OpenFront.io is an online real-time strategy game focused on territorial control and alliance building. Players compete to expand their territory, build structures, and form strategic alliances in various maps based on real-world geography.

This is a fork/rewrite of WarFront.io. Credit to https://github.com/WarFrontIO.

License

OpenFront source code is licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0

Current copyright notices appear in:

• Footer: "© OpenFront and Contributors"
• Loading screen: "© OpenFront and Contributors"

Modified versions must preserve these notices in reasonably visible locations.

See the LICENSE for complete requirements.

For asset licensing, see LICENSE-ASSETS.
For license history, see LICENSING.md.

🌟 Features

• Real-time Strategy Gameplay: Expand your territory and engage in strategic battles
• Alliance System: Form alliances with other players for mutual defense
• Multiple Maps: Play across various geographical regions including Europe, Asia, Africa, and more
• Resource Management: Balance your expansion with defensive capabilities
• Cross-platform: Play in any modern web browser

📋 Prerequisites

• npm (v10.9.2 or higher)
• A modern web browser (Chrome, Firefox, Edge, etc.)

🚀 Installation

1. Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/openfrontio/OpenFrontIO.git
   cd OpenFrontIO

2. Install dependencies

   npm run inst

   Do NOT use npm install nor npm i but instead use our npm run inst. It runs the safer npm ci --ignore-scripts to install dependencies exactly according to the versions in package-lock.json and doesn't run scripts. This can prevent being hit by a supply chain attack.

🎮 Running the Game

Development Mode

Run both the client and server in development mode with live reloading:

npm run dev

This will:

• Start the webpack dev server for the client
• Launch the game server with development settings
• Open the game in your default browser (to disable this behavior, set SKIP_BROWSER_OPEN=true in your environment)

Client Only

To run just the client with hot reloading:

npm run start:client

Server Only

To run just the server with development settings:

npm run start:server-dev

Connecting to staging or production backends

Sometimes it's useful to connect to production servers when replaying a game, testing user profiles, purchases, or login flow.

To replay a production game, make sure you're on the same commit that the game you want to replay was executed on, you can find the gitCommit value via https://api.openfront.io/game/[gameId]. Unfinished games cannot be replayed on localhost.

To connect to staging api servers:

npm run dev:staging

To connect to production api servers:

npm run dev:prod

🛠️ Development Tools

• Format code:

  npm run format

• Lint code:

  npm run lint

• Lint and fix code:

  npm run lint:fix

• Testing

  npm test

🏗️ Project Structure

• /src/client - Frontend game client
• /src/core - Deterministic game simulation
• /src/server - Backend game server
• /resources - Static assets (images, maps, etc.)

🤝 Contributing

Contributions and translations are welcome! See CONTRIBUTING.md for the workflow, the approved-issue process, project governance, and translation info.