macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install fheroes2local Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install fheroes2MacPorts ports tree · games/fheroes2/Portfile · source: api.github.com
brew
Install fheroes2 with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix
Recreation of the Heroes of Might and Magic II game engine. Version 1.1.17 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-30.
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Linux
Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add fheroes2Alpine Linux edge package indexes · fheroes2 · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install fheroes2Debian stable package indexes · fheroes2 · source: deb.debian.org
Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install fheroes2Fedora Rawhide package metadata · fheroes2 · source: dl.fedoraproject.org
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#fheroes2nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/fh/fheroes2/package.nix · source: api.github.com
overview
Package summary
Recreation of the Heroes of Might and Magic II game engine
Project links
Commands and aliases
- fheroes2
- fheroes2-extract-resources
- fheroes2-install-demo
history
Project history and usage
fheroes2 is an open-source recreation of the Heroes of Might and Magic II engine. It aims to reproduce the original game while adding modern fixes and improvements such as higher-resolution graphics support, improved AI, gameplay and logic fixes, and user-interface improvements.
Project history
The project README says fheroes2 was initially developed on SourceForge. The modern GitHub repository was created in August 2019 and became the center for development, releases, documentation, CI, translations, and website work.
The project is written from scratch and does not provide the original commercial game assets. Its README is explicit that the rights to the original game and resources belong to Ubisoft through the former 3DO Company lineage, and it advises users to buy the original game or use the free demo resources.
The GitHub release stream shows active modern packaging, including a release published on June 30, 2026. The README also documents development guides, graphical asset contribution, translation work, donations, and community channels, which is typical of long-lived open-source game-engine recreations.
Adoption history
fheroes2 is packaged for multiple Unix-like package managers, including Homebrew, Debian/Ubuntu, Fedora, MacPorts, Nix, and Alpine according to the package facts in this batch. Its package appeal comes from letting users install the engine cleanly while supplying original or demo game data separately.
The repository metadata shows several thousand GitHub stars and hundreds of forks during this batch run, which is substantial for a game recreation project with legal separation between engine code and copyrighted assets.
How it is used
Users install the engine, then provide Heroes of Might and Magic II data from an original purchase or the free demo. The Homebrew formula exposes `fheroes2` along with helper executables for extracting resources and installing demo data.
The documented Linux configuration path is `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/fheroes2/fheroes2.cfg`, with a Flatpak-specific path under `~/.var/app/io.github.ihhub.Fheroes2/config/fheroes2/fheroes2.cfg`.
Why package nerds care
fheroes2 is package-interesting because it cleanly separates a free engine from non-free game assets. That makes it a familiar pattern for distro maintainers of classic-game recreations: ship the engine, document asset requirements, and avoid bundling copyrighted data.
Timeline
- Pre-2019: Project initially developed on SourceForge.
- 2019: Modern GitHub repository created and early GitHub release artifacts published.
- 2026: Version 1.1.17 released, with repository metadata showing continuing active development.
Related projects
- fheroes2 belongs to the family of open-source engine recreations for classic commercial games, where users combine a free engine with separately obtained original data.
Sources
security posture
No protected-tool coverage found yet
No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for fheroes2. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
- Installs with 3 runtime dependencies.
- Build metadata lists 2 build dependencies.
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local files
Configuration and credential file locations
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Configuration files
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- Linux
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/fheroes2/fheroes2.cfg~/.var/app/io.github.ihhub.Fheroes2/config/fheroes2/fheroes2.cfg
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
fheroes2 | cli | global executable | |
fheroes2-extract-resources | cli | global executable | |
fheroes2-install-demo | cli | global 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 version1.1.17
manager updated2026-06-30
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detected1.1.17
https://github.com/ihhub/fheroes2
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:fheroes2 |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.1.17 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/fheroes2 |
| Homepage | https://ihhub.github.io/fheroes2/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/ihhub/fheroes2 |
| Upstream docs | https://github.com/ihhub/fheroes2#readme |
| License | GPL-2.0-or-later |
| Source archive | https://github.com/ihhub/fheroes2/archive/refs/tags/1.1.17.tar.gz |
| Last updated | 2026-06-30T15:25:52Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Dependencies | innoextract, sdl2-compat, sdl2_mixer |
| Build dependencies | cmake, gettext |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
| Caveats | Run fheroes2-install-demo command to download and install all the necessary files from the demo version of the original Heroes of Might and Magic II game. Run fheroes2-extract-resources command to extract all the necessary resource files from a legally purchased copy of the original game. Documentation is available at: $HOMEBREW_CELLAR/fheroes2/1.1.17/share/doc/fheroes2/README.txt |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | fheroes2 |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Head Version | HEAD |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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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%
fheroes2 1.1.8+dfsg-1
recreation of the Heroes of Might and Magic II game engine
https://ihhub.github.io/fheroes2/
sudo apt install fheroes2- Section: contrib/games
- Architecture: amd64
- 7 dependencies
- 1 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Fheroes2
Nix95%
fheroes2
nix profile install nixpkgs#fheroes2- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Fheroes2
Ubuntu apt95%
fheroes2 1.0.12+dfsg-1
recreation of the Heroes of Might and Magic II game engine
https://ihhub.github.io/fheroes2/
sudo apt install fheroes2- Section: multiverse/games
- Architecture: amd64
- 7 dependencies
- 1 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Fheroes2
apk95%
fheroes2 1.1.16-r0
Recreation of Heroes of Might and Magic II game engine
https://github.com/ihhub/fheroes2
sudo apk add fheroes2- License: GPL-2.0-only
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: fheroes2
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Fheroes2
apk95%
fheroes2-lang 1.1.16-r0
Languages for package fheroes2
https://github.com/ihhub/fheroes2
sudo apk add fheroes2-lang- License: GPL-2.0-only
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: fheroes2
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Fheroes2
dnf95%
fheroes2 1.1.16-1.fc45
Free implementation of the popular game engine
https://github.com/ihhub/fheroes2
sudo dnf install fheroes2- License: GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: fheroes2
- 13 dependencies
- 4 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Fheroes2
MacPorts95%
fheroes2
sudo port install fheroes2- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Fheroes2
source trail
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