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<p align="center">
<a href="https://muo.gg"><img alt="ModernUO - Ultima Online Server Emulator for the modern era!" src="https://cdn.muo.gg/gh/muo-logo.svg" width=128px /></a>
</p>
ModernUO [![Discord](https://img.shields.io/discord/751317910504603701?logo=discord&style=social)](https://muo.gg/discord) [![Subreddit subscribers](https://img.shields.io/reddit/subreddit-subscribers/modernuo?style=social&label=/r/modernuo)](https://muo.gg/reddit/) [![Twitter Follow](https://img.shields.io/twitter/follow/modernuo?label=@modernuo&style=social)](https://muo.gg/twitter)
=====
##### Ultima Online Server Emulator for the modern era!
[![GitHub license](https://img.shields.io/github/license/modernuo/ModernUO?color=blue)](https://github.com/modernuo/ModernUO/blob/master/LICENSE)
[![GitHub stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/modernuo/ModernUO?logo=github&style=flat)](https://github.com/modernuo/ModernUO/stargazers)
[![GitHub issues](https://img.shields.io/github/issues/modernuo/ModernUO?logo=github)](https://github.com/modernuo/ModernUO/issues)
<br/>
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[![Azure Pipelines build](https://dev.azure.com/modernuo/modernuo/_apis/build/status/Build?branchName=main)](https://dev.azure.com/modernuo/modernuo/_build/latest?definitionId=1&branchName=main)
## Requirements
#### Supported Operating Systems
[![Windows 10/11/2012 R2/2016/2019/2022/2025](https://img.shields.io/badge/-server%202025-3c78d5?labelColor=222222&logo=data:image/svg%2bxml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHJvbGU9ImltZyIgdmlld0JveD0iMCAwIDI0IDI0Ij48dGl0bGU+V2luZG93czwvdGl0bGU+PHBhdGggZD0iTTAsMEgxMS4zNzdWMTEuMzcySDBaTTEyLjYyMywwSDI0VjExLjM3MkgxMi42MjNaTTAsMTIuNjIzSDExLjM3N1YyNEgwWm0xMi42MjMsMEgyNFYyNEgxMi42MjMiIGZpbGw9IiMzYzc4ZDUiLz48L3N2Zz4=)](https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/evalcenter/evaluate-windows-server-2022)
![MacOS 14+](https://img.shields.io/badge/-sonoma-222222?logo=apple&logoColor=white&labelColor=222222)
[![Debian 12+](https://img.shields.io/badge/-trixie-A81D33?logo=debian&logoColor=A81D33&labelColor=222222)](https://www.debian.org/distrib/)
[![Ubuntu 22+ LTS](https://img.shields.io/badge/-26LTS-E95420?logo=ubuntu&logoColor=E95420&labelColor=222222)](https://ubuntu.com/download/server)
<br/>
[![Alpine 3.22+](https://img.shields.io/badge/-3.22-0D597F?logo=alpinelinux&logoColor=0D597F&labelColor=222222)](https://alpinelinux.org/downloads/)
[![Fedora 42+](https://img.shields.io/badge/-44-51a2da?logo=fedora&logoColor=51a2da&labelColor=222222)](https://getfedora.org/en/server/download/)
[![RedHat 9+](https://img.shields.io/badge/-10-BE0000?logo=redhat&logoColor=BE0000&labelColor=222222)](https://access.redhat.com/downloads)
[![CentOS Stream 9+](https://img.shields.io/badge/-stream_10-262577?logo=centos&logoColor=white&labelColor=222222)](https://www.centos.org/download/)
[![AlmaLinux 10](https://img.shields.io/badge/-10-0F4266?logo=almalinux&logoColor=white&labelColor=222222)](https://almalinux.org/get-almalinux/)
[![openSUSE 15.6+](https://img.shields.io/badge/-15.6-73BA25?logo=openSUSE&logoColor=73BA25&labelColor=222222)](https://get.opensuse.org/)
[![SUSE Enterprise 15 SP6](https://img.shields.io/badge/-15%20SP6-0C322C?logo=suse&logoColor=30BA78&labelColor=222222)](https://www.suse.com/download/sles/)
[![Linux Mint 21+](https://img.shields.io/badge/-21-87CF3E?logo=linux%20mint&logoColor=87CF3E&labelColor=222222)](https://linuxmint.com/download.php)
[![Arch](https://img.shields.io/badge/-Arch-1793D1?logo=archlinux&logoColor=1793D1&labelColor=222222)](https://archlinux.org/download/)
#### Required Frameworks
##### All Operating Systems
[![.NET](https://img.shields.io/badge/-10.0.0-5C2D91?logo=.NET&logoColor=white&labelColor=222222)](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet/10.0)
##### Windows
[![VC++ Redistributable v14](https://img.shields.io/badge/-Redist%20v14-00599C?logo=cplusplus&logoColor=white&labelColor=222222)](https://aka.ms/vc14/vc_redist.x64.exe)
#### Hardware
| Use | vCPU | RAM | Storage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Development / test | 2 **dedicated** | 2 GB | SSD |
| Small live shard (< 50 concurrent) | 4 dedicated | 4 GB | NVMe |
| Medium (50200) | 48 | 8 GB | NVMe |
| Large (200+) | 8+, high clock | 16 GB+ | NVMe |
See [dev-docs/server-requirements.md](dev-docs/server-requirements.md) for more information.
