Cheat Engine Linux

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One barScore 5.4

Free tierNo free tier on record
Open codeNo open-source code on record
Runs widely1 of 6 device platforms
DocumentedPlans, terms and facts published

Cheat Engine Linux is ranked #10 of 23 in game memory editors on Freedom251. It runs on Linux.

Compared on game memory editors

Operating systems: linux
Pointer scanning: Yes
Debugger: Yes
Scripting support: Yes
Open source: Yes

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The record

Purpose: Cheat Engine for Linux is a native C++20/Qt6 memory scanner, debugger, disassembler, and trainer toolkit.
Project status: The README describes the project as young and immature, at v0.9.0, with bugs, rough edges, and missing features.
Intended use: The project is built for single-player games, reverse engineering, and learning.
Scanning: Scanning supports multiple value types and comparisons, region filters, multithreaded disk-backed scans, and pointer scanning.
Cheat Engine compatibility: The application reads and writes Cheat Engine .CT tables and supports a broad Cheat Engine-compatible Lua API.
Remote tools: The platform features include ceserver and GDB-remote clients for remote or cross-device debugging.
Downloads: The README says prebuilt .deb and AppImage packages are attached to each release.
Linux privileges: Attaching with ptrace requires elevated privileges or a permissive ptrace_scope; the installed .deb and AppImage set cap_sys_ptrace so root is not required.
Security: The README says .CETRAINER loads are size-capped, Lua breakpoint conditions are sandboxed and execution-bounded, and shellExecute and unsafe file-write functions are default-denied.
Optional kernel helper: The optional kernel helper exposes explicit CAP_SYS_ADMIN-gated ioctls and does not hide modules, files, or sockets.
Support: The README asks users to report issues, which it says drive the project forward.
License: The repository identifies the project license as MIT.
Release version: The releases page lists v0.8.0 as its latest release.
Memory scanning: Its scanner supports numeric, string, byte-pattern, binary, grouped, and custom-Lua scans, plus pointer scanning and disk-backed scans for large targets.

Where it ranks on Freedom251

Best Game Memory Editors in 2026#10 of 23

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Sources

github.com/wleeaf/cheat-engine-linux· checked 3 Oct 2026
github.com/wleeaf/cheat-engine-linux/releases· checked 3 Oct 2026