# A Dark Room

> A Dark Room is a free, open-source app you can self-host in the games category. Minimalist text adventure game for your browser. It has 8,318 GitHub stars, is released under the MPL-2.0 license.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/doublespeakgames/adarkroom |
| GitHub stars | 8,318 |
| Demo | https://adarkroom.doublespeakgames.com/ |
| Forks | 1,828 |
| Open issues | 127 |
| License | MPL-2.0 |
| License type | Open source |
| Language | JavaScript |
| Docker image | No |
| Platforms | Javascript |
| Categories | Games |
| Commits, last 12 months | 0 |
| Last commit | May 23, 2025 |
| Latest release | 1.4 (Jun 9, 2023) |
| Created | Jul 3, 2013 |
| Maintenance | Quiet for over a year |
| Archived | No |

## Install

A Dark Room installs natively; follow the README at https://github.com/doublespeakgames/adarkroom.

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