Download Oxide MUD

Current Stable Version: v0.2.0

[Note] All-in-One Package:

The package includes all three core binaries:

  • oxide-server: The main asynchronous concurrent game engine server.
  • oxide-mcp: The Model Context Protocol service for AI agent creation.
  • spade: The visual terminal world builder and layout tool.

Select Your Platform

[oxide_linux.tar.gz]

> Linux Release

Statically compiled using `musl` for compatibility across distributions. Contains all server binaries and visual world building packages.

[oxide_macos.tar.gz]

> macOS Release

Compiled for Apple Silicon and Intel hosts. Packed as a gzip tarball containing the server binary, the MCP server, and the Spade visual editor.

[oxide_windows.zip]

> Windows Release

Windows binary zip archive including the core engine server, spade editor, and install helper scripts compatible with PowerShell.

Quick Start Installation

> macOS & Linux Setup

  1. Download the target release archive.
  2. Extract the downloaded file and change directories into the unpacked folder:
    tar -xzf oxide-v0.2.0-*.tar.gz
cd oxide-v0.2.0-*
  3. Run the interactive installer script:
    ./install.sh

    The installer configures paths, upgrades existing content layouts safely, and sets up background systemd services (opt-in).

Next Steps

Once the server binaries are installed, explore our documentation to configure the database schema, startup configuration, and launch your first Oxide MUD world.

$ explore docs/README