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CMaNGOS

Continued MaNGOS World of Warcraft server emulator

Game Engines & Frameworks ★ 556 stars Hard setup GPL-2.0

CMaNGOS is the Continued Massive Network Game Object Server, an open-source emulator for hosting classic World of Warcraft private servers across several expansions. It focuses on clean, maintainable code and faithful gameplay.

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Key features

  • Classic WoW emulation
  • Multiple expansion cores
  • Clean maintainable code
  • Active maintenance

Strengths

  • Released under the GPL-2.0 license
  • Written in C++

Is CMaNGOS secure?

OSV.dev has no published security advisories for CMaNGOS's repository. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

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