OpenMW

Reimplementation of The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind

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About

OpenMW is a new engine for 2002's Game of the Year, The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind. It aims to be a fully playable (and improved!), open source implementation of the game's engine and functionality (including mods). You will still need the original game data to play OpenMW.

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Project

Developer: OpenMW Contributors
License: GPL-3.0-or-later (free software)What this license lets you do
Homepage: openmw.org
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Install

Available via: Flatpak · Arch Linux (3) · Ubuntu · Fedora · openSUSE · Alpine Linux · Void Linux · Solus · Gentoo · Nixpkgs
All 12 packagings
Flathub (Flatpak), AUR (Git · Freefps-rubic0n-native build), AUR (Git build), Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch Linux, Nixpkgs, openSUSE, Alpine Linux, Void Linux, Solus, Gentoo (Candidate build)
Flatpak sandbox: Wide access
Runs in a sandbox, but a broad part of it is open — typical for tools that need to manage your files or system. It shows what the app is able to do, not what it does.
What it can access
Reads and changes all your files
Can access all devices, including cameras and USB
Plays and records audio

About this data

Sources: Sources disagree on the name: openmw / openmwlauncher / openmwcontenteditor
Catalog data as of: October 12, 2026

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How each source lists it (14)

Source	Name	Version	Built by	License	Description
Flathub (Flatpak)	OpenMW	0.51.0	Official build	GPL-3.0-or-later	Reimplementation of The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
AUR (Git · Freefps-rubic0n-native build)	openmw-freefps-rubic0n-native-git	0.51.0.r6.g5e309685.rubic0n.r3542.gf3ee18af-2	Community build, patched	Apache-2.0 AND GPL-3.0-or-later AND LicenseRef-DejaVuLGCSansMono AND MIT AND OFL-1.1	OpenMW 0.51 FreeFPS build with private Rubic0n, background Lua GC, LTO, and native CPU tuning
AUR (Git build)	openmw-git	0.51.0.r270.g64dc94c560-1	—	custom AND GPL-3.0-or-later AND MIT	An open-source engine reimplementation for the role-playing game Morrowind.
AUR (Git build)	openmw-stable-git	0.51.0.r1.g7a27f1559d-1	—	custom AND GPL-3.0-or-later AND MIT	An open-source engine reimplementation for the role-playing game Morrowind.
Ubuntu	openmw	0.49.0-1build3	Distribution build	—	Open-world RPG game engine
Ubuntu	openmw-launcher	0.49.0-1build3	Distribution build	—	Launcher for OpenMW using the Qt-Gui-Toolkit
Fedora	openmw	0.51.0	Distribution build	GPL-3.0-only AND (Zlib AND MIT AND BSD-3-clause AND BSL-1.0 AND NTP) AND (GPL-2.0-only AND LGPL-2.0-or-later WITH WxWindows-exception-3.1) AND MIT AND OFL-1.1-RFN	OpenMW is an open-source game engine
Arch Linux	openmw	0.51.0-3	Distribution build	GPL-3.0-or-later AND OFL-1.1 AND LicenseRef-DejaVuLGCSansMono	Open-source engine reimplementation for the role-playing game Morrowind
Nixpkgs	openmw	0.51.0	Distribution build	GPL-3.0-or-later	Unofficial open source engine reimplementation of the game Morrowind
openSUSE	openmw	0.51.0	Distribution build	GPL-3.0-only AND MIT	Reimplementation of The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
Alpine Linux	openmw	0.50.0-r1	Distribution build	GPL-3.0-or-later	Open-source engine reimplementation for the role-playing game Morrowind
Void Linux	openmw	0.51.0_1	Distribution build	GPL-3.0-or-later	Open Implementation of Morrowind's Engine
Solus	openmw	0.49.0	Distribution build	GPL-3.0-or-later	OpenMW is a recreation of the engine for the popular role-playing game Morrowind by Bethesda Softworks
Gentoo (Candidate build)	openmw	0.51.0	Distribution build	GPL-3.0-only AND MIT AND BitstreamVera AND Zlib	Open source reimplementation of TES III: Morrowind