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AscEmu

Server emulator for World of Warcraft.

Rewrite Human-led released

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Latest releaseD.6809Sep 2, 2026

Last pushOct 11, 2026

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Facts

Original: World of Warcraft (2004)
Platform: Windows
Method: Rewrite
Provenance: Human-led · Repo created 2014, predates AI coding tools (GitHub) what this means
Status: released
Licence: AGPL-3.0
Team: AscEmu
Started: 2014-08
Runs on: Windows, Linux
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 World of Warcraft you own. Recomp never links to ROMs, discs or game data.

This project was rebuilt by AscEmu. Facts last checked 2026-10-14.

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