Recomp / Preservation & revivals / Web (Java)
Open RuneScape Classic
Server and client framework that recreates RuneScape Classic after Jagex closed the original in 2018.
Clean-room Human-led wipFacts
- Original
- RuneScape Classic (2001)
- Platform
- Web (Java)
- Method
- Clean-room
- Provenance
- Human-led · Community project what this means
- Status
- wip
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
- Team
- Open-RSC
- Started
- 2018
- Runs on
- Windows, macOS, Linux, Android
- Needs the original
- No
How to get it legally
Download it from the official repository. No original files are needed.
This project was rebuilt clean-room by Open-RSC. Facts last checked 2026-10-13.
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