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Table of Contents    Cockatrice | [Get Involved] (#get-involved-) | Community | Translation | Building | Running | License

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Cockatrice

Cockatrice is an open-source multiplatform software for playing card games, such as Magic: The Gathering, over a network. It is fully client-server based to prevent any kind of cheating, though it supports single-player games without a network interface as well. Both client and server are written in Qt, supporting both Qt4 and Qt5.

Downloads

We offer a download for both the last stable version (recommended for users) and the last development version. The development version contains the last implemented features, but can be unstable and unsuitable for gaming. Downloads are hosted on BinTray.

• Latest stable version download:
• Latest development (unstable) version download:

Get Involved

Chat with the Cockatrice developers on Gitter. Come here to talk about the application, features, or just to hang out. For support regarding specific servers, please contact that server's admin or forum for support rather than asking here.

Community Resources

• Cockatrice Official Wiki
• reddit r/Cockatrice
• Woogerworks / [Chickatrice] (http://www.chickatrice.net/) / Poixen (incomplete Serverlist)
  

Translation Status

Cockatrice uses Transifex for translations. You can help us bring Cockatrice/Oracle to your language or edit single wordings by clicking on the associated charts below.
Our project page offers a detailed overview for contributors.

Language statistics for Cockatrice (on the left) and Oracle (on the right):

      

Check out our Translator FAQ for more information!

Building

Detailed compiling instructions are on the Cockatrice wiki under Compiling Cockatrice

Dependencies:

• Qt
• protobuf
• CMake

Oracle can optionally use zlib to load zipped files:

• zlib

The server requires an additional dependency when compiled under Qt4:

• libgcrypt

To compile:

mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make

You can then run

make install

to get a cockatrice installation inside the release folder, or:

make package

to create a system-specific installation package.

The following flags can be passed to cmake:

• -DWITH_SERVER=1 Whether to build the server (default 0 = no).
• -DWITH_CLIENT=0 Whether to build the client (default 1 = yes).
• -DWITH_ORACLE=0 Whether to build oracle (default 1 = yes).
• -DPORTABLE=1 Build portable versions of client & oracle (default 0 = no).
• -DWITH_QT4=1 Force compilation to use Qt4 instead of Qt5 (default 0 = no).
• -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug Compile in debug mode. Enables extra logging output, debug symbols, and much more verbose compiler warnings (default Release).
• -DUPDATE_TRANSLATIONS=1 Configure make to update the translation .ts files for new strings in the source code. Note: Running make clean will remove the .ts files (default 0 = no).
• -DTEST=1 Enable regression tests (default 0 = no). Note: needs googletest, will be downloaded on the fly if unavailable. To run tests: make test.

Building servatrice Docker container

docker build -t servatrice .

Running

oracle fetches card data
cockatrice is the game client
servatrice is the server

License

Cockatrice is free software, licensed under the GPLv2.