# Install widelands with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, winget, zypper Free real-time strategy game like Settlers II. Version 1.3.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-18. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:widelands ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install widelands ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install widelands ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: games/widelands/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add widelands ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: widelands from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install widelands ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: widelands from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install widelands ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: widelands from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#widelands ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/wi/widelands/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S widelands ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: widelands from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install widelands ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: widelands from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ### Windows - winget (92%): ```sh winget install --id WidelandsDevelopmentTeam.Widelands -e ``` Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: WidelandsDevelopmentTeam.Widelands from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:widelands - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.3.1 - **Source summary:** Free real-time strategy game like Settlers II - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** GPL-2.0-or-later - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-18T02:29:02-04:00 - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - widelands (cli) - widelands (alias) ## Dependencies - gettext - glew - icu4c@78 - libpng - lua - minizip - sdl2-compat - sdl2_image - sdl2_mixer - sdl2_ttf ## Build dependencies - asio - cmake - doxygen - gettext - pkgconf ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 1.3.1 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-18 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/widelands/widelands - Upstream latest detected: v1.3.1 (current) ## Project history and usage Widelands is a free, GPL-licensed, open-source economy and real-time strategy game inspired by Blue Byte's The Settlers II, but developed as its own cross-platform game with single-player campaigns, multiplayer, a map editor, scripting, add-ons, and translated content. The project is maintained by the Widelands Development Team and has become one of the better-known open-source games for players who want a production-chain strategy game rather than a conventional combat-first RTS. ### Project history Secondary project histories date the first public version of Widelands to August 2002. The project then spent many years in a beta-build era, gradually adding its own tribes, maps, campaigns, Lua-powered content scripting, localization, and multiplayer support while keeping the Settlers II-style road, ware, worker, and economy-management loop at its center. A major milestone arrived on June 15, 2021, when the Widelands Development Team released Widelands 1.0 as the first stable release after the beta Builds series. The 1.0 notes emphasized the Amazons tribe, an add-on system, a long-term stable Lua API for content designers, keyboard and UI improvements, redesigned menus, and expanded translation status. The project continued active stable releases after 1.0. Version 1.3, announced in December 2024, highlighted market trading, economy districts, map changes, encyclopedia improvements, website-map downloads as add-ons, editor visualization modes, and new add-on developer capabilities. Version 1.3.1 followed in February 2026 as a stable point release. ### Adoption history Widelands' adoption history is typical of a long-lived libre game: it spread through source releases, community forums, distribution packaging, and later GitHub-hosted development. The 1.0 release notes explicitly targeted Windows, macOS, Linux source users, Flatpak users, and a Ubuntu PPA, and pointed players toward forums, IRC on LiberaChat, and mailing lists for multiplayer and contribution. The GitHub project had roughly 2.9k stars and 204 forks in July 2026, a useful signal that Widelands is no longer just a nostalgia clone but an actively followed open-source game project with a contributor base and a modern release workflow. ### How it is used Players use Widelands as a slow-paced economy strategy game: they build roads, assign workers, manage resource chains, expand territory, and grow a small settlement into a larger economy. Advanced users also use its map editor and add-on system to create maps, scenarios, and content; project contributors use the Lua API and C++ codebase to extend gameplay and automation. ### Why package nerds care For package collectors, Widelands is notable because it is a substantial native open-source game with real assets, cross-platform builds, translations, and a long pre-1.0 history. It is the kind of package that tests more than a simple CLI formula: desktop integration, large assets, compilers, scripting data, and multiplayer-capable game content all matter. ### Timeline - 2002-08: First public Widelands version, according to secondary project histories. - 2021-06-15: Widelands 1.0 released as the first stable version after the beta Builds series. - 2024-12-21: Widelands 1.3 released with market trading, economy districts, map/editor/add-on improvements, and updated platform builds. - 2026-02-22: Widelands 1.3.1 released as a stable point release. ### Related projects - Widelands is historically tied to the gameplay lineage of The Settlers and The Settlers II, but it is an independent GPL project rather than a source port. Its ecosystem also includes community-made maps, add-ons, translations, and release channels such as Flatpak and project-maintained builds. ### Sources - - - - - ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** widelands - **Version Scheme:** 1 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - widelands - 2:1.2.1-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: widelands from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | fantasy real-time strategy game | http://www.widelands.org/ - Debian apt - widelands-data - 2:1.2.1-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: widelands-data from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | fantasy real-time strategy game (data files) | http://www.widelands.org/ - Nix - widelands: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/wi/widelands/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - widelands - 2:1.1-4build4: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: widelands from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | fantasy real-time strategy game | http://www.widelands.org/ - Ubuntu apt - widelands-data - 2:1.1-4build4: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: widelands-data from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | fantasy real-time strategy game (data files) | http://www.widelands.org/ - apk - widelands - 1.3-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: widelands from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | realtime strategy game with emphasis on economy and transport | https://widelands.org - apk - widelands-doc - 1.3-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: widelands-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | realtime strategy game with emphasis on economy and transport (documentation) | https://widelands.org - dnf - widelands - 1.3.1-2.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: widelands from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Open source realtime-strategy game | http://www.widelands.org - pacman - widelands - 1:1.3.1-3: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: widelands from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | A realtime strategy game with emphasis on economy and transport | https://widelands.org/ - zypper - widelands - 1.3.1-1.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: widelands from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Realtime strategy game involving map control | https://www.widelands.org - zypper - widelands-data - 1.3.1-1.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: widelands-data from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Data files for Widelands | https://www.widelands.org - zypper - widelands-debug - 1.3.1-1.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: widelands-debug from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Debugging tools for Widelands | https://www.widelands.org - MacPorts - widelands: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: games/widelands/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget - WidelandsDevelopmentTeam.Widelands: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: WidelandsDevelopmentTeam.Widelands from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Related links - 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