OpenRA

Which Build?

Two types of build are available, depending on how you want to play:

Stable releases are recommended for players who want to play multiplayer games online.
Playtests provide a preview of the latest improvements for players who want to help test and shape the future releases of OpenRA.

The latest stable release is release-20200503, and the latest playtest is playtest-20201213.

Older releases 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.

Which Operating System?

Windows Installers

OpenRA works on most computers running Windows 7 or later that support OpenGL rendering.
You may need to install additional drivers supplied by your GPU vendor to enable OpenGL support.

Installers for 32-bit Windows can be found in the GitHub Releases archive.

Stable releases are also available from WinGet:

$ winget 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.

macOS Applications

OpenRA works best on a mac running macOS 10.13 or later.

A separate "compat" release for OS X 10.9 – 10.12 can be found in the GitHub Releases archive.

Stable releases are also available from Homebrew:

$ brew cask 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.

Official AppImages

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.

Community-maintained packages

OpenRA may also be installed using packages provided by your Linux distribution or other third parties.

Flatpak

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.

Snap

Stable releases are available from the Snap Store:

$ snap install openra

Arch Linux

Stable releases are available in the official Arch repository:

$ pacman -S openra

openSUSE Linux

Stable releases and playtests are available via the openSUSE Build Service repository.

$ zypper install openra

Solus

Stable releases are available from the official Solus repository:

$ eopkg it openra

Void Linux

Stable releases are available from the official Void Linux repository:

$ xbps-install openra

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.

FreeBSD port

Stable releases are available in the FreeBSD Ports Collection:

# 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.

Source Code

OpenRA can be compiled from source on all platforms.

Refer to the OpenRA Wiki for detailed compilation instructions.