows programs?

No. The compatibility layer only runs programs signed by Roblox, and it refuses to start anything else. Pointing it at another Windows program gets you an error instead of a running program, and that is deliberate rather than a bug.

It is also built and tuned for Roblox specifically, with plenty of general purpose pieces removed, so even without that check most other software would not work under it. Use regular Wine or Proton for general Windows programs.

Where does TuxBlox install things?

Everything lives in ~/.tuxblox, plus a handful of desktop entry files in the standard XDG locations so TuxBlox shows up in your applications menu. Nothing goes into system directories.

See Files and Folders for the full layout.

Does it need root or sudo?

No. Not to install, not to run, not to update.

Can I use FastFlags?

Yes, there is an editor built into the launcher. See FastFlags.

Can I run an old version of Roblox Studio?

Yes, from the Versions tab. You can install a specific build by its version hash, or step back to the build before the current one.

Does my controller work?

Yes. Controller vibration is a separate, experimental setting, off-by-default behaviour that varies by pad. See Settings.

Can I move Studio's panels around and dock them?

Yes, and this is one of the things TuxBlox was built to get right. Dragging a panel out, docking it against another edge, floating it in its own window, tabbing it together with another panel and saving the result as your layout all behave the way they do on Windows.

The one rough edge is cosmetic, and only while a drag is actually happening: see Known Issues.

Does Studio's Toolbox work? What about the Creator Hub pages?

Yes. Those panels are web pages rendered inside Studio, and TuxBlox ships its own browser component to render them.

Can I use the Studio MCP server with an AI assistant?

Yes. TuxBlox includes a helper for exactly that, studio-mcp, and it works with every client Roblox supports: Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex CLI, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Visual Studio Code and Antigravity.

You still have to set up the Studio side first, following Roblox's guide. See Studio MCP for the Linux specific part.

Does TuxBlox collect data about me?

There are no trackers and no analytics anywhere, and nothing about your login or your files is ever sent.

One thing happens every time TuxBlox starts and no setting turns it off: it asks our server which version your channel serves and that version's file list, so it can tell whether your copy is up to date and still intact.

Everything else is a feature that is off until you turn it on, under Settings → Privacy:

• Crash reports — sent only if you switch them on or press Report on a crash. A report carries basic system information, version and exit codes, and the tail of that session's log. Roblox writes its own log into the end of that same file, so that part travels too, and it can name the place you had open and your Roblox account's ID. That is why the setting starts off and why sending one is left to you.
• Discord Rich Presence — shows what you are playing on your Discord profile. This is handed to the Discord app on your own computer and never reaches us.
• Server location — looks up the region of the Roblox server you joined. It is the server's address that gets looked up, never yours.

TuxBlox also answers the hardware questions the Roblox client asks, the same as a Windows machine would. Those answers go to the client, not to us.

The full policy, including what each report contains in detail and how long anything is kept, is at tuxblox.net/privacy.

Where can I get help?

The Discord server. It is the fastest place for support, and it is where development is discussed.