{"id":35769,"date":"2023-05-31T12:16:34","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T12:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/?p=35769"},"modified":"2023-06-19T13:21:54","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T13:21:54","slug":"list-of-top-free-open-source-self-hosted-application-for-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/list-of-top-free-open-source-self-hosted-application-for-games\/","title":{"rendered":"List of Top Free Open Source &amp; Self Hosted Application for Games"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Multiplayer game servers and\u00a0browser games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/play0ad.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">0 A.D.<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; A free, open-source game of ancient warfare. <code>MIT\/GPL-2.0\/Zlib<\/code>\u00a0<code>C++\/C<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/doublespeakgames\/adarkroom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Dark Room<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Minimalist text adventure game for your browser. <code>MPL-2.0<\/code>\u00a0<code>HTML5<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/emulinker.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EmuLinkerSF<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; EmuLinkerSF is an open source Kaillera server. Kaillera is a client\/server system that any emulator can implement to enable netplay over the Internet. <code>GPL-2.0<\/code>\u00a0<code>Java<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/Hextris\/hextris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hextris<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; Fast paced HTML5 puzzle game inspired by Tetris.&nbsp;<code>GPL-3.0<\/code>&nbsp;<code>HTML5<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lichess.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lila<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; The forever free, adless and open source chess server powering lichess.org, with official iOS and Android client apps. <code>AGPL-3.0<\/code>\u00a0<code>Scala<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mindustrygame.github.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mindustry<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Factorio-like tower defense game. Build production chains to gather more resources, and build complex facilities. <code>GPL-3.0<\/code>\u00a0<code>Java<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.minetest.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minetest<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; An open source voxel game engine. Play one of our many games, mod a game to your liking, make your own game, or play on a multiplayer server. <code>LGPL-2.1\/MIT\/Zlib<\/code>\u00a0<code>C++<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/multitheftauto.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MTA:SA<\/a>\u00a0<code>\u26a0<\/code>\u00a0&#8211; Multi Theft Auto (MTA) is a software project that adds network play functionality to Rockstar North&#8217;s Grand Theft Auto game series, in which this functionality is not originally found. <code>GPL-3.0<\/code>\u00a0<code>C++<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/piqueserver\/piqueserver\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">piqueserver<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; Server for openspades, the first-person shooter in a destructible voxel world. (<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/yvt\/openspades\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Clients<\/a>)&nbsp;<code>GPL-3.0<\/code>&nbsp;<code>Python\/C++<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/abrenaut\/posio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Posio<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; Geography multiplayer game.&nbsp;<code>MIT<\/code>&nbsp;<code>Python<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/begleysm\/quakejs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">QuakeJS<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; QuakeJS is a port of ioquake3 to Javascript that can be played in a browser.&nbsp;<code>MIT<\/code>&nbsp;<code>Nodejs<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/nymanjens\/quizmaster\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Quizmaster<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; A web-app for conducting a quiz, including a page for players to enter their answers.&nbsp;<code>Apache-2.0<\/code>&nbsp;<code>Scala<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/redeclipse.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Red Eclipse 2<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; A FOSS Arena First-Person Shooter Similar to Unreal Tournament. <code>Zlib\/MIT\/CC-BY-SA-4.0<\/code>\u00a0<code>C\/C++<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teeworlds.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Teeworlds<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Open source 2D retro multiplayer shooter. <code>Zlib<\/code>\u00a0<code>C++<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/wesnoth\/wesnoth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Battle for Wesnoth<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; The Battle for Wesnoth is an Open Source, turn-based tactical strategy game with a high fantasy theme, featuring both singleplayer and online\/hotseat multiplayer combat.&nbsp;<code>GPL-2.0<\/code>&nbsp;<code>C++<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/veloren.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Veloren<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Multiplayer RPG. Open-source game inspired by Cube World, Legend of Zelda, Dwarf Fortress and Minecraft. <code>GPL-3.0<\/code>\u00a0<code>Rust<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/clupasq\/word-mastermind\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Word Mastermind<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; Wordle clone. A Mastermind-like game, but instead of colors you need to guess words. (<a href=\"https:\/\/word-mastermind.glitch.me\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Demo<\/a>)&nbsp;<code>MIT<\/code>&nbsp;<code>Nodejs<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/reactle.vercel.app\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wordle<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; An Open Source Wordle game. Guess the Wordle in six tries. Each guess must be a valid five-letter word. <code>MIT<\/code>\u00a0<code>Nodejs<\/code><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/zero-k.info\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zero-K<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Open Source on Springrts engine. 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