# Xonotic ![Xonotic Logo](http://xonotic.org/static/img/xonotic-logo.png) Xonotic is an addictive, arena-style first person shooter with crisp movement and a wide array of weapons. It combines intuitive mechanics with in-your-face action to elevate your heart rate. Xonotic is and will always be free-to-play. It is available under the [copyleft](https://www.gnu.org/copyleft/)-style [GPLv2](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html) license. *Please note, [Gitlab](http://gitlab.com/xonotic/) is our home for repositories, issue tracking, wikis, etc. The repositories on GitHub are mirrors of GitLab's unless specified otherwise.* ## Download ### LATEST RELEASE: Xonotic 0.8.2 for Linux, Windows, and macOS If you're just here to play, you can download Xonotic as a zip package, torrent, or by using one of [these alternative methods](http://xonotic.org/download/). - [Download as torrent](http://dl.xonotic.org/xonotic-0.8.2.zip.torrent) - [Download as zip](http://dl.xonotic.org/xonotic-0.8.2.zip) No installation required, just unpack and run. Got questions? See the [FAQ](http://xonotic.org/faq) or [live chat](http://xonotic.org/chat/) with us. **sha256sum**: a22f7230f486c5825b55cfdadd73399c9b0fae98c9e081dd8ac76eca08359ad5 **shasum**: 9a1726e3d0d4e5e23c1e799734397c63e5df6ec9 **MD5**: 1bd46c1fb79aae42bb13e74f5a0ff46e **Package size**: 946M ## Contributing We're currently looking for help in the following areas: - Modeling and texturing - We're looking for someone with texturing skills to paint new glowy skins for our player models - Documentation - Some of it is still scattered in [Docs](https://gitlab.com/xonotic/xonotic/tree/master/Docs) instead of being on our [wiki](https://gitlab.com/xonotic/xonotic/wikis/home) - Some [wiki](https://gitlab.com/xonotic/xonotic/wikis/home) pages are slightly out of date or contain links to empty pages - Fixing typos everywhere and anywhere - attention to detail is important to make a good impression on potential players - Even if you're new, just letting us know what you're struggling with helps so we can focus on improving those areas first - Testing - If you're running a server or play off-line often, please consider using the autobuild or git versions to help us find bugs ## Developing To compile the latest version from git, [follow this guide](https://gitlab.com/xonotic/xonotic/wikis/Repository_Access). Learn more about the [directory structure here](https://gitlab.com/xonotic/xonotic/wikis/Git), or check out [our project page on GitLab](https://gitlab.com/groups/xonotic) to see development activity and code ([xonotic-data](https://gitlab.com/xonotic/xonotic-data.pk3dir) is where most development takes place). ## Community The community is primarily active in the [forums](http://forums.xonotic.org/) and IRC, `#xonotic` on either `irc.freenode.net` (developer chat) or `irc.quakenet.org` (player chat). ## Wiki [Our Gitlab wiki](https://gitlab.com/xonotic/xonotic/wikis/home) has a lot of information related to developing, playing or otherwise contributing to the game. ## License Distributed under the GPLv2 license. See the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file for more details.