evennia/evennia

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2090 stars · 766 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Evennia is an open-source Python framework, codebase, and server for building text-based multiplayer online games (MUD, MUSH, MUX, MOO, etc). It handles networking, database persistence, and a built-in web client/website so developers can focus on game design in pure Python.

Use cases

• create a multiplayer text-based MUD game in Python
• build a MUSH or MUX roleplaying server
• prototype an online text adventure
• host a text game playable from browser and telnet clients
• learn Python by building a small online game
• run a persistent multiplayer virtual world with rooms and chat

When to choose

• you want full control over game rules, combat, and mechanics in pure Python
• you need networking, persistence, and a web client handled out of the box
• you want a game-agnostic MU* codebase with active community and docs

When to avoid

• you want a ready-made game with predefined combat, classes, or races
• you are building a graphical 2D/3D game
• you need a non-Python or single-player offline game engine

Facets

framework · maturity active

game-engine web-framework http-server websocket database orm cli web-development developer-tools python cross-platform mud mux mush text-based-games multiplayer django twisted telnet webclient rpg interactive-fiction game-development web-server docker

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