Fully local and Dockerized QuakeJS server. This project bundles assets and server binaries so gameplay does not depend on content.quakejs.com.

Quick Start (Docker Compose)

From the repository root:

docker compose up --build -d

Then open:

http://localhost:8080

To stop:

docker compose down

Quick Start (Docker Run)

Build locally:

docker build -t treyyoder/quakejs:latest .

Run:

docker run -d --name quakejs -e HTTP_PORT=8080 -p 8080:80 -p 27960:27960 treyyoder/quakejs:latest

Configuration

• Main game settings live in server.cfg.
• Remote administration is disabled by default. Set a strong rconpassword in server.cfg before enabling it.
• See Quake 3 server variable reference at https://www.quake3world.com/q3guide/servers.html.

Non-Docker Testing

You can run this project without Docker by reproducing the container steps:

1. Clone https://github.com/nerosketch/quakejs and run npm install.
2. Copy server.cfg into both quakejs/base/baseq3/server.cfg and quakejs/base/cpma/server.cfg.
3. Copy include/ioq3ded/ioq3ded.fixed.js to quakejs/build/ioq3ded.js.
4. Copy include/assets into quakejs/html/assets.
5. Update quakejs/html/index.html host/port in the same way entrypoint.sh does.
6. Serve quakejs/html on your desired HTTP port and run:

node build/ioq3ded.js +set fs_cdn localhost:8080 +set fs_game baseq3 +set dedicated 1 +exec server.cfg

Notes

• This repo targets current Docker Compose syntax (no compose file version key).
• The container installs Node 22 by default (configurable via Docker build argument NODE_MAJOR).
• Port 27960 is TCP because QuakeJS browser clients connect to the game server over WebSockets.

Credits

Thanks to begleysm and their QuakeJS fork/documentation:

• https://github.com/begleysm/quakejs
• https://steamforge.net/wiki/index.php/How_to_setup_a_local_QuakeJS_server_under_Debian_9_or_Debian_10