Red Eclipse 2
Arena first-person shooter similar to Unreal Tournament.
Little to no recent activity. Treat as unmaintained until proven otherwise.
Commit activity more than 12% of tracked projects; popularity more than 24%. How this is calculated.
Is Red Eclipse 2 actively maintained?
Red Eclipse 2 logged 23 commits over the last 11 months, but none in the most recent quarter. Development has paused rather than stopped outright — worth watching before a production deployment.
The last tagged release, v2.0.0, is over 6 years old. If you deploy, expect to build from the default branch rather than a stable tag.
Red Eclipse 2 ranks #15 of 20 tracked games projects. Several better-maintained options exist in the same category — they are listed below.
What Red Eclipse 2 actually does
Red Eclipse 2 is a first-person arena shooter styled after classic fast-paced competitive multiplayer games. It provides an environment for hosting deathmatch and objective-based multiplayer matches. The project is written in C and C++ and distributed primarily through Debian packages.
Best fit: It suits administrators wishing to host a traditional, self-contained arena shooter for LAN parties or small gaming communities.
Worth knowing: The project has a very low maintenance health score and has not seen a tagged release since late 2019, suggesting potential abandonment or lack of active support.
Deployment notes
Hosting a game server typically requires opening specific network ports for client connections and managing persistent configuration files on your server.
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