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Freeciv is a Free and Open Source empire-building strategy game inspired by the history of human civilization.

Project news

  • 01st Mar 2024 - Freeciv 3.1.0 has been released. NEWS-3.1.0 describes what's changed since 3.0.x.
    (The previous stable release, 3.0.10, is still available from the Old downloads page.)
  • 23rd Feb 2024 - The first release candidate for Freeciv 3.1.0 has been released.
  • 09th Feb 2024 - 3.0.10 is a generic bugfix release in the stable 3.0 series.
  • 30th Dec 2023 - 3.1.0-beta4 is the fourth and final beta release of the freeciv-3.1 series.
  • 17th Nov 2023 - 2.6.11 fixes serious regression in 2.6.10 for those still playing with 2.6 series.
  • 10th Nov 2023 - 3.0.9 is a generic bugfix release in the stable 3.0 series.
  • 20th Oct 2023 - 2.6.10 is a generic bugfix release for those still playing with 2.6 series.
  • 29th Sep 2023 - 3.1.0-beta3 is the third beta release of the freeciv-3.1 series.
  • 30th Jun 2023 - 3.0.8 is a generic bugfix release in the stable 3.0 series.
  • 23rd May 2023 - 3.1.0-beta2 is the second beta release of the freeciv-3.1 series.
  • 22nd Apr 2023 - 2.6.9 is a generic bugfix release for those still playing with 2.6 series.
  • 07th Apr 2023 - 3.0.7 is a generic bugfix release in the stable 3.0 series.
  • 20th Mar 2023 - After a long break, we produce MacOS builds again, from freeciv-3.1. MacOS build of 3.1.0-beta1 now available.
  • 17th Mar 2023 - 3.1.0-beta1 is the first beta release of the new freeciv-3.1 series.
  • 03rd Feb 2023 - 3.0.6 is a generic bugfix release in the stable 3.0 series.
  • 27th Jan 2023 - 2.6.8 is a generic bugfix release for those still playing with 2.6 series.
  • 16th Dec 2022 - 3.0.5 is a generic bugfix release in the stable 3.0 series.
  • 09th Oct 2022 - 3.0.4 is a generic bugfix release in the stable 3.0 series.
  • 05th Aug 2022 - Two new bugfix releases: 3.0.3 and, for those still playing 2.6, 2.6.7 release.
  • 13th Jun 2022 - 3.0.2 is a generic bugfix release in the stable 3.0 series.
  • 29th May 2022 - There's going to be main freeciv.org server downtime Friday 3rd June - Sunday 5th June. Services affected are forum.freeciv.org, files.freeciv.org, and the main homepage at www.freeciv.org.
  • 14th Apr 2022 - 3.0.1 is a generic bugfix release in the stable 3.0 series.
  • 18th Feb 2022 - Freeciv 3.0.0 has been released. NEWS-3.0.0 describes what's changed since 2.6.x.
    (The previous stable release, 2.6.6, is still available from the Old downloads page.)
  • 09th Feb 2022 - The second release candidate for Freeciv 3.0.0 has been released.
  • 04th Feb 2022 - The first release candidate for Freeciv 3.0.0 has been released.
  • 10th Dec 2021 - 2.6.6 is a generic bugfix release in the stable 2.6 series.

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