# Epic Games Free Games

Epic Games Free Games is a self-hosted tool that logs in to the Epic Games Store, finds available free games, and sends you a prepopulated checkout link to complete after logging in. It is open source and self-hosted, installable on Unraid.

Canonical page: https://ourlocalhost.com/app/2792/epic-games-free-games

## Description

Epic Games Free Games is a self-hosted tool that logs in to the Epic Games Store, finds available free games, and sends you a prepopulated checkout link to complete after logging in. It supports multiple accounts, login sessions, and scheduled runs, making it useful for anyone tracking weekly free Epic Games titles.

## Platform availability

Available on 1 of 9 platforms: Unraid.

## Health score

76/100 (Good), based on 4 of 5 factors.
- Maintained: 100 (last commit 3 days ago)
- Popular: 66 (1,925 GitHub stars)
- Easy to install: 35 (1 install platform, install notes, Docker image)
- Security check: 84 (no serious findings, 1 minor, CI)

## Links

- Unraid: https://ca.unraid.net/apps/epic-games-free-games-1sz77i61w6mfhm?q=Epic-Games-Free-Games
- Documentation: https://claabs.github.io/epicgames-freegames-node/

## Common questions

### Where does the container store its configuration file?

It is stored in the mounted /usr/app/config volume. The file can be named config.json or config.json5.

### How do I control automatic runs?

The config includes runOnStartup and cronSchedule. You can set a cron expression such as 0 0,6,12,18 * * * for scheduled runs.

### Which notification services are supported?

It supports email, Discord, Telegram, Apprise, Pushover, Gotify, Home Assistant, Bark, and ntfy.

### How are CAPTCHA issues handled?

Epic or Arkose may break the NoJS audio captcha, which can break automatic solving. The project added captcha emails as a kind of self-hosted 2Captcha to keep things free.

### Can I track more than one Epic account?

Yes, you can list multiple accounts in the accounts array. Each entry can include the account email.

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Source: Our Local Host (https://ourlocalhost.com/app/2792/epic-games-free-games), the self-hosted and open-source app directory.