xoreos/xoreos
A reimplementation of BioWare's Aurora engine (and derivatives). Pre-pre-alpha :P observed · 2026-09-01
Health v2 · maintenance only
68/100
- Activity 100
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 5868
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 2
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1168 stars · 132 forks observed · 2026-09-01
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
xoreos is an open-source (GPLv3+) reimplementation of BioWare's Aurora engine and its derivatives, targeting games from Neverwinter Nights through Dragon Age II. It aims to let users play these games portably on platforms like GNU/Linux and macOS using their original game media, though full gameplay is not yet implemented.
Use cases
- play neverwinter nights on linux without the original engine
- run kotor on macos with an open-source engine
- reimplement bioware aurora engine games
- reverse engineer bioware game file formats
- explore aurora engine game areas in spectator mode
- contribute to an open-source game engine reimplementation
When to choose
- you own original BioWare games and want a portable, open-source way to run them on unsupported platforms
- you want to study or contribute to reverse-engineering of the Aurora engine and its file formats
- you need tools to inspect Aurora engine resources, models, and areas
When to avoid
- you want to fully play these games today - normal gameplay is not yet implemented
- you need a drop-in replacement for the original game executables with complete feature parity
- you do not own the original game media, since xoreos requires it and does not endorse piracy
Facets
application · maturity experimental
game-engine graphics audio-processing parser reverse-engineering gaming-tools cross-platform reverse-engineering windows cpp cross-platform bioware aurora-engine rpg neverwinter-nights kotor dragon-age the-witcher jade-empire engine-reimplementation game-portability game-development linux macos
6 sources
- readme: https://github.com/xoreos/xoreos · fetched 2026-09-01 · 11b72abbe5e5
- homepage: https://xoreos.org/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 9784a5b9299c
- site_page: https://xoreos.org/about/index.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · 7473383ccd6d
- site_page: https://xoreos.org/doxygen · fetched 2026-08-29 · 20dcab8c3d7c
- site_page: https://xoreos.org/blog/categories/releases · fetched 2026-08-29 · f935e14ea28e
- site_page: https://xoreos.org/blog/2015/04/12/the-witcher-models-and-areas · fetched 2026-08-29 · 09d698a0fe1b
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| xoreos/xoreos | main | 68 |
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