A Linux-native EVE Online character and skill monitor for the desktop. Skillwright tracks your EVE characters' skills, skill queue, training progress, wallet balance, location, active ship, and implants, with a native KDE Plasma look and feel.
Still work in progress ongoing project.
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Grab the latest Skillwright-x.y.z-x86_64.AppImage from the
Releases page,
then:
chmod +x Skillwright-*.AppImage
./Skillwright-*.AppImagechmod +x marks the download as executable (browsers strip that bit).
That is the whole install. Click "+ Add Character", complete the EVE SSO
login in your browser, and your character appears.
Notes:
- AppImage managers such as Gear Lever integrate Skillwright into your application menu with its icon. Handy, but optional.
- If launching fails with a FUSE error, install the FUSE 2 compatibility
library (
sudo dnf install fuseon Fedora) or run the file with--appimage-extract-and-run. - Run one copy at a time. Two instances sharing the same data directory can overwrite each other's changes.
- A recent x86_64 Linux distribution. Fedora 44 with KDE Plasma 6 on Wayland is the primary target; the AppImage is built there. Other current distributions and desktops should work but see less testing.
- A running Secret Service provider for token storage: KWallet on KDE, GNOME Keyring on GNOME.
- Multiple-character overview with portraits, ISK, total SP, and the current skill in training
- Per-character dashboard: attributes, corporation/alliance, security status, active ship, current location, and implant-adjusted attributes
- Skill browser grouped by category, with trained levels and skill points
- Skill queue view with per-entry progress, training rate, and completion times
- Skill planner with curated plan profiles, prerequisite handling, attribute optimization, and import/export
- Ship browser with traits, resistances, variations, and required-skill mastery
- Certificate browser
- KDE-native theming with three Breeze variants: Breeze Dark (default), Breeze, and Breeze Twilight
- System-tray integration with per-character training notifications
- Local caching in SQLite, with ESI cache-timer and rate-limit awareness
Skillwright requests only the read scopes its features need. It never requests asset, mail, corporation, or write scopes, and it sends nothing anywhere except CCP's official ESI API.
| Scope | Used for |
|---|---|
esi-skills.read_skills.v1 |
Trained skills and total skill points |
esi-skills.read_skillqueue.v1 |
The active skill queue |
esi-wallet.read_character_wallet.v1 |
Wallet (ISK) balance |
esi-location.read_location.v1 |
Current system, station, or structure |
esi-location.read_ship_type.v1 |
Active ship type and name |
esi-clones.read_implants.v1 |
Fitted implants for attribute bonuses |
These appear on the EVE SSO consent screen when you add a character.
Where things are stored: OAuth refresh tokens live in your system
keyring via the freedesktop Secret Service API. Application data (the
SQLite database and cached catalogs) lives under
~/.local/share/skillwright/.
The skill catalog is empty / training times show '?' Go to Settings and click "Reset Skill Catalog". It re-fetches from ESI on the next launch (15-30 seconds, first time only).
My character's data isn't updating Use the refresh button on the character card or dashboard. Background refresh runs every 5 minutes by default; the interval is configurable in Settings.
The SSO browser page never opens
Make sure xdg-open is available (it is on every desktop distribution)
and that port 7777 is free; Skillwright's login callback listens there.
More answers live in the in-app Help tab.
git clone https://github.com/arsin305/skillwright.git
cd skillwright
uv run skillwrightuv installs the dependencies on first
run. The bundled application Client ID is used automatically; to test
against your own EVE application instead, copy .env.example to .env
and set EVE_CLIENT_ID (see the comments in that file).
# Test suite and project health checks
uv run python qa_check.py
# Build the AppImage
bash scripts/build_appimage.shSkillwright is an unofficial, fan-made tool developed under CCP's Developer License Agreement. It uses only documented, read-only ESI endpoints, respects ESI cache timers and error limits, and performs no in-game automation of any kind.
EVE Online and all related logos and trademarks are the property of CCP hf. Skillwright is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by CCP hf. All EVE-related data is retrieved from CCP's public ESI API and Static Data Export.
Inspired by EVEMon by the EVEMon Development Team, as a functional reference only; Skillwright shares no code with it.
Released under the MIT License. See LICENSE for the full text.