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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 released

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Facts

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. Suggest a correction

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