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Install dsda-doom with Homebrew, apt, dnf, Nix, zypper

Fork of prboom+ with a focus on speedrunning. Version 0.29.4 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-18.

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macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install dsda-doom

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install dsda-doom

Debian stable package indexes · dsda-doom · source: deb.debian.org

Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install dsda-doom

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dsda-doom · source: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#dsda-doom

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ds/dsda-doom/package.nix · source: api.github.com

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install dsda-doom

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · dsda-doom · source: download.opensuse.org

overview

Package summary

Fork of prboom+ with a focus on speedrunning

Commands and aliases

  • dsda-doom

history

Project history and usage

DSDA-Doom is a Doom-family source port built for demo compatibility, speedrunning, TAS work, and modern map-standard support. It presents itself as a successor to PrBoom+ and has become one of the practical ports used around the Doom Speed Demos Archive ecosystem.

Project history

The project follows the PrBoom+ line rather than starting as a general-purpose new engine. Its README describes it as a successor of PrBoom+ and emphasizes speedrunning-oriented strictness, advanced TAS tools, rewind, debugging features, and compatibility work for Heretic, Hexen, MBF21, UDMF, MAPINFO, and Doom-in-Hexen.

The README records a maintainer handoff pattern: @kraflab maintained the project from 2020 through 2024, and @fabiangreffrath, @rfomin, and @Pedro-Beirao are listed as maintainers from 2024 onward. Release notes in the v0.28 and v0.29 series show the port continuing to add game-format support, demo-related fixes, launcher/build improvements, macOS/Windows packaging, and speedrunning-specific behavior fixes.

Adoption history

Adoption is concentrated in the classic Doom speedrunning and source-port communities rather than in mainstream game distribution. Its package presence in Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Nix, and zypper makes it easy for runners, demo viewers, and tool-assisted-speedrun authors to install the same port across platforms.

Homebrew's formula listed 431 installs over the preceding 365 days when checked for this enrichment batch, a modest but real signal for a specialist source port.

How it is used

Users run DSDA-Doom to play, record, validate, inspect, and replay Doom-engine demos with stricter compatibility expectations than a casual enhanced port. The README's feature list is especially relevant to speedrunners: strict mode, TAS tools, rewind, debugging aids, and support for modern community mapping standards.

Why package nerds care

For package nerds, DSDA-Doom is interesting because it packages a living fork in a long lineage of Doom ports: Doom, Boom, MBF, PrBoom+, PrBoom+ UM, and then DSDA-Doom. Its value depends as much on reproducibility and demo sync as on end-user features, so distribution packages are part of preserving a shared competitive/tooling environment.

Timeline

  • 2020: The README's maintainer list marks @kraflab's DSDA-Doom maintainership as beginning in this period.
  • 2024: The README lists @fabiangreffrath, @rfomin, and @Pedro-Beirao as maintainers from 2024 onward.
  • 2024-08-10: v0.28.0 was published with a large feature release including freelook rewrite work, UDMF additions, quality-of-life changes, and demo/tooling updates.
  • 2025-07-03: v0.29.3 was published with packaged Linux, macOS, and Windows release assets.
  • 2025-09-26: v0.29.4 was published and is the Homebrew stable version recorded for this batch.

Related projects

  • PrBoom+ is the direct predecessor named by the README.
  • The Doom Speed Demos Archive is the community context implied by the DSDA name and by the port's speedrunning focus.
  • MBF21 and UMAPINFO are related Doom mapping/demo standards linked from the README.
  • Pedro-Beirao's dsda-launcher is a companion launcher linked by the README.

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

  • narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

  • Homebrew declares a post-install hook for this formula.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
  • Installs with 10 runtime dependencies.
  • Build metadata lists 2 build dependencies.

