Overte

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What is this?

Overte is a free and open source 3D social virtual worlds software.

• Desktop and VR use
• Hundreds of users simultaneously
• Collaborative in-world creation
• Full-body avatars
• FBX, glTF, and OBJ support
• JavaScript scripting engine
• 256km²/4096km³ world space in a server
• Fully self-hosted
• Apache 2.0

Releases

View Releases (and pre-releases) here

How to deploy a Server

• For Windows and Linux

Building

How to build the Interface

• For Windows
• For Mac
• For Linux
• For Linux - Overte Builder

How to build a Server

• For Windows
• For Linux
• For Linux - Overte Builder

How to generate an Installer

• For Windows - Interface & Server
• For Mac - Interface
• For Linux - Interface AppImage & Server .deb/.rpm - Overte Builder

Mission statement

Overte aims to provide social virtual worlds experiences with entirely free and open source infrastructure.

Technical details

Overte consists of many projects and codebases with its unifying structure's goal being free and open source self-hosted virtual worlds.

• The Interface - You are here!
• The Server - You are also here!
• The Directory Server (Codename Iamus)
• The Directory Server Dashboard (Codename Iamus)
• Our downstream Conan recipies

Tools

• Overte Builder for Linux

Documentation

• User Documentation
• API Documentation (JavaScript) - Generated using JSDoc here.
• Doxygen (C++)

Contribution

There are many contributors to Overte. Code writers, reviewers, testers, documentation writers, modellers, and general supporters of the project are all integral to its development and success towards its goals. Find out how you can contribute!