OpenRA is available for many modern operating systems.
The latest stable release is release-20231010
.
Two builds are available, depending on how you want to play:
Older builds can be found in the GitHub Releases archive.
The OpenRA game engine is free software released under the GPL3 license. The OpenRA mods require files from the original games, which are used under the license granted by the C&C Franchise Modding Guidelines. These files are not covered by the OpenRA license, and you will be prompted to download or copy them the first time you run a mod.
EA has not endorsed and does not support this product.
32-bit installers and portable releases can be downloaded from the release-20231010 archive.
Stable releases are also available from WinGet:
> winget install openra
Packages are also available from Chocolatey:
> choco install openra
We do not maintain this external package source, so there may be delays when a new version is released. Please contact the downstream repository maintainers about any packaging issues.
Stable releases are also available from Homebrew Cask:
$ brew install --cask openra
We do not maintain this external package source, so there may be delays when a new version is released. Please contact the downstream repository maintainers about any packaging issues.
OpenRA is distributed as portable AppImages that run on most modern 64-bit Linux distributions.
Download the mods you want to play, make the AppImage files executable, then double click to play! Install the optional appimaged utility to integrate OpenRA with your system launcher and web browser.
OpenRA may also be installed using packages provided by your Linux distribution or other third parties. These packages will provide better integration with your system, but may not always offer the latest release. Please contact the downstream repository maintainers about any packaging issues.
We do not maintain these external package sources, so there may be delays when a new version is released. Please contact the downstream repository maintainers about any packaging issues.
Stable releases and Playtests are available from Flathub:
$ flatpak install --from https://flathub.org/repo/appstream/net.openra.OpenRA.flatpakref
$ flatpak install --from https://flathub.org/beta-repo/appstream/net.openra.OpenRA.flatpakref
The Flatpak sandbox is known to interfere with the mod switching feature between official and community mods. We recommend that players who would like to use this feature run the AppImage releases.
Stable releases are available from the Snap Store:
$ snap install openra
Stable releases are available in the official Arch repository:
$ pacman -S openra
$ zypper install openra
Stable releases are available from the official Solus repository:
$ eopkg it openra
$ apt install openra
Stable releases are available from the official Void Linux repository:
$ xbps-install openra
# cd /usr/ports/games/openra
# make install
We do not maintain this external package source, so there may be delays when a new version is released. Please contact the downstream repository maintainers about any packaging issues.
Compilation instructions are available for release-20231010.