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Oolite

Open-source space trading and combat game inspired by Elite

Game Servers ★ 672 stars Medium setup GPL-2.0

Oolite is a free, open-source space combat and trading simulator inspired by the classic Elite, written largely in Objective-C. It is moddable through expansion packs with a built-in manager and runs offline on Windows, macOS, and Linux.

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Key features

  • Space trading and combat
  • Extensive mod ecosystem
  • Expansion pack manager
  • Cross-platform

Pros & cons

Strengths

  • Deep moddability
  • Free and open

Trade-offs

  • Single-player only
  • Dated graphics

Is Oolite secure?

OSV.dev has no published security advisories for Oolite'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.

Oolite replaces

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