# diasurgical/devilution

Diablo devolved - magic behind the 1996 computer game

Repository: https://github.com/diasurgical/devilution
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/devilution
Language: C++
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: diablo, hellfire, game, devilution
Last push: 2025-09-15T02:01:36+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 42/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 42, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3076, "days_push": 353, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 8996, forks 920 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:26.709392+00:00)

## What it is
Devilution is a reconstructed version of the original Diablo (1996) game source code, reverse-engineered from leaked symbol files and debug builds. It lets players run the classic game on modern hardware and gives modders a maintainable codebase to work from.

## Use cases
- play Diablo 1 on modern hardware
- reconstruct the original Diablo source code
- create Diablo mods without memory injection
- run Diablo with bug fixes and improvements
- study how the original Diablo engine worked

## When to choose
- you own a legitimate copy of diabdat.mpq and want to play Diablo 1 on modern systems
- you want to develop mods for Diablo 1 against readable source code
- you're interested in studying or preserving the original 1996 game engine

## When to avoid
- you don't own an original copy of the Diablo 1 game assets
- you want a modern reimagining of Diablo rather than a faithful engine reconstruction
- you're looking for a general-purpose game engine

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: game-engine, reverse-engineering
- domain: gaming-tools, cross-platform
- platform: windows, cpp, cross-platform
- tags: diablo, hellfire, game-reimplementation, source-reconstruction, retro-gaming, modding, game-development, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- diasurgical/devilution (main) score 42

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:26.709392+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:24:22.179915+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/diasurgical/devilution (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:26.709392+00:00, sha cf8316adcab1)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.