Quake
Under the hood
The 6 projects behind Quake: what each is, its license, how much of its code matches the original, its last commit and the systems it ships for. Then how they connect, and who made them.
Projects
On a narrow screen, the table scrolls sideways.
| Project | Status | License | Code matched | Last commit | Stars | Systems |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| What brings it back (6) | ||||||
| DarkPlacesSource port | not known | GPL-2.0 | not known | Oct 21, 2026 | 451 | not known |
| quakespasmSource port | not known | GPL-2.0 | not known | Oct 3, 2026 | 404 | not known |
| FTE QuakeWorldSource port | not known | GPL-2.0 | not known | Jun 4, 2026 | 354 | Windows |
| QuakeQuestSource port | not known | GPL-2.0 | not known | Sep 29, 2026 | 146 | Android |
| vitaQuakeSource port | not known | GPL-3.0 | not known | May 1, 2026 | 143 | not known |
| QwasmSource port | not known | not known | not known | Dec 11, 2024 | 59 | not known |
Code matched is decomp.dev's latest measure, linked to its page. Stars and the last commit are the repository's.
How they connect
Forks, and what each project is built on or needs. Projects in grey are not Quake's.
- quakespasm
Forked into
- ironwail
People
- DarkPlacesEngine · Author of DarkPlaces
- sezero · Author of quakespasm
- fte-team · Author of FTE QuakeWorld
- Team-Beef-Studios · Author of QuakeQuest
- Rinnegatamante · Author of vitaQuake
- Gregory Maynard-Hoare · Author of Qwasm
From recomp.gg shelf, read Oct 11, 2026, SubmitGame's list, read Oct 16, 2026, GitHub's forks, read Oct 15, 2026 and the GitHub API, read Oct 21, 2026. Each project's page names where its own facts come from.