The open-source Game and Graphics Engine for multiplayer, cross-platform, real-time 3D Action
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Cafu Source Code

Cafu is available to everyone as 100% free software under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPLv3).

The Cafu source code, exported from the Subversion repository into compressed archives:

The contents of the archives is identical (inclusive end-of-line style), but Linux users should still get tar archive as it properly sets the executable flags that are required for the build scripts.

Supplemental files and information (all platforms):

Cafu Prepackaged Binaries

Development Release

The latest Cafu development binary release is available at

The development release is currently available for Windows only. For Linux, please get the stable release below or the source code above. The development release is less tested than the stable release below, but it includes all the latest features and bug fixes.

Ca3D-Engine 9.06 (June 2009) Release

This is the latest "stable" release of the Cafu Engine / Ca3D-Engine. It is older than the above development release, but more exhaustively tested and available for both Windows and Linux.

Description
This is the June 2009 release of the Ca3D-Engine ("Ca3DE 9.06"), available for Windows and Linux. It contains:
  • the Ca3D-Engine live demo executables,
  • the Ca3D-Engine world editor CaWE,
  • all tools to make new worlds for Ca3DE,
  • the source code of the DeathMatch sample game, and
  • all related Lua scripts.
Quick Start
Follow these instructions in order to get started quickly:
  • Choose and download the package for your platform (Windows or Linux).
  • Program installation is reduced to extracting the downloaded file.
  • Double-clicking on Ca3DE.exe starts the program.
  • In the program main menu, click on New Game, then select a map and click Go! to start the game.
  • Have fun!

If you have any problems with downloading or installation, please post in the Ca3DE forums – we will be happy to help.

Why not have a look at the Ca3DE documentation while you download?
The documentation contains a Quick Start guide with screenshots, more information about running Ca3DE.exe and documentation about the Ca3DE World Editor and other tools.

Windows Package

(ca. 258 MiB)

Mirror 1 (Windows): cafu.de

Mirror 2 (Windows): brothersoft.com   brothersoft.com

Mirror 3 (Windows): gamershell.com   gamershell.com

Mirror 4 (Windows): Softpedia Softpedia Award

Linux i686 Package

(ca. 267 MiB)

Mirror 1 (Linux i686): cafu.de

Mirror 2 (Linux i686): brothersoft.com   brothersoft.com

Mirror 3 (Linux i686): gamershell.com   gamershell.com