The Battle for Wesnoth
The Battle for Wesnoth is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Games category, licensed GPL-2.0 and written mainly in C++. It has 6,954 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 25, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 6,954
- Forks
- 1,272
- Open issues
- 1,374
- Commits, last 12 months
- 1,730
- Last commit
- Oct 25, 2026
- Latest release
- No releases
- Created
- Apr 14, 2013
- License
- GPL-2.0Open source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 25, 2026, 1,730 commits in 12 months.
- Welcomes contributors73 open good-first-issue or help-wanted issues and a contributing guide
| Last commit | Oct 25, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 1,730 |
| Latest release | No GitHub releases |
| Releases, last 12 months | 0 |
| Releases, all time | 0 |
| Open issues | 1,374 |
| Open pull requests | 102 |
| Good first issues | 73 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | No |
| Created | Apr 14, 2013 |
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About The Battle for Wesnoth
The Battle for Wesnoth is an Open Source, turn-based tactical strategy game with a high fantasy theme, featuring both singleplayer and online/hotseat multiplayer combat.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/wesnoth/wesnoth.
Topics
- opensource
- game
- free
- strategy-game
- turn-based-strategy
- fantasy
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Is The Battle for Wesnoth free and open source?
Yes. The Battle for Wesnoth is open-source software released under the GPL-2.0 license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.
Can I run The Battle for Wesnoth with Docker?
The Battle for Wesnoth does not list an official Docker image. It installs natively (C++ and deb), so follow the install steps in its README or look for a community-maintained container.
What are the best alternatives to The Battle for Wesnoth?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to The Battle for Wesnoth include Mindustry, Lila and Luanti.
Is The Battle for Wesnoth actively maintained?
The most recent commit to The Battle for Wesnoth was on Oct 25, 2026 with 1,730 commits in the past twelve months. It had 1,374 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.