Welcome to GZDoom!

GZDoom is a modder-friendly OpenGL and Vulkan source port based on the DOOM engine

Copyright (c) 1998-2025 ZDoom + GZDoom teams, and contributors

Doom Source (c) 1997 id Software, Raven Software, and contributors

Please see license files for individual contributor licenses

Special thanks to Coraline of the EDGE team for allowing us to use her README.md as a template for this one.

Source code licensed under the GPL v3

https://www.gnu.org/licenses/quick-guide-gplv3.en.html

How to build GZDoom

To build GZDoom, please see the wiki and see the "Programmer's Corner" on the bottom-right corner of the page to build for your platform.

Resources

• https://zdoom.org/ - Home Page
• https://forum.zdoom.org/ - Forum
• https://zdoom.org/wiki/ - Wiki
• https://dsc.gg/zdoom - Discord Server
• https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pvwXEgytkor9SClCiDn4j5AH7FedyXS-ocCbsuQIXDU/edit?usp=sharing - Translation sheet (Google Docs)