Welcome to the Battle for Wesnoth downloads page. The BfW project team officially releases the source code and builds for Windows, macOS, and various Linux distributions.

If the latest binaries are not currently available for your OS, please check back in a few days to see if they have been placed here. Packagers have been informed of the release, please be patient. In the meantime, read the FAQ.





Stable (1.14 branch)

1.14.x is the current stable branch. These releases are recommended for most players, as they provide a well-tested and balanced game experience with only occasional bug-fix updates. Each version of this branch is compatible with each other. The online player community for it is also the largest and the add-ons server has a vast selection of content.

Source code

Compiling Wesnoth - How to compile the source code

Windows (7 and later)

macOS (10.8 and later)

GNU/Linux

There are binaries for many different GNU/Linux distributions. Not all are always up to date with the current release. Please have a look at the Linux binary page for more information about the binaries for your distribution.

Miscellaneous

Development (1.15 branch)

1.15.x is the current development branch, boasting new exciting features. However, there may be occasional bugs or performance problems in these releases. Content creators, coders, and players who want to preview the future of Wesnoth may be interested in checking out our work in this branch.

People familiar with version control systems and building the game from source may follow Wesnoth development even more closely using the Git repository instead.

Source code

Compiling Wesnoth - How to compile the source code

Windows (7 and later, 64-bit only)

macOS (10.11 and later)

GNU/Linux

There are binaries for many different GNU/Linux distributions. Not all are always up to date with the current release. Please have a look at the Linux binary page for more information about the binaries for your distribution.

Miscellaneous

License

Main article: Wesnoth:Copyrights

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation, or at your option, any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but without any warranty; without even the implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

Some assets included with the game are provided under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license.