#### Development
[![git](https://img.shields.io/badge/-git-F05032?logo=git&logoColor=F05032&labelColor=222222)](https://git-scm.com/downloads)
[![.NET](https://img.shields.io/badge/-%2010.0.100%20SDK-5C2D91?logo=.NET&logoColor=white&labelColor=222222)](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet/10.0)
#### Supported IDEs
<p align="left">
<a href="https://www.jetbrains.com/rider/download"><img height="64" title="Jetbrains Rider 2025.3+" alt="Jetbrains Rider 2025.3+" src="https://cdn.muo.gg/gh/jetbrains-rider.svg"></a>
<a href="#"><img alt="space" width="32" src="https://cdn.muo.gg/gh/space.png"></a>
<a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/download"><img height="64" title="VSCode" alt="VSCode" src="https://cdn.muo.gg/gh/vscode.svg"></a>
<a href="#"><img alt="space" width="32" src="https://cdn.muo.gg/gh/space.png"></a>
<a href="https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/community/"><img height="64" title="Visual Studio 2026" alt="Visual Studio 2026" src="https://cdn.muo.gg/gh/vs2026.svg"></a>
</p>
## Getting Started
- Install prerequisite [requirements](https://github.com/modernuo/ModernUO#requirements)
- Clone this repository (or download the [latest](https://github.com/modernuo/ModernUO/archive/refs/heads/main.zip)):
- `git clone https://github.com/modernuo/ModernUO.git`
- Open `ModernUO.sln` to start developing
## Building/Publishing
#### Interactive Mode (Recommended for new users)
Run `./publish.cmd` (Windows) or `./publish.sh` (Linux/macOS) with no arguments to launch the guided build tool. It will:
- Check prerequisites (.NET SDK, native libraries)
- Walk you through configuration and platform selection
- Build and publish the server to the `Distribution` directory
- Show deployment instructions for cross-compiled builds
#### Command Line
```shell
./publish.cmd [release|debug] [os] [arch]
```
- `os` - [Supported operating systems](https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/release-notes/10.0/supported-os.md)
- `win` - [Windows](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/install/windows)
- `osx` - [macOS](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/install/macos)
- `linux` - [Linux](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/install/linux)
- `arch`
- `x64` - Intel/AMD 64-bit
- `arm64` - ARM 64-bit
## Linux Prerequisites
### Fedora, CentOS, RHEL, AlmaLinux, Rocky, etc
```shell
dnf upgrade --refresh -y
# RHEL-family distributions (CentOS Stream, AlmaLinux, Rocky, RHEL) need CRB and EPEL enabled.
# Fedora skips this block.
dnf install -y dnf-plugins-core
dnf config-manager --set-enabled crb
dnf install -y epel-release
# Prerequisites
dnf install -y findutils libicu libdeflate libargon2 tzdata
```
### Ubuntu, Debian, etc
```shell
apt-get update -y
# The ICU runtime package carries the ABI version in its name (libicu74, libicu76, …) and has no
# stable alias, so match it by pattern rather than pinning a release-specific name.
apt-get install -y '^libicu[0-9]+$' libdeflate0 libargon2-1 tzdata
```
Only the runtime libraries are needed — the `-dev`/`-devel` packages are not. Run
`./build-tool --check-prereqs` to check the current machine and print the exact packages your
release needs.
`zstd` is not listed because ZstdNet bundles `libzstd` for every platform, and `liburing` is not
listed because IORingGroup issues `io_uring` syscalls directly.
If the shard's configured time zone is a legacy alias such as `US/Eastern`, Debian 12 and Ubuntu
24.04 also need `tzdata-legacy`. See [Platform Prerequisites](dev-docs/platform-prerequisites.md)
for what each dependency is for and what breaks without it.
## OSX Requirements
```shell
brew install icu4c libdeflate argon2
```
## Running the Server
- Follow the [publish](https://github.com/modernuo/ModernUO#buildingpublishing) instructions
- The `Distribution` directory is portable — copy it to your production server for deployment
- Run `ModernUO.exe` or `dotnet ModernUO.dll` from the `Distribution` directory
- On first run, the server will prompt you to configure game data file locations
## Troubleshooting / FAQ
- See [FAQ](./FAQ.md)
## Want to sponsor?
Thank you for supporting us! You can find out how by visiting the [sponsors](./SPONSORS.md) page.
## Collaborators
[![Kamron Batman](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3953314&h=64&w=64&fit=cover&mask=circle&maxage=1d)](https://github.com/kamronbatman)
[![Mark1145](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/15312181&h=64&w=64&fit=cover&mask=circle&maxage=1d)](https://github.com/mark1145)
## Thanks
- RunUO Team & Community
- [Voxpire](https://github.com/Voxpire), the ServUO Team & Community
- [Karasho](https://github.com/andreakarasho), [Jaedan](https://github.com/jaedan) and the ClassicUO Community
<br/><br/>
<p align=center>Development Tools & Plugins provided with &hearts; by<br/><br/><a href="https://www.jetbrains.com/?from=ModernUO"><img src="https://cdn.muo.gg/gh/jetbrains.svg" height="64px" alt="JetBrains" title="JetBrains" /></a><br/>
<a href="https://material-theme.com/"><img src="https://github.com/AtomMaterialUI/material-theme-issues/raw/master/logo.svg" width="64px" alt="Material Theme" title="Material Theme"></a></p>
## Code Signing Policy
Free code signing provided by [SignPath.io](https://about.signpath.io), certificate by [SignPath Foundation](https://signpath.org).
This program will not transfer any information to other networked systems unless specifically requested by the user or the person installing or operating it
### Teams & Roles
Approvers & Committers: [Development Team](https://github.com/orgs/modernuo/teams/development-team)