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ezQuake

A modern QuakeWorld client focused on competitive online play.

  • Completely free
  • Linux
  • Open source

Overview

ezQuake is a first-person shooter, available on Linux.

Gameplay elements described in its Flathub listing: online multiplayer.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “a modern QuakeWorld client focused on competitive online play” — Flathub, 10 November 2026
  • “The immortal first person shooter Quake® in a brand new skin with superb graphics and extremely fast gameplay.” — Flathub, 10 November 2026
  • “The immortal first person shooter Quake® in a brand new skin with superb graphics and extremely fast gameplay.” — Flathub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

All of ezQuake is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.

Its licence (GPL-2.0) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • Commercial use allowed

About

Welcome to the home of ezQuake, a modern QuakeWorld client focused on competitive online play. Combining the features of modern QuakeWorld® clients, ezQuake makes QuakeWorld® easier to start and play. The immortal first person shooter Quake® in a brand new skin with superb graphics and extremely fast gameplay. Features: Modern Graphics: Particle explosions, shaft beam, gunshots, nails, rocket and grenade trails, blood, and others, MD3 models, fog, water effects, killing spree messages, rain Modern competitive gaming features: Fullbright skins, forcing team/enemy colors, advanced weapon handling, teamplay messages, auto game recording, automated screenshots and console logging Graphics customization: Customize your HUD, colors of walls and liquids, turn superfluous graphics effects off, change world textures, crosshair, sky picture, console background, game font Independent Physics: Get the smoothest experience possible without being limited by server or network settings Integrated Server Browser: Easy searching and filtering of online servers Enhanced demo/QTV playback: View recorded games from multiple points of view, watch action on radar, all player stats in a handy table, autotrack the strongest player Commercial data files are required to run the supported games. These can be aquired though a multitude of sources. See the manual for more info on this.

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Last technical check: 8 November 2026
  • Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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