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Download the file for your system below, unpack it anywhere, and start CouchDoom. No Python or installer needed.

  • Windows: CouchDoom-…-windows-x64.zip, then run CouchDoom.exe. On the "unknown publisher" warning, click More info → Run anyway (the app isn't code-signed).
  • macOS: CouchDoom-…-macos-arm64.zip (Apple Silicon) or CouchDoom-…-macos-x64.zip (Intel, macOS 10.15 or newer), then open CouchDoom.app. If macOS says it can't be opened, go to System Settings → Privacy & Security and click Open Anyway.
  • Linux: CouchDoom-…-linux-x64.tar.gz (PCs) or CouchDoom-…-linux-arm64.tar.gz (ARM boards such as the Raspberry Pi 4 and 5), then run ./CouchDoom. Needs glibc 2.28 or newer (Ubuntu 20.04, Debian 10, RHEL 8 and later). On Arch you can also build packaging/aur/PKGBUILD with makepkg -si.

You need DoomRunner, ZDL or Doom Launcher with at least one game set up, or just GZDoom, UZDoom or VKDoom with an IWAD. CouchDoom finds its settings automatically; if you have more than one launcher, it asks which to use (switch later with L3 / F4).

New in 0.7.3

  • Title music now plays for mods that start it from a script instead of declaring it, such as Castlevania: Simon's Destiny: a pk3 track named like a title song is used when nothing else is found.
  • Readmes are found more often: a readme beside the file with a slightly different name (spacing or a version number) now matches, a lone "readme" next to a single game file is used, and inside a pk3 the readme is chosen over the credits file.
  • Descriptions for mods downloaded through the in-game mod browser: its metadata file (title, author, date and the full English description) is now read, and a text file a WAD carries inside itself (such as BTSX's) is used when there is no other readme.
  • Readmes in the newer idgames layout for single maps (Map creator, Map description, Commentary) now show their author, title and description.
  • Built-in descriptions for popular community projects (Harmony, Abysm, Ashes, Bloom, Elementalism, DoomRL Arsenal and more). They fill in when a mod's own readme has no description, and the readme's text stays below.
  • Your own descriptions: put a descriptions.json in the state folder to give any mod a title, author, year and description. It takes priority over every other source (see the README).

See How to use.txt in the download for controls and optional MIDI music setup.

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