# widelands/widelands

Widelands is a free, open source real-time strategy game with singleplayer campaigns and a multiplayer mode. The game was inspired by Settlers II™ (© Bluebyte) but has significantly more variety and depth to it.

Repository: https://github.com/widelands/widelands
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/widelands
Homepage: https://www.widelands.org/
Language: C++
License: GPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: game, python, c-plus-plus, json, lua, strategy, floss, macos-app, apple-silicon, bsd, cmake, gplv2, linux, windows
Last push: 2026-08-17T03:38:33+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 78/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 39, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2550, "days_push": 16, "days_rel": 192, "gap_med": 231.5, "n_releases_24m": 3}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3039, forks 209 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:39.224419+00:00)

## What it is
Widelands is a free, open-source real-time strategy game inspired by Settlers II, featuring singleplayer campaigns and multiplayer modes. It is written in C++ with Lua scripting and builds on SDL2 across Linux, Windows, macOS, and BSD.

## Use cases
- play a free open-source real-time strategy game
- play a Settlers II inspired RTS on Linux
- play singleplayer RTS campaigns offline
- play multiplayer RTS matches with friends
- find a cross-platform strategy game for macOS Apple Silicon
- mod or extend an open-source RTS game with Lua

## When to choose
- you want a free, actively developed Settlers II-style economy RTS
- you need a game that runs natively on Linux, Windows, macOS, or BSD
- you want singleplayer campaigns plus LAN/online multiplayer
- you want to mod game logic via Lua scripts

## When to avoid
- you want fast-paced combat-focused RTS like StarCraft rather than economy-building
- you need a polished commercial AAA experience
- you want a mobile or browser game
- you prefer turn-based strategy

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: game-engine, gui
- domain: gaming-tools, entertainment, cross-platform
- platform: windows, bsd, cpp, cross-platform
- tags: real-time-strategy, open-source-game, settlers-ii-inspired, singleplayer-campaigns, multiplayer, sdl2, lua-scripting, game-development, linux, macos, desktop

## Member repositories
- widelands/widelands (main) score 78

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:39.224419+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 2026-08-30T07:29:16.479278+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/widelands/widelands (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:39.224419+00:00, sha b91bfc112b24)
  - homepage: https://www.widelands.org/ (fetched 2026-08-29T09:44:24.152763+00:00, sha daa5879be82c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.