Fantasy LineupSet up Fantasy Lineup on your PC
What your PC needs, what to install, and every step from paying to your first lineup. It takes about ten minutes, most of it waiting for the download.
What your PC needs
| Windows | Windows 10 or Windows 11, 64-bit |
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| Memory | 8 GB or more. 16 GB is comfortable. |
| Free disk space | About 2 GB: the app, plus the NFL stats it downloads |
| Screen | 1366 × 768 or larger. The app sizes itself to your screen. |
| Internet | On while you use it: scores, stats, odds and news are fetched live |
| Admin rights | Not needed. It installs for your Windows user only. |
Not sure what you have? Press Windows + Pause, or open Settings › System › About: it lists your Windows version, "64-bit" and your installed memory.
There's no Mac or Chromebook version. An app for iPhone and Android is planned; today the app runs on a Windows PC.
Software
Nothing else to install. Everything the app needs is inside its one installer: no Python, no Java, no .NET, no browser extension.
You need two accounts:
- A Fantasy Lineup account (free, made on this website). Pro is added to it when you subscribe.
- Your ESPN or Sleeper account, with your league in it.
Optional:
- Claude, for Ask Claude and for news read in full. It needs a Claude Pro or Max plan of your own (Claude's free plan doesn't include it). The app installs it for you in step 7. Everything else works without it.
Step by step
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Make your account and get Pro
Make a free account with your email and a password. To unlock every page, open Pricing and choose Pro ($5/month). You pay on Stripe's page and come back here. Already paid? Go to step 2.
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Download the installer
Open the Download page on the PC you'll use and click Download for Windows. The file is FantasyLineupSetup.exe. If your browser asks whether to keep it, choose Keep.
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Run the installer
Open FantasyLineupSetup.exe from your Downloads folder and click through. It takes about a minute and can put a shortcut on your desktop.
If Windows says "Windows protected your PC", click More info, then Run anyway. The app isn't signed by Microsoft yet, so this warning is expected.
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Open Fantasy Lineup
From the Start menu or the desktop shortcut. The first start takes a few minutes while it downloads NFL stats; after that it opens much faster.
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Connect your league
Click Connect a league and choose where it is:
- ESPN: click Sign in with ESPN and sign in right there in the app. It finds your leagues; pick yours and confirm your team.
- Sleeper: type your Sleeper username. No password.
Your ESPN sign-in is kept on your PC, in Windows Credential Manager. This website never sees it. The app only reads your league; it changes your lineup only when you click Set this lineup and confirm.
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Unlock Pro in the app
Click ⚙ at the top right of the app, then Sign in, and use the same email and password as on this website. Pro pages unlock right away. If one still shows a lock, click I've upgraded: check again on it.
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Connect Claude Optional
Click Ask Claude at the top right, then 1. Install Claude (about a minute) and 2. Sign in with Claude. Your browser opens claude.ai: sign in and click Authorize.
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Start with Home
Home shows what to do this week. Live is your matchup: click any player to swap him. Moves has waivers and trades. Press F1 any time for a one-minute tour.
If something goes wrong
Windows won't let the installer run
On the blue "Windows protected your PC" window, click More info and then Run anyway. If the message names Smart App Control, that PC only runs apps Microsoft has signed and there's no button to get past it: use another PC, or turn Smart App Control off in Windows Security › App & browser control (Windows doesn't let you turn it back on without resetting the PC, so think before you do).
I paid, but the pages are still locked
In the app, click ⚙ › Sign in and check it's the same email you paid with. Then click I've upgraded: check again on any locked page, or restart the app. Your account page shows your plan.
ESPN sign-in doesn't work
On the app's Connect window there are two other ways under Other ways to connect ESPN: a public league's ID, or pasting your ESPN login cookies (the app shows how).
I got a new PC
Install the app on it and sign in. Your account page lists each computer the app is signed in on; remove the old one there.
How do I update or uninstall it?
To update, download the installer again and run it: your leagues and settings stay. To uninstall, open Windows Settings › Apps › Installed apps, find Fantasy Lineup and choose Uninstall.
Something else
Write to help@fantasy-lineup.com.