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Dev tools · October 9, 2026

Quake ported to safe Rust, playable in browser

Quake (1996), faithfully ported to dependency-free safe Rust and compiled to WebAssembly — play the shareware episode in your browser.

Quake ported to safe Rust, playable in browser launched on October 9, 2026 with 241 votes, #17 of 2,274 launches that month and more than 99% of that year's launches.

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In plain words

This is a browser-based port of the 1996 classic game Quake, written entirely in safe Rust without external dependencies and compiled to WebAssembly. Players can run the shareware episode directly in their browser, or add their own game files from a full copy to access additional episodes and mission packs. The game renders entirely in software, requiring no GPU, and uploaded files remain local to the browser. Source code is available on GitHub.

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From the sources

Own Quake? Add your copy's id1/pak1.pak for episodes 2–4, a mission pack's own hipnotic/pak0.pak or rogue/pak0.pak , and the CD music ( music/track02.ogg …, or hipnotic/music/track02.ogg for its own): drop the files, or the whole Quake folder, anywhere on this page, or choose files . They stay in this browser. id Software's 1996 Quake, ported to Rust from its GPL source and software-rendered in your browser — no GPU, no dependencies. Shareware episode included (id's original quake106.zip , 9.1 MB). Source on GitHub . Quake is a trademark of id Software. quake-srp is not affiliated with or endorsed by id Software. Contact (including legal notices):from quake-srp.pages.dev

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