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executables

Installed executables

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dsda-doomcliglobal executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08
manager version0.29.4
manager updated2026-06-18
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv0.29.4

https://github.com/kraflab/dsda-doom

  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:dsda-doom
Version0.29.4
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/dsda-doom
Homepagehttps://github.com/kraflab/dsda-doom
Repositoryhttps://github.com/kraflab/dsda-doom
Upstream docshttps://github.com/kraflab/dsda-doom#readme
LicenseGPL-2.0-only
Source archivehttps://github.com/kraflab/dsda-doom/archive/refs/tags/v0.29.4.tar.gz
Last updated2026-06-18T02:28:56-04:00
Pulseupdated
Dependenciesfluid-synth, libsndfile, libvorbis, libxmp, libzip, mad, portmidi, sdl2-compat, sdl2_image, sdl2_mixer
Build dependenciescmake, pkgconf
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installdefined
Servicenone declared
CaveatsFor DSDA-Doom to find your WAD files, place them in: $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/share/games/doom

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namedsda-doom
Version Scheme0
Revision1
Head VersionHEAD
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • head
  • stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Debian apt95%

dsda-doom 0.29.0+dfsg-1

Doom source port with a focus on demo recording and speedrunning

https://github.com/kraflab/dsda-doom

sudo apt install dsda-doom
  • Section: games
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 16 dependencies
  • 4 provides
  • 3 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Dsda Doom
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: dsda-doom from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

prboom-plus 3:0.29.0+dfsg-1

transitional dummy package (prboom-plus -> dsda-doom)

https://github.com/kraflab/dsda-doom

sudo apt install prboom-plus
  • Section: games
  • Architecture: all
  • Source Package: dsda-doom
  • 1 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Dsda Doom
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: prboom-plus from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

prboom-plus-game-server 3:0.29.0+dfsg-1

transitional dummy package (prboom-plus-game-server -> dsda-doom)

https://github.com/kraflab/dsda-doom

sudo apt install prboom-plus-game-server
  • Section: games
  • Architecture: all
  • Source Package: dsda-doom
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Dsda Doom
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: prboom-plus-game-server from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Nix95%

dsda-doom

nix profile install nixpkgs#dsda-doom
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Dsda Doom
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ds/dsda-doom/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Ubuntu apt95%

dsda-doom 0.27.5+dfsg-1build2

Doom source port with a focus on demo recording and speedrunning

https://github.com/kraflab/dsda-doom

sudo apt install dsda-doom
  • Section: universe/games
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 16 dependencies
  • 4 provides
  • 3 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Dsda Doom
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: dsda-doom from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

prboom-plus 3:0.27.5+dfsg-1build2

transitional dummy package (prboom-plus -> dsda-doom)

https://github.com/kraflab/dsda-doom

sudo apt install prboom-plus
  • Section: universe/games
  • Architecture: all
  • Source Package: dsda-doom
  • 1 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Dsda Doom
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: prboom-plus from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

prboom-plus-game-server 3:0.27.5+dfsg-1build2

transitional dummy package (prboom-plus-game-server -> dsda-doom)

https://github.com/kraflab/dsda-doom

sudo apt install prboom-plus-game-server
  • Section: universe/games
  • Architecture: all
  • Source Package: dsda-doom
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Dsda Doom
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: prboom-plus-game-server from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
dnf95%

dsda-doom 0.29.4-2.fc44

Speedrun-oriented Doom source port

https://github.com/kraflab/dsda-doom

sudo dnf install dsda-doom
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later AND BSD-3-Clause AND LGPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later AND LicenseRef-Fedora-Public-Domain AND Zlib
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: dsda-doom
  • 20 dependencies
  • 3 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Dsda Doom
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: dsda-doom from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
dnf95%

dsda-doom-data 0.29.4-2.fc44

Data files for DSDA-Doom

https://github.com/kraflab/dsda-doom

sudo dnf install dsda-doom-data
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later AND BSD-3-Clause AND LGPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later AND LicenseRef-Fedora-Public-Domain AND Zlib
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: noarch
  • Source Package: dsda-doom
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Dsda Doom
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: dsda-doom-data from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
zypper95%

dsda-doom 0.29.4-1.3

DOOM source port with Hexen support and demo compatibility

https://github.com/kraflab/dsda-doom

sudo zypper install dsda-doom
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Category: Amusements/Games/3D/Shoot
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: dsda-doom
  • 18 dependencies
  • 4 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Dsda Doom
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: dsda-doom from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst

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  • fluid-synthRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • libsndfileRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • libzipRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • sdl2-compatRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • cmakeBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • pkgconfBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

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