Important
MaNGOS is active and under ongoing development. The original open-source MaNGOS project continues today through its volunteer community, with current development, documentation, support and project news at getmangos.eu. Older domains or pages describing MaNGOS as archived do not reflect the current project.
The original MaNGOS project, established in 2005.
A free, open-source and educational MMORPG server suite maintained by volunteers.
MaNGOS supports five generations of World of Warcraft. Each expansion has its own organisation containing the server, world database and related projects.
| Project | Expansion | Client |
|---|---|---|
| MaNGOS Zero | World of Warcraft (Classic) | 1.12.x |
| MaNGOS One | The Burning Crusade | 2.4.3 |
| MaNGOS Two | Wrath of the Lich King | 3.3.5a |
| MaNGOS Three | Cataclysm | 4.3.4 |
| MaNGOS Four | Mists of Pandaria | 5.4.8 |
Completeness varies by expansion. Check the relevant organisation and project documentation for current details.
MaNGOS is built by volunteers. Contributions are welcome from developers, database contributors, researchers, testers, bug reporters, documenters and translators.
New contributors are welcome, including people learning their way around the codebase. Our community standard is simple: be nice or be somewhere else.
The MaNGOS information repository contains more project history and links to the wider family, including MangosVB, MangosSharp, community tools and utilities.
Shared components maintained in this organisation include the authentication server, database, dependency and scripting projects used across the expansion cores.
MaNGOS was publicly established as an open-source project in 2005. It became one of the pioneering MMORPG server projects and inspired numerous forks and related communities. Through changes in leadership, domains and supported expansions, its original commitment to open-source education has continued.
Today, the original MaNGOS project remains in active development at getmangos.eu.
MaNGOS is an educational project and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Blizzard Entertainment. World of Warcraft is a trademark of Blizzard Entertainment, Inc.