xoreos
Open-source reimplementation of BioWare's Aurora engine and its derivatives, loading the original games' data files. Still early-stage but long-running.
Rewrite Human-led releasedFacts
- Original
- BioWare Aurora engine games (Neverwinter Nights, Knights of the Old Republic and others)
- Platform
- Windows
- Method
- Rewrite
- Provenance
- Human-led · Repo created 2010, predates AI coding tools (GitHub) what this means
- Status
- released
- Licence
- GPL-3.0
- Team
- xoreos
- Started
- 2010-08
- Runs on
- Windows, Linux, macOS
- Needs the original
- Yes: you supply your own legally obtained copy
How to get it legally
This project ships code only. Build or download it from the official repository, then supply data from a copy of BioWare Aurora engine games (Neverwinter Nights, Knights of the Old Republic and others) you own. Recomp never links to ROMs, discs or game data.
This project was rebuilt by xoreos. Facts last checked 2026-10-14.